Altermagnetism: The Magnetic Revolution Winning 2026 Honors
Physicists have officially unveiled ‘altermagnetism,’ a revolutionary third fundamental category of magnetic order that stands to redefine the landscape of quantum materials and electronic computing. This breakthrough discovery, which has earned the research team the 2026 Europhysics Prize, shatters the long-held scientific consensus that magnetism was confined to two distinct states: ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. By…
