MENLO PARK, California, July 31 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Researchers discover a new type of magnetic order * By Chris Patrick Nematic materials are made of elongated molecules that align in a preferred direction, but, like in a fluid, are spaced out irregularly. The best-known nematic materials are liquid crystals, which are used in liquid crystal display (LCD) screens. However, nematic order has been identified in a wide range of  more