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A new material demonstrates altermagnetism, a third type of magnetism

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Physicists created crystals of Co₁/₄TaSe₂ and confirmed the first experimental evidence of altermagnetism — a recently theorized form of magnetism that combines benefits of ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism without generating stray fields that interfere with electronics.

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