Recent physics breakthroughs that are easy to understand

[cathy_cgh87]

hi...can someone pls suggest a scientific breakthrough (recently:2-3 yrs) that is related in physics..aomething easy to understand yet interesting...please please please...super thank you!

 

[marlon]

hi...can someone pls suggest a scientific breakthrough (recently:2-3 yrs) that is related in physics..aomething easy to understand yet interesting...please please please...super thank you!

Ok, here is something real' easy : high k materials to replace SiO2 as gate dielectric in a MOSFET structure :

high k

regards
marlon

ps : make sure you replace the polysilicon gate by a metal gate to reduce gate depletion. But...damn...what about this Fermi Level Pinning stuff, how are you going to cope with that, hu ?