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Scientists Have Confirmed the Existence of a Third Form of Magnetism (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Uh, don't we already have three? Dia-, ferro- and paramagnetism?

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

New one is called altermagnetism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altermagnetism

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago

"Spintronics", man, physicist have the best names for fields of study.