Diagram showing the directions of magnetic spins in a hopfion ring. These hopfions can form coupled states with strings of skyrmions in plates cut from a single crystal of iron germanide. (Courtesy: Philipp Rybakov)
Researchers have observed three-dimensional magnetic spin structures called hopfions in a naturally-
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