Dancing atoms hold prospect of superfast computing
 

*Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...067720070725)*
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Suspended in laser light, thousands of atoms pair up and dance, each moving in perfect counterpoint to its partner.

They are the building blocks of what may one day become an enormously powerful quantum computer capable of solving in seconds problems that take today's fastest machines years to crack, U.S. physicists said on Wednesday.

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