Secret of the Spin

Spintronics, sounds like a new dance move for the doof doof crowd but no, Spintronics is a new field of Quantum Physics that is working towards making the inner workings of computer chips smaller and faster. Spintronics refers to the science of using the direction of electrons spinning around an atom to store information. If you could zoom into an atom you would see  electrons spinning around a central core - nucleus -, between the circling electrons and the core is a whole lot of space, even atoms aren't solid. The direction the electrons circle the nucleus - left or right- is its spin. This spin is the main characteristic that scientists are trying to work with in order to make a whole new kind of gadget. READ MORE