Scientists create highly ordered artificial spin ice using nanotechnology

Scientists create highly ordered artificial spin ice using nanotechnology: "Artificial spin ice is built using nanotechnology and is made up of millions of tiny magnets, each thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand. The magnets exist in a lattice in what is known as a 'frustrated' structure. Like water ice, the geometry of the structure means that all of the interactions between the atoms cannot be satisfied at the same time."