It is now possible to compute the quantum-mechanical properties of atomic systems that are in effect infinite.

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Rabi was interested in the properties of atomic nuclei, not clocks, and he never pursued the idea.

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Down at these near-atomic sizes, materials exhibit unique properties that dramatically alter their physical, chemical or biological behaviour.

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The goal is to develop a range of areas where they can make improvements, such as new levels of control of semiconductor properties on a near-atomic level to light mixing and heat management.

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Though they did not, themselves, perform the synthesis, Dr't Hooft and Dr Veltman tidied up its mathematics to such a degree that useful predictions about the properties of unknown sub-atomic particles became possible.

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They have atomic-like behavior that results in unusual electronic properties on a nanoscale.

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Since the electrical properties of solids depend on their crystal structures, his group is experimenting with new atomic lattices.

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Most usefully, the ability to make stuff with atomic precision will allow scientists to produce materials with improved, or new, optical, magnetic, thermal or electrical properties.

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