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Unique Chemical Bond Only Seen In Dwarf Stars Could Make Better Computers
Stars are responsible for forging every heavy element in the universe when they fuse hydrogen and when they explode at...
For the First Time, A Snapshot of A Single Atom’s Shadow
There’s no way to take a direct picture of something as small and fleeting as a Higgs boson. But physicists...
Physicists Store ‘Atomic Movie’ in a Cloud of Vapor, and Play It Back
As Moore’s Law continues its march, there’s the ever-present threat of stuff getting too small to get any smaller. It...
World’s Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms
The world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit is made of just 12 atoms, squeezing an entire byte into just 96...
Researchers Entangle Two Millimeter-Sized Diamonds, A Huge Leap in the Scale of Quantum Entanglement
Quantum entanglement, the spooky action at a distance that promises to be so useful for things like high-powered computing and...
Scientists Trap Single Atoms With Lasers, Optical Tweezers and Lots of Atomic Collisions
“We created a method to control individual atoms, to get them exactly where we want them, when we want them:...
Atomtronics, Or Atoms Spun By Laser Beams, Could Replace Electronics
A new type of circuit involving a whirling donut of supercold gas could lead to the world’s first “atomtronic” devices,...
Using Muons as a Disguise, Chemists Fool Helium Into Thinking It’s Hydrogen
The quantum trick helps illustrate how atomic mass can affect chemical reactions
In Two New Breakthroughs, Scientists Capture Individual Atoms
Two atomic-scale studies announced in the past week could have major implications for the future of computing and information storage....
Supernovae Might Be Directing Life’s Development Throughout the Universe
A special property of Earth’s organic molecules could be caused by supernovae, a new study says — suggesting that life’s...
