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And don't worry, I'm sure they will come out with a Super Monkey Ball Motion Plus before then...]]>May 1st 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/01/quantum-pis-nanotrek-sensors-pick-up-vibration-and-motion-your/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/01/quantum-pis-nanotrek-sensors-pick-up-vibration-and-motion-your/May 1st 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/01/quantum-pis-nanotrek-sensors-pick-up-vibration-and-motion-your/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/01/quantum-pis-nanotrek-sensors-pick-up-vibration-and-motion-your/May 1st 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/01/quantum-pis-nanotrek-sensors-pick-up-vibration-and-motion-your/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/01/quantum-pis-nanotrek-sensors-pick-up-vibration-and-motion-your/
That doesn't happen, though. Protons and neutrons can leave the nucleus (for example in alpha decay) without needing to overcome the potential holding them in place. It's almost like they "tunnel" through the potential barrier. It was an explained yet mysterious phenomenon until quantum physics, which explained mathematically that there was never zero chance of the particle not emerging on the other side of the barrier, no matter how large the potential barrier holding it in place.

In fact, all electronics use this. For example, if you have a thin layer of oxide on the surface of your material, that would represent a barrier to electrons trying to get through. Thanks to quantum tunnelling, they can make it through. For example, ohmic contacts that connect the raw silicon of a transistor to the copper cables uses tunnelling.]]>May 1st 2009 2:22PM