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A metal left spinning

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Conductors and semiconductors usually behave like conduits for fluids of electrons. But sometimes the electrons' spins conspire to produce unconventional behaviours that can be turned off and on with magnets.

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  2. Stephan von Molnár is at the Center for Materials Research and Technology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4351, USA. molnar@martech.fsu.edu ,

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