🎉 Editor’s Pick | Applied Physics Letters 🎉 We are pleased to share that TOPOCOM DC Duc Tran’s publication “Controlling Skyrmion Lattice Orientation with Local Magnetic Field Gradients” has been selected as an Editor’s Pick in APL.👏 Read the full paper at doi.org/10.1063/5.03...

Two universities, one team - the best about doing science is the people we are allowed to work with. 🇳🇴🇩🇪

Krishna completed her secondment at the University of Messina, a perfect blend of sun, sea, and simulation. She explored phase-field simulations of ferroelectric dielectric slabs, studying domain formation and how magnetic bubbles can enable novel low energy computing.

New leadership at the European Magnetism Association #EMA! @Dennis Meier is the new president, and @Susana Cardoso de Freitas is the new vice-president more details: buff.ly/xT0sFao

INTERMAG 2026 – Call for Nominations Now Open! The next IEEE International Magnetics Conference will be held 13–17 April 2026 in Manchester, U.K., bringing together the global magnetics community to share the latest advances in fundamental and applied magnetism. buff.ly/ZmdyyJt intermag2026.org

Yuean Zhou completed secondments at the Universities of Messina and Bari, performing micromagnetic simulations on skyrmion diffusion in confined geometries. With Prof. Finocchio and Prof. Rodrigues, she studied energy landscapes and stochastic dynamics, advancing spintronic device research.

Anusree and Elisa completed a four-week secondment together at LIST on April 2025 hosted by Jorge Iñiguez. They delved deep into Ginzburg–Landau theory of ferroelectrics, participated in the group activities and gave presentations, fostering knowledge exchange and engaging in scientific discussions.

#EMA_award The Young Scientist Award 2024 and 2025 presentations are online! Have a look at the #JEMS2025 recordings of: 👉 Johanna Fischer, YSA 2025 👉 Alvaro Martín Gallo Cordova, YSA 2024 magnetism.eu/awards-prese... 🎉 Congratulations to them! #award #magnetism #prize #YSA

Jiali‘s latest work on electric field control of functional defects in oxide semiconductors just went online. Check it out: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

JEMS2025 has started - looking forward to an exciting week with colleagues and friends in Frankfurt 🤗

#JEMS_EMA 🏭 Industry Meets Science 🔬 @ #JEMS2025 Join us on Thursday, 28 August in Frankfurt for a special session connecting academia and industry in magnetism! Register for JEMS2025: jems2025.eu/registration... More info: jems2025.eu/program/spec... See you in Frankfurt! #JEMS2025 #Magnetism

1/2 #NewattheUDE: Dennis Meier @demeier.bsky.social is one of the world’s leading researchers in functional domain walls and spin textures. He has now taken up the professorship for Functional Ferroic Systems at the #UDE and contributes

Are you an Early Career Researcher? Then join us in YORNE at JEMS! We will have a relaxed and environment where you can feel comfortable talking about your research in an easy-going atmosphere. Sounds interesting? Well, register now and join us, with free snacks and drinks! buff.ly/EdegBtF

The 3rd #TOPOCOM Workshop was held at the University of Crete focusing on topics such as materials synthesis, spin textures, functional properties, and computational models. The scientific sessions were complemented by workshops on research communication, and amazing Cretan cuisine + warm beach.

Join the #EMA #sustainability team! 🍃 More information here buff.ly/Mrfm83u

#JEMS_EMA Registration is still open ! #JEMS2025 is a Hybrid Conference 💻 🎧 buff.ly/1GDYcdg

Ruben‘s work about low-temperature magnetocaloric effects in hexagonal manganites now out in @commsmat.nature.com - check it out: rdcu.be/elz8E

Duc Tran visited NTNU in November 2024, where he utilized his expertise in Scanning Probe Microscopy to locally manipulate nm-sized magnetic skyrmions. The exchange was a great success as he not only achieved valuable results, but also fully experienced the Norwegian winter culture with new friends❄️

New paper out in npj quantum materials - check it out: rdcu.be/ejdsY Big congratulations to Longfei and all the best for your PhD defense today - perfect timing 🎉🤓🎉

A new adventure will soon start at UDE and first job opportunities are now posted online: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste... If you know someone, who knows someone, … Stay tuned for PhD, postdoc, and permanent researcher positions, or drop me an email in case you are interested in joining our team.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the very first edition of the #TOPOCOM Newsletter! 🚀 In this issue, you’ll discover exciting updates about our research projects and research experiences in the network involving conferences, workshops and secondments. drive.google.com/file/d/1vATR...

