"noisy" atoms found in nanotech

In a message dated 2004:04:17 06:31:21 PM, "thollem" writes:

>this Is a Short Excerpt From an article About
>nanotechnology. not Surprising, But Must Be the First
>time Ever heard By a human Being. i Imagine these
>Sounds could Be composed And actually Are when
>Manipulated By the Researchers (Whether They Realize
>it Or not Of Course).
>
>[Physicists studying nanotech made another
>serendipitous find: They discovered that atoms make
>noise.
>
>Atoms are moved from one location to another with a
>special type of electric current known as a tunneling
>current. Monitoring the sound of that manipulation
>reveals a sort of "cry of protest" from the atom.
>
>"That jumping back and forth, between its preferred
>place and where we are really forcing it to be, turns
>out to make this noise," Celotta said.]
>
>-imagine 'ode To Joy' Sung By a chorus Of Screaming
>atoms, thollemmcdonas

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