Single Atom Serves as World's Smallest Magnet and Data Storage Device

For the first time, a single atom can store a single bit of data

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Dr. Christopher Lutz of IBM Research - Almaden in San Jose, Calif. with IBM Research's Nobel-prize winning microscope he used to store data on a single atom magnet.
Dr. Christopher Lutz of IBM Research - Almaden in San Jose, Calif. with IBM Research's Nobel-prize winning microscope he used to store data on a single-atom magnet.
Photo: IBM Research - Almaden