Magnetism's subatomic roots: Study of high-tech materials helps explain everyday phenomenon

Magnetism's subatomic roots: Study of high-tech materials helps explain everyday phenomenon: "ScienceDaily (Sep. 3, 2010) — The modern world -- with its ubiquitous electronic devices and electrical power -- can trace its lineage directly to the discovery, less than two centuries ago, of the link between electricity and magnetism. But while engineers have harnessed electromagnetic forces on a global scale, physicists still struggle to describe the dance between electrons that creates magnetic fields."