Remember to nominate representatives for your country for the General Council of EMA. For countries up for elections and how to nominate, please check our April editorial or go to magnetism.eu 🇪🇺

Last week, some of the DCs got the opportunity to present their work in #DPG Regensburg 2025! Excited to see their progress and scientific discussions with the community. A nice dinner is a must for catching up and more fun discussions. 😋🍛 #TOPOCOM

Unusual domain switching in a multiferroic - Naemi figured out how it works 🤓🤗 check out our pre-print on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2503.23583

A fun project together with good friends 🤗 Our modern view on antiferroelectrics is now online as preprint - check it out: arxiv.org/abs/2503.20423

A great week with the group at the DPG in Regensburg comes to an end. Thanks for presenting your nice results to „the outside“ 😀 and for the fun time. It was awesome to catch up with so many colleagues and friends from the physics world 🤗

Big congratulations to Kasper for being one of the finalists for the SKM dissertation award at the annual meeting of the German Physical Society. 🎉🤗🎉 Well-deserved for his atom probe tomography studies on complex oxides. 🥂

#JEMS_EMA The #abstract submission #deadline for JEMS2025 has been extended to 31st March 2025. To motivate you to submit, look at the #invited speakers list! 👉 buff.ly/11DGf2B

Fun ski trip with the team today ⛷️🏂❄️ - unfortunately, several were sick and couldn‘t join this time 🤒 Looks like we have to go again soon 😀

Would you REALLY miss #EMA_ESM 🧲 ? Rush, 2️⃣8️⃣th February is the deadline to apply. Attend, learn, network and enjoy ! @magnetism.eu

In-situ strain engineering of skyrmions - fun joint project led by our friends in Jülich; just published in ACS Nano: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... 🤗🤓

Didrik and @sverremselbach.bsky.social giving all their secrets away about how to electronically engineer hexagonal manganites in this joint publication 😂 doi.org/10.1103/Phys...

Freshly published in Nature Communications: rdcu.be/eayUn Fun project with our friends at ORNL and ETH studying reversible long-range domain wall motions in an improper ferroelectric - check it out 🤓

Submit an abstract for #JEMS_EMA 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ in Frankfurt before 1️⃣7️⃣ March. Join onsite with a moderate carbon footprint thanks to its central location, enjoy large audience and quality of contributions owing to the on-purpose limitation to 5 parallel sessions. Attend online if you do not wish to travel.

PhD opportunity at Infineon as part of our MSCA-DN Network TOPOCOM 👩‍🎓 @topocom.bsky.social Check it out, spread the word, and apply. See also www.topocom.eu

HI! TOPOCOM here, a collaboration between leading European universities and industry partners, focused on advancing the science of topological solitons in ferroic materials for unconventional computing. visit ntnu.edu/topocom for more information. #MSCA #Horizon

An exciting long-term project led by Jiali now written up and available as preprint 🤗🤓 - Local Doping of an Oxide Semiconductor by Voltage-Driven Splitting of Anti-Frenkel Defects. Check it out: arxiv.org/abs/2502.07947

To mark the @UNESCO International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EMA asked women working in magnetism: "Have you encountered any challenges in your scientific career that you feel could be directly linked to your gender?" #EveryVoiceInScience The vast majority of respondents said yes 😔. Read more👇

Our News and Views about memristors operating at cryogenic temperatures just got published in Nature Materials. Check it out: rdcu.be/d9rOB @naturematerials.bsky.social

To mark the upcoming @UNESCO International Day of Women and Girls in Science on the 11th February (https://buff.ly/40xxxHo), we’re shining a spotlight on #HerVoiceinScience! If you identify as a woman working in magnetism, we’d love if you could complete this brief survey: https://buff.ly/3EiLtMC

The deadline for the nominations for plenary, semi-plenary, and invited speakers of the 2025 Joint European Magnetic Symposia #JEMSema 2025 is 20 January 2025! magnetism.eu/news/285/38-... See also the list of symposia (topics). #JEMS2025 #magnetism #conference

The nomination deadline for the 2025 @IUPAP_physics Early Career Scientist #Prize in Magnetism is 28 February 2025. iupap.org/who-we-are/i...

Big congratulations to Kasper for receiving the „best PhD“ award 2024 from NTNU‘s Faculty of Natural Sciences 🎉 Well deserved and it was truly a pleasure supervising you on your scientific journey 🤗

Have a nice, relaxed and peaceful holiday season. In case you don’t know how to put things on hold 🤓: www.universalrejection.org

Ferroics for unconventional computing - check it out: rdcu.be/dLRZo @NTNU @NTNUNaturalSci

Day 1 of our joint TOPOCOM / PetaSpin Workshop. Fun talks and tutorials by our members and partners, highly motivated DCs, and a very nice and interactive atmosphere. 🤓 Big thanks to the EU‘s Horizon Europe Programme Horizon 1.2 for making this possible! www.topocom.eu

What a nice start into the @MSCA_TOPOCOM week, this time hosted by Giovanni in beautiful Messina. All doctoral candidates on board now and ready for exploring new Materials and Strategies for unconventional Computing together 🤓🤗

Check it out: Leonie‘s latest work on functional domain wall now on arXiv. Excited project exploring new application opportunities as ultra-small sensors 🤓 Many thanks to all our collaborators and @ERC_Research for making this possible 🤗 arxiv.org/abs/2412.03691