https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180604124859.htm > Their findings, which involved using a special mix of materials with magnetic and insulator properties, are published online in Nature Physics. > "This material, although it's much diluted in terms of magnetic properties, can still behave like a magnet and conducts electricity at low temperature without energy loss," said Weida Wu, senior author of the study and associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. "At least in principle, if you can make it work at a higher temperature, you can use it for electronic interconnections within silicon chips used in computers and other devices."