Nanotechnology Breakthrough in Canada

generica1 writes: "The Edmonton Journal is reporting on the University of Alberta's National Institute for Nanotechnology's recent invention of a new method to produce what are currently the world's smallest quantum dots, possibly allowing for startling increases in the efficiency of semi-conductor-based equipment. "Roughly speaking, we predict there could be a 1,000-time reduction in power consumption with electronic computers built in this new way," said Robert Wolkow, a physicist at the University of Alberta and leader of the team behind the breakthrough. Read the article for a description of the wave-like phenomenon employed by Wolkow's team to accomplish a vastly lower power consumption during the transfer of electrons."