The material’s ability to remember past events could be used to create more advanced and efficient memory systems for computers, making it possible for computers to store and retrieve information more like the human brain does. They noticed that the material exhibited unexpected behaviour when the current was switched off, leading them to investigate further and discover its memory-like properties. While there is still much research to be done to fully understand the material’s properties, the discovery could have significant implications for a wide range of fields, from computing and electronics to medicine and biotechnology