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'Laser Tweezers' Used to Sort Atoms

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-plucking-nosehairs-only-less-painful dept.

luckyguesser writes to tell us that Physicists at the University of Bonn are claiming to have knocked down one more quantum computing hurdle. Utilizing what they term "laser tweezers" they were able to sort and align seven atoms while capturing it on film. The plan is to construct a quantum gate using atoms imprinted with data.

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  1. Tiny by Umbral+Blot · · Score: 5, Funny

    That may very well be the world's smallest achievement.

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    Philosophy.
  2. Re:Finally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pluck 'em like a real man with a set of chopsticks. Once you've mastered that technique, you can finally reach the forest between your ass cheeks.