If you turn the computer off, the programs, files and applications stop at the same time, as they are. They don't have to be loaded every time the computer starts.
Looks like all of the electronics textbooks will have to be rewritten.
This new circuit element seems almost the electronic equivalent to finding another color.
It's properties will mean it will probably play a big part in the design of circuits that will give the tech revolution another twist.

If you've ever downloaded and opened a spread sheet or any other office program before saving it to a folder, and then proceeded to work on it, all the while dutifully clicking on the save button the whole time, only to have it disappear after you shut off the computer (because you were saving it to the Temp file), this would be a god send.