Thursday, April 4, 2013

A New Chemical Way to Bond?

It is scientifically proven that there are two types of ways chemical bonding can occur. Elements can bond ionically or covalently. However, a new type of bond has been discovered. This bond is different from the others, because the electrons move a different way around magnetic field lines. The bond occurs in supercharged magnetic fields, as it only exists in dwarf stars.

Even though we cannot recreate this type of bond, there are many uses for this discovery. We could use this knowledge to help us use quantum science and quantum computing. Quantum computers could be made, which harnesses the power from the atoms in order to perform memory and processing tasks. These computers would be able to do things significantly faster than regular, silicon computers.

This discovery is a really interesting thing, which could advance technology even further! We could get work done faster. I just thought this subject was cool and definitely recommend it to any of you!

Article and Picture Citation:
Boyle, Rebecca. "Unique Chemical Bond Only Seen In Dwarf Stars Could Make Better Computers." Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation, 2012. Web. 04 Apr. 2013.

2 comments:

  1. Great blog Jackson! It makes you wonder what else is out there that we don't know about. Nice work!

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  2. Great detail! That would be awesome to create new computers out of this! This could really change how we live since we always have technology relatively near us. Great article and can't wait to see more.

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