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Weyl fermions could give rise to faster and more efficient electronics because of their unusual ability to behave as matter and antimatter inside a crystal. They could allow for a nearly free and efficient flow of electricity in electronics, and thus greater power, especially for computers.

Proposed by mathematician/ physicist Hermann Weyl in 1929, Weyl fermions have been long sought by scientists because they have been regarded as possible building blocks of other subatomic particles, and are even more basic than electrons (when electrons are moving inside a crystal). Their basic nature means that Weyl fermions could provide a much more stable and efficient transport of particles than electrons, which are the principle particle behind modern electronics...