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Transistor Made From Bose-Einstein Condensate

Posted by kdawson on from the cold-circuitry dept.

holy_calamity writes "US researchers have made a transistor from a Bose-Einstein condensate. They claim it to be the first step towards 'atomic circuits' that run with atoms instead of electrons. 'A small number of atoms can be used to control the flow of a large number of atoms, in much the same way that an FET uses a gate voltage to control a large electric current,' says lead research Alex Zozulya. The abstract of their paper is freely available."

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  1. uh by mastershake_phd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Transistor Made From Bose-Einstein Condensate
     
    Ewwww.....

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  2. Re:More probably faster by batquux · · Score: 5, Funny

    E=mc^2. It's all the same. One might even say it's all relative.
  3. Re:How could this be practical? by eataTREE · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a really, really, really big heat sink.

  4. Re:More probably faster by Monkeys+with+Guns · · Score: 3, Funny

    Passing bowling balls sounds painful.