Physicists have identified a third fundamental class of magnetism, known as altermagnetism, overturning an understanding of magnetic behavior that had stood for more than a century. The European Physical Society has named Professor Jairo Sinova, Dr. Libor Šmejkal and Professor Tomas Jungwirth as recipients of the 2026 Europhysics Prize for establishing altermagnetism as a distinct magnetic order alongside ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism.
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Tomas Jungwirth
Physicist awarded the 2026 Europhysics Prize for establishing altermagnetism