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‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all

from University of Minnesota

‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all University of Minnesota In a breakthrough new study, scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota have electrically transformed the abundant and low-cost non-magnetic material iron sulfide, also known as "fool's gold" or pyrite, into a magnetic material. This is the first time scientists have ever electrically transformed an entirely non-magnetic material into a magnetic one, and it could be the first step in creating valuable new magnetic materials for more energy-efficient computer memory devices. READ MORE

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