{"id":246410,"date":"2026-11-03T02:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/researchers-discover-a-new-way-to-control-magnetism-without-changing-a-materials-chemistry"},"modified":"2026-11-03T02:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:29:07","slug":"researchers-discover-a-new-way-to-control-magnetism-without-changing-a-materials-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/researchers-discover-a-new-way-to-control-magnetism-without-changing-a-materials-chemistry","title":{"rendered":"Researchers Discover a New Way To Control Magnetism Without Changing a Material\u2019s Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Neutron experiments have uncovered an unexpected connection between magnetic structure and electrical behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A gentle squeeze can change the magnetic structure of certain crystals and alter their electrical behavior. Scientists at the Department of Energy\u2019s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) demonstrated this effect in altermagnets, an emerging class of magnetic materials being investigated for advanced electronics.<\/p>\n<p>Using neutron beams to examine the materials at the atomic scale, the researchers found that mechanical strain could shift their magnetic organization and influence an electrical response associated with electron transport. The findings, published in back-to-back papers in <em><i>Physical Review X<\/i><\/em> and <em><i>Advanced Materials<\/i><\/em>, point to a possible method for controlling magnetic properties without altering a material\u2019s chemical composition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neutron experiments have uncovered an unexpected connection between magnetic structure and electrical behavior. A gentle squeeze can change the magnetic structure of certain crystals and alter their electrical behavior. Scientists at the Department of Energy\u2019s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) demonstrated this effect in altermagnets, an emerging class of magnetic materials being investigated for advanced [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}