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A Bit Cold: Physicists Devise a Quantum Particle

Posted September 13, 2010 8:23 AM

From Scientific American:

Call it the little chill. A group of theoretical physicists has mapped out the physics framework for what may be the smallest refrigerators imaginable. Each device would target just one quantum bit, or qubit, for cooling, and would require just one or two additional quantum particles to do the job.

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09/13/2010 3:10 PM

Riiight. What's a qubit?

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09/14/2010 10:44 AM

Yeah, keyword here is the-or-et-i-cal. A qubit is the quantum computing counterpart to a (normal?) computing bit.

Subtle cubit reference! I'm at work, so I'll have to watch the video later.

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