Enhancing the magnetism

PhysOrg ^ | March 18, 2011 | Unknown

[decimon]

In this atomic force microscopy topography image of a special mixed phase bismuth ferrite sample, red and green shaded areas indicate two sets of mixed phase regions oriented at 90 degrees to each other. Credit: Image from Ramesh group

[decimon]

Via SunkenCiv.

[tophat9000]

bump

[gorush]

I was somehow drawn to this post...

[yarddog]

I remember the old Dick Tracy funny papers. Diet Smith used to travel around in his magnetic powered space ship. I think that is where he found the “Moon Maid”.

[decimon]

I was somehow drawn to this post...

But not quartered.

[CaptainK]

Will this help me attract a man?

[gorush]

"But not quartered."

Not yet...but I sense the danger. On an entirely different note, did you hear about the agnostic, dyslexic insomniac. The poor guy stayed up all night wondering if there really IS a dog.

[gorush]

"Will this help me attract a man?"

Probably not. You are in the absolute worst locale to satisfy that desire. Good luck.

[The Cajun]

Taking a novel approach, we've created a new magnetic state in bismuth ferrite along with the ability to electrically control this magnetism at room temperature

Wonder how this fits in with bismuth being the most strongly diamagnetic naturally occurring element.
Always been interested in diamagnetic properties of certain substances.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon, wow, that was fast.

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[Fiddlstix]

......famed fictional detective Dick Tracy predicted back in 1935.....

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I remember the old Dick Tracy funny papers. Diet Smith used to travel around in his magnetic powered space ship. I think that is where he found the “Moon Maid”.

Yep. Your memory is good.

However it wasn't back in 1935 as per the article.
Diet Smith's "magnetic space ship" was first mentioned back in the late 50's - early 60's.
He "found" the moon maid in a deep canyon on the moon and brought her back to earth.
The comic strip was just "cashing in" on the "space craze" back then what with sputnik and American /Russian "space race" of the era.
LOL. I thought it was a hoot.

Almost every comic strip of that time period included something about the space craze. Even Beetle Baily.

[Billthedrill]

Dang it, I wish you hadn’t said that. I’ve been carrying a torch for Moon Maid since my (sob) adolescence...

[Fiddlstix]

There.....there..my good FRiend.....
All things must come to an end.........
My sympathy to you......

Actually, I found the moon maid rather cute too.....

[tupac]

Yes Sir.

[allmost]

I don’t see the immediate benefit here, perhaps scaled down size of the binary digit decreases initial energy required. If so, long term storage is still a problem. Not to mention production costs.

[yarddog]

I always thought Miss Buxley was sort of hot. Poor Beetle Bailey never stood a chance with her tho.

Now Amos Halftrack must have kept her around for some reason.

[Quix]

Bismuth persistently shows up at UFO crash sites.

[Quix]

I don’t know if you recall, or not . . .

Bismuth frequently shows up at UFO craft sites.

[Quix]

DICK TRACEY:

http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2001/04/23/