Mark Stiles, from the NIST's Center for Nanoscale science and technology, gave an interesting lecture titled "Spin Current: the Torque Wrench of Spintronics" in which he discussed spintronics challenges, especially for spin-torque MRAM devices:

The Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) institute in France published a video showing a lecture on Spin-orbitronics and 2D materials spintronics by Prof Albert Fert.

Researchers from France's CNRS developed a new method (based on AFM microscopy and lasers) that can measure and image the spin of very thin films at the nanoscale. Here's a nice video detailing the new development, while also giving an introduction to Spintronics:

Albert Fert, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics, gave a lecture a few days ago, titled novel directions for spintronics: spin-orbitronics and magnetic skyrmions:

The International Conference on Nanoscale Magnetism 2013 was held at Istanbul Turkey in early September. The organizers published this nice video showing several Spintronics experts explaining what Spintronics is all about and more specifically explain their own research:

Professor Z. Valy Vardeny from the University of Utah talks about several important developments in the field of organic spintronics and magnetic field effect in organic optoelectronic devices.

Vardeny talks about a spin-OLED that they developed in 2012 using using two FM injecting electrodes, where the electroluminescence depends on the mutual orientation of the electrode magnetization directions. This development has opened up research studies into organic spin-valves in the space-charge limited current regime.

Junko Ishi-Hayase from Keio University gave a special presentation titled "quantum measurement of magnetic field using single NV centers in isotopically enriched diamond":

Her presentation was given at Keio University's Semiconductor-Spintronics workshop which took place on January 24.

Makoto Kohda from the Tohoku University gave a special presentation titled "electronic spin polarization in semiconductor nanostructures". In his talk Makoto discusses spin-polarized current generation without external magnetic fields or ferromagnets (by using Stern-Gerlach spin separation in semiconductor nanostructures). The talk outline is fundamental technologies for Spintronics, spin-dependent force for spin generation/detection, quantum point contact (QPC) for inducting spin polarization, temperature stability for spin polarization in QPC and quantitative evaluation of spin polarization by shortnoise.

This presentation was given at Keio University's Semiconductor-Spintronics workshop which took place on January 24.

Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida from Osaka University gave a special presentation titled "computational nano-materials Design for spintronics: design vs. realization". In his talk Hiroshi discusses Spinodal Nanotechnology (NT) as a new class of bottom-up NT, the design of high-solubility and ferromagnetism in IV-VI semiconductors, Spintronics device applications using 2D spinodal nano-decomposition and water-splitting and artificial photosynthesis by visible light using spinodal nano-decomposition.

This presentation was given at Keio University's Semiconductor-Spintronics workshop which took place on January 24.

Masaaki Tanaka from the University of Tokyo gave a presentation about Fe-based n-type ferromagnetic semiconductors (In,Fe)As and heterostructures.

This presentation was given at Keio University's Semiconductor-Spintronics workshop which took place on January 24.