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Physicists magnetize a material with light: the technique provides researchers with a powerful tool for controlling magnetism, and could help in designing better memory chips.

MIT physicists created a long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. The results provide a new way to control and switch antiferromagnetic materials, which are of interest for their potential to advance information processing and memory chip technology.

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