Almost four decades since its existence was first proposed, a fourth basic circuit element joins the canonical three. The 'memristor' might herald a step-change in the march towards ever more powerful circuitry.
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Tour, J., He, T. The fourth element. Nature 453, 42–43 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453042a
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