Spin ice is known as the magnetic analogue of ordinary ice, where the behaviour of its spins closely mirrors that of protons in water ice. It now has a sibling based on higher-order magnetic octupoles.
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Inosov, D.S. Ice of higher order. Nat. Phys. 16, 507–508 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0819-7
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