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Physicists find a new way to push electrons around

• n0rm 12y ago
  There is something about there being 4 electrons in the outermost shell of an element. What is it?
• gus_massa 12y ago
  > Currents in these materials, being neutral, might not waste much of their energy as heat, as occurs in conventional semiconductors — potentially making the new materials a more efficient basis for computer chips. This part is probably only hype, but the sideway movement looks very interesting, at least from a theoretical point of view.
  • n0rm 12y ago
    TFA talks about a neutral zone. I assume there is a flow of equal number of (+) and (-) particles there. If that is utilized, heat savings might prove to be true.