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New State of Matter Could Extend Moore's Law

rennerik writes "Scientists at McGill University in Montreal say they've discovered a new state of matter that could help extend Moore's Law and allow for the fabrication of more tightly packed transistors, or a new kind of transistor altogether. The researchers call the new state of matter 'a quasi-three-dimensional electron crystal.' It was discovered using a device cooled to a temperature about 100 times colder than intergalactic space, following the application of the most powerful continuous magnetic field on Earth."

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  1. Re:100 times colder than what? by tgd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You clearly went to school back when science was taught. Now there's no budget to buy any gasses, tenured teachers don't give a crap anyway, and no one wants to talk about science lest a Christian decides to sue when they mention water turns solid at 32 degrees F since their messiah could clearly walk on it in the middle east where it tends to be warmer than that.