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Discovery of a "Flat" Atom Hailed as Quantum Computing Breakthrough

msw writes to tell us that nanoelectronics researchers have discovered a new molecule that could act as a state-manipulable atom due to its unique shape and properties. "Imagine a tiny arsenic atom embedded in a tiny strip of silicon atoms. An electric current is applied. Something strange arises on the surface -- an exotic molecule. On one end is the spherical submerged arsenic atom; on the other end is an 'artificial' flat atom, seemingly 2D, created as an artifact. The pair form an exotic molecule, which has a shared electron, which can be manipulated to be at either end, or in an intermediate quantum state."

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  1. Quick !! Couple the quantum inverters !!! by unity100 · · Score: 5, Funny

    and unleash them on the flux capacitor !!! we are getting into quantum artifact business.

  2. Re:Quantum State by Romancer · · Score: 5, Funny


    He meant to say interdeterminatable.

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  3. Not sure, but sounds tasty by azzuth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next time you think about putting your new quantum motherboard in your mouth think again.

  4. Youngsters by ciaohound · · Score: 4, Funny

    Back in my day, the President of the United States declared that arsenic counted as a vegetable in our school lunches, and although we didn't much like the taste, we all did our part to defeat the commies and make the world free. And this is the thanks the next generation has for us -- gettin' all uppity about using it in computers. Sheesh!

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  5. "Tiny Arsenic Atom" ?? by anandamide · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there a big variety I'm unaware of?

  6. Re:Quantum State by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, the electron has been interdeterminaterized

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  7. Re:How dare you sir !!! by unity100 · · Score: 4, Funny

    and those subjects you mentioned are fictional devices from a bad 1980s movie and therefore, Offtopic.

    wow.

    you are sure you are in the right website ? you surely dont fit well with the demographic here. i would rather chop my own balls than call Back to the Future a bad movie in slashdot.