Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing

Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by pauljurczak on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:13AM (#22306617)

Nice work, but "infinitesimally small space of only around 10 nanometres in diameter" really rubs me the wrong way. Well, at least they are not using diameter of human hair as a unit of measure.

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Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by numlock86 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:19AM (#22306655)

> Well, at least they are not using diameter of human hair as a unit of measure.

I recently heard a scientific talk mentioning that the earth is losing around three slices of mortadella in helium every second ...

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Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by pr_nik on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:34AM (#22307031)

In defense of academics resorting to such comparisons, making this tangible, exciting, accessible, and generally common sense-compatible is all the rage nowadays. The attention economy certainly rules the PR-side of academia and success there can translate into cash for basic research. Not my idea, not my style, but it's a thing.

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Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by Koshkin on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:18AM (#22308964)

Problem is, those who might need this sort of comparisons never read such articles. (Educated people already know what a nanometer is.)

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Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by Iwan-Zotow on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:47PM (#22312098)

HOw many olympic size pools? Or football fields?

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