(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) A team of researchers led by Berkeley Lab has observed chirality for the first time in polar skyrmions, in a material with reversible electrical properties — a combination that could lead to more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information, even after they’ve been turned off.

Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/dbnl-esc041819.php