Scientists Find Long-Sought Majorana Particle

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 13, 2012 @05:02AM from the checking-under-all-the-couch-cushions dept.

New submitter boner writes "In a follow-up to an earlier Slashdot story, scientists at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands yesterday published their findings that they have indeed found the Majorana particle. The announcement on the university website provides both a summary of the academic paper (PDF) and background of this groundbreaking discovery. Quoting: 'Majorana fermions are very interesting – not only because their discovery opens up a new and uncharted chapter of fundamental physics; they may also play a role in cosmology. A proposed theory assumes that the mysterious ‘dark matter, which forms the greatest part of the universe, is composed of Majorana fermions. Furthermore, scientists view the particles as fundamental building blocks for the quantum computer.'"

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Did anyone else read "Marijuana Particle?" by gestalt_n_pepper · 2012-04-13 05:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Or was it just me?

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1. Re:Did anyone else read "Marijuana Particle?" by bistromath007 · 2012-04-13 05:09 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You found WHAT playing scientist? You tell Jimmy and the rest of those kids to get the hell out of my basement right now!
Re:MS by michelcolman · 2012-04-13 06:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Why is that so surprising? Microsoft software has been based on quantum physics for a very long time now. Users are constantly struggling with the uncertainty principle, and can often make systems collapse simply by observing them.