World's Smallest Superconductor Discovered 72
arcticstoat writes "One of the barriers to the development of nanoscale electronics has potentially been eliminated, as scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor. Made up of four pairs of molecules, and measuring just 0.87nm, the superconductor could potentially be used as a nanoscale interconnect in electronic devices, but without the heat and power dissipation problems associated with standard metal conductors."
Re:What temperature does this work at though?! (Score:5, Funny)
This doesn't do us a lot of good in most applications if we have to cool our processors with liquid nitrogen.
Except that most slashdotters already cool their systems with liquid nitrogen, or would love the excuse to make it so.
World's smallest superconductor walks into a bar.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Critical temperature (Score:5, Funny)
"if I dunked my cat in liquid helium, it would probably begin to superconduct."
Icanhazsooperkundukter?
(sorry)
Re:Critical temperature (Score:5, Funny)
To quote (more or less) one of my lab mates "if I dunked my cat in liquid helium, it would probably begin to superconduct."
"Probably"? So the cat might superconduct, and it might not. Sort of a Shrödinger's superconductor? Is that what you're getting at?
Re:What temperature does this work at though?! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Critical temperature (Score:3, Funny)
think of the effect if you then tied a piece of buttered toast to the back of the cat and tossed it.
The worlds first perpetual motion motion. a super conducting frozen, cat trying to land on it's feet while toast tries to land butter side down.
Re:World's smallest superconductor walks into a ba (Score:1, Funny)
Re:World's smallest superconductor walks into a ba (Score:3, Funny)