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The Birth of Spinplasmonics
Roland Piquepaille writes "You might have heard of spintronics, a technology that uses the magnetic quantum properties of the spin of electrons, or plasmonics, another one which 'involves the transfer of light electromagnetic energy into a tiny volume, thus creating intense electric fields.' Now, researchers at the University of Alberta (U of A) have merged these two nascent research fields to create a new nanotechnology field called spinplasmonics. According to the researchers, this new technology, which was already used to control the quantum state of an electron's spin to switch a beam of terahertz light, could one day be the basis for 'computers with extraordinary capacities.'"
OT but not really since it's about the fact that we get like 2 of these stupid Roland submissions a day. Do you notice how occasionally the link to the actual article, despite not going through Roland's page has one of those "=id_XXXX" identifiers at the end of the link? Does that mean that when we click on the link the article records that it is coming from a referral supplied from Roland, meaning that despite linking directly to the article, he is still getting credit for directing traffic that way? I'm new to this whole intarweb advertising scam nonsense, so can someone clue me in as to whether or not I'm crazy?