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Bose-Einstein Condensate: On a chip

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-small dept.

The Evil Dwarf from Hell writes "This week's Nature has an article (paid subscription required) by a team that has created a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) using an "atom chip". The chip suspends atoms over the surface using various fields and allows them to be moved from one location to another. A couple of advantages are relaxed contraints on the vacuum and increased speed of BEC formation (down to less than 1 second). (A quickie is available on Physics News Update). This goes with a news story in last weeks Science about 1d and 2d BECs. (A search on arXiv.org gives 167 hits in the last year for BECs)."

16 comments

  1. goat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Robert Frost

  2. Robert Frost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    is 31337!! He goat posted first biotches!

  3. ROBERT FR057 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    1 2 AND 3! Suck my dick in a yellow wood with a goat!

    And my name is R0b3R7 Fr057 && I 4M 31337!

  4. Going for 4 in a row by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
    And I H4XX0R3D them both and got r007 biotches!

    Robert Frost is an 31337 #4XX0R!

  5. Robert Frost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    is your new god. You may suck my dick now.

  6. and miles to go before i 5133P! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and miles to go before I 5133P

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    600D F3N(35 M4K3 600D N316#80R5! Robert Frost is the man!

  8. goaty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Robert is goaty Frosty

  9. yes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    goats are fantastic!

    And Robert Frost is even more fantastic!

  10. Timothy beat you to it, Hemos. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/04/226201 &mode=thread

    1. Re:Timothy beat you to it, Hemos. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Was that about Robert "31337" Frost?

      Was that about goats?

      Then why did you post it, asswipe?

  11. frost post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    goat

  12. ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    what the fuck??? do you idiots think that any REAL hackers talk like you fags do? seriously, you need to stop with the fuckin lame ass talk and get to work on doing something productive... and stop bragging about using an exploit that someone else found to root someones box.... dumbass.......

  13. no subscription necessary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://www.nature.com/physics/highlights/6855-1.ht ml

  14. Unbelievable! by roman_mir · · Score: 2

    What they can do with this thing - imagine a computer microprocessor that does not use electricity to send 1/0 signals, instead a directed atomic chain can be provoked to push a signal as a wave that goes through some hard material. I don't know if it would make sence for computing though. But what interests me is can this technique be used to send shock waves through non uniformly distributed types of matter (sending a shock wave through the planet in order to communicate with somebody at a specific geographic location could be a very interesting encryption or more like a steganography solution.) With enough energy -create seismographic shifts (earthquaqes.)

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    You can't handle the truth.
    1. Re:Unbelievable! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "But what interests me is can this technique be used to send shock waves through non uniformly distributed types of matter"

      Yes it can!

      And here's an experiment you can try at home...

      Have someone stand on the other side of the room.

      Then exhale, while clapping your hand over your mouth rapidly.

      The person on the other side of the other side of the room will be able to, using highly accurate baromatric pressure sensors, detect the vibrations in the non unformly distributed atmosphere within the room!

      Isn't science amazing?