
#1741Physics & AstronomyFront Page6 February 2026
Atomic Betrayal: How **spin-lattice coupling** rewrites the rules of symmetry
Researchers investigated potassium iridium bromide to understand how structural shifts influence magnetism. They found that physical distortions in the crystal lattice actively drive magnetic behaviours even at high temperatures.
By Bhatia, Ahmad, Zeeshan, Kaur, Kumawat, Farswan, Anand, Goswami, Mani, Sen
