According to a study published in the journal Science, a honeycomb-pattern of tiny, nano-sized magnets that are submerged in a material known as spin ice could solve a complex computational problem in a single step. In fact, clusters of such magnet arrays function similar to a neural network: It is more "similar to how our brains work than to the way in which traditional computers process information," the researchers said. Exploiting the potential of magnets gets more difficult the closer they are located to each other as they interfere with their magnetic fields, the scientists found that their honeycomb patterns create competition between magnets and "reduces the problems caused by these interactions by two-thirds." It is good enough to store computable information and contents can be read by measuring the magnet's electrical resistance. So far, the researchers have succeeded in reading and writing data, but there has been no information about the data transfer rates. However, it seems as if speed isn't the key problem yet as their operating temperature is far more critical: At this time, the magnets only function well and "arrange themselves into patterns" at a temperature of -223 degrees Celsius.