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Physicists Identify 'Octupolar' Magnetism, With Implications for Quantum Technologies

While most magnets have two poles (north and south, or positive and negative), recent advances in quantum mechanics have revealed an "octupolar order," writes Phys.org, where a pattern of particles in…

  • Physicists discover octupolar magnetism with eight poles
  • Breakthrough could revolutionize quantum technologies
  • University of Toronto-led research uses light to observe quantum states

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