<ul><li>Physicists from MIT have used a terahertz laser to magnetize a material.</li><li>The laser is able to disrupt the balanced spins of the material's atoms and create a preferred spin orientation, effectively magnetizing the material.</li><li>This breakthrough could lead to advancements in memory storage, as antiferromagnetic materials could be used for more compact and stable memory chips.</li><li>The magnetic state created by the terahertz laser lasted longer than expected, providing scientists with more time to study and fine-tune these changes.</li></ul>

Lighting the way: Scientists magnetize a material with terahertz laser

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