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  "id": 15924994,
  "title": "Ultrafast light can control ferromagnetism without relying on heating",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/ultrafast-light-can-control-ferromagnetism-without-relying-on-heating",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T17:40:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ultrafast-ferromagnetism.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Despite being known for more mundane uses such as sticking notes to refrigerators or keeping bags shut, magnetization is one of the most fundamental and useful properties of a material. Indeed, it forms the physical basis for storing most of our digital information, encoding the bits used in hard drives, computer memories and credit cards.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}