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The Secret to Better Magnetic Memory May Be the Light, Not the Material

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The Secret to Better Magnetic Memory May Be the Light, Not the Material
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Reshaping a laser beam let engineers switch thicker magnetic materials with light, expanding the possibilities for faster, more compact data storage. Every digital photo, document, and video saved on a hard drive is stored as a vast sequence of 1s and 0s, represented physically by tiny magnetic regions. Writing that information typically means using an [...]

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