X-Message-Number: 15372 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:06:39 +0000 From: "Joseph Kehoe" <> Subject: news en stuff From wired. IF it can be applied to NP-complete problems that would be a MAJOR breakthrough. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40971,00.html?tw=wn20010116 Mathematicians say computers based on 1's and O's will give way to molecular systems that can simultaneously process arrays of data. Quantum information systems can tackle problems that today take years to solve. Mark K. Anderson reports from the workshop on Quantum Information Processing in Amsterdam. more nano stuff... http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_873000/873097.stm Scientists have built a pair of tweezers from DNA, the molecule that carries the "code of life". Each arm on the tiny tool is just seven nanometres (millionths of a millimetre) in length. Joseph. ---------------------------------------------- Joseph Kehoe, MSc Raven Internet Technologies Ltd. ph: +353 503 52450 www.raven.ie Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15372