Spintronics

Spintronics refers to the intrinsic spin of electrons and the associated force that magnetism can exert on electric currents. Scientists have succeeded in using spintronics to store data and retrieve it.

Wow! Yes, scientists at the University of Utah have succeeded in storing and reading digital data (with a conventional electronic device) in the spin of phosphorous nuclei. (?EUR??,,????'?????<

The scientists used a strong magnetic field to point the atoms in the same direction, then climatized the atoms to -454 degrees Fahrenheit. In this state, the scientists manipulated the nuclei to go up or down via electromagnetism. The up/down (up=1, down=0) represents the binary digital language of computers, allowing the scientists to store data similar to the way we now store data on chips with electronic pulses doing the 0s and 1s.

All this bodes well for where science believes computing is going: quantum computing. This is described as a world where bytes can be a ?EUR??,,????'?????<