Researchers Discover New States Of Electrons That Behave Like Light
Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 23:21
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of researchers has observed electrons moving through a crystal of bismuth metal behaving like light. The discovery may enable powerful new electronic devices that exploit the principles of quantum mechanics to compute and communicate.
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