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2007 Physics Nobel Prize For Giant Magnetoresistance

Posted by kdawson on from the google-thanks-you-too dept.

A number of readers made sure we are aware that the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg for simultaneously and independently discovering giant magnetoresistance. This property has allowed the explosion of disk-space growth and is cited as being one of the first nanotechnology breakthroughs. From the announcement: "Very weak magnetic changes give rise to major differences in electrical resistance in a GMR system. A system of this kind is the perfect tool for reading data from hard disks when information registered magnetically has to be converted to electric current."

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  1. One funny thing about Giant Magnetoresistance... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...niggers hate it.

  2. A nigger's never won the Nobel Prize for Physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ever wonder why that is?

  3. I received the 2007 Nobel Prize for Nigger-Hating by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It was a great honour indeed.

  4. Re:thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thousands and thousands of songs stored on an average PC wouldn't be possible without advances like this.


    Yeah, "thanks" for bringing about the huge drop in quality in music and movies that is a direct result of the rampant piracy this technology has enabled.

    "Thanks" for ruining art in the Western world by removing any incentive for artists to create.