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Nanowire device slips ahead in current race

A phenomenon known as quantum phase slip has been used to generate a current by moving pairs of electrons through an ultrathin wire. The feat is good news for efforts to pin down the standard unit of current.

Nature Volume 608 Issue 7921

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