

Frustrated magnet mimics
In science frustration can become part of everyday life: the experiment doesn't work the way you wanted, someone else booked the instrument you needed, and of course the fact the paper (or your thesis) won't write itself. Most people try to avoid frustration; it is generally thought to be bad for your health. However, for some condensed matter physicists frustration—specifically frustrated magnetism—is something to be sought out. Magnetic frustration arises from an incompatib