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Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) is a quantum mechanical effect observed in thin films made of alternating layers of ferromagnetic and non-magnetic materials. It manifests as a significant change in electrical resistance in response to an applied magnetic field. The phenomenon was first discovered in the 1980s by Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg, who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2007 for their work on GMR.