Cambridge Scientists Create Huge Quantum Particles

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Cambridge Scientists Create Huge Quantum Particles

Posted by Unknown on Monday January 9, 2012 @03:30PM from the quantum-mechanics-never-looked-so-good dept.

judgecorp writes "Researchers at Cambridge University have produced a quantum fluid thousands of times larger than previously, leading to the possibility of polaritons produced at lower power and at a broader temperature range. This could lead to quantum circuits, as well as applications such as more sensitive gyroscopes." The paper was published in Nature Physics on January 8th, but a pre-press version is available through arXiv.

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Quantum Participles by Sponge+Bath · 2012-01-09 15:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Quantum linguistics?
1. Re:Quantum Participles by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-09 15:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yes, they travel faster than light, so depending on where you are they're past participles before you even see them!
2. Re:Quantum Participles by hedwards · 2012-01-09 15:38 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They spelled it right, you just changed it by reading it.
3. Re:Quantum Participles by Dracos · 2012-01-09 15:58 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I wonder if they dangle.
4. Re:Quantum Participles by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-09 16:16 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Until observed, they are both dangling and not dangling.
5. Re:Quantum Participles by Ukab+the+Great · 2012-01-09 16:49 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The joke was funny, you just changed it by telling it.
  *jk
But do these participles still exist...... by jbp1 · 2012-01-09 15:37 · Score: 4, Funny

or are they past?
Carrying on a geeky tradition by BrynM · 2012-01-09 16:12 · Score: 5, Funny

When I read the title, this scenario immediately popped into my head:

Physicist A: "We need to make something cool out of them... like one of those tiny violins or the art on a microchip..."
Physicist B: "Let's make boobs! Every sculptor makes boobs eventually! Quantum boobs!"
Physicist A: "OK, but they gotta be HUGE! Then we can use normal particles for the nipples!"

I've been hanging around lonely geeks too long.

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This has been needed for decades by SEWilco · 2012-01-09 16:23 · Score: 3, Funny

This could lead to quantum circuits

Great! My lights have been needing a bottle of blinker fluid for the longest time!