Opus 5.5 agents discover two room-temperature magnetic semiconductor candidates

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Article URL: https://www.vals.ai/blogs/room-temperature-magnetic-semiconductors Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49970667 Points: 123 # Comments: 106…

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  • Article URL: https://www.vals.ai/blogs/room-temperature-magnetic-semiconductors Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49970667 Points: 123 # Comments: 106…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:00:21 UTC.

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