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Researchers Control the Flip of Electron Spin
karvind writes "According to PhysOrg, physicists in Europe, California and at Ohio University now have found a way to manipulate the spin of an electron with a jolt of voltage from a battery. In this experiment voltage was applied to Indium Arsenide based quantum dot which flipped the spin of electron inside it and emitted a photon. The scientists were able to manipulate how long it would take for the electron to flip its spin and emit a photon - from one to 20 nanoseconds. This may have possible applications in optoelectronics and quantum cryptography. Results were published in the latest issue of Physics Review Letters"
It seems like this is just a small-scale example of effects like this, where the whole planet does a whoopsie.
Seems like a step in the direction of understanding gravity.
Let's fund this kind of research, shall we?
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
I'm like to know who moderated the first post as redundant.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.