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The single-atom engine that could

14 Apr 2016
An image of the ion trap inside the vacuum chamber
Hot stuff: The experimental set-up with the trapped calcium. (Courtesy: Johannes Roßnagel)
Physicists in Germany have taken mechanical miniaturization to the ultimate limit by producing a hea

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