ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,118, issued on June 17.

"System and method for angstrom confinement of trapped ions" was invented by Sushanta Mitra (Waterloo, Canada), Na Young Kim (Waterloo, Canada), Naga Siva Kumar Gunda (Waterloo, Canada), Sunil Walia (Waterloo, Canada) and Enrique Ignacio Wagemann (San Pedro de la Paz, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a system and method for angstrom confinement of trapped ions. The method including: receiving water molecules and ionic compounds in a first reservoir, an angstrom confinement assembly is positioned between the first reservoir and a second reservoir, the angstrom confinement assembly defining...