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Published online 11 March 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050307-17

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Atoms never forget

Arrays of atoms could make faster, cheaper memory devices .

Memory chips that store data by using electrical pulses to rearrange atoms could revolutionize the next generation of mobile phones and digital cameras. So say researchers who have built a device that proves the idea can deliver faster, cheaper memory.

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