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High-Temperature Superconductivity Induced in a Semiconductor With Scotch Tape
September 11, 2012 An international team has developed a simple new technique using Scotch poster tape that has enabled them to induce high-temperature superconductivity in a semiconductor for the first time. The ... > full story -
Scientists Cast Doubt on Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
September 7, 2012 Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, formulated by the theoretical physicist in 1927, is one of the cornerstones of quantum mechanics. The principle has bedeviled quantum physicists for nearly ... > full story -
Quantum World Only Partially Melts: Ultracold Atoms Reveal Surprising New Quantum Effects
September 6, 2012 Scientists are investigating the transition of quantum systems as they approach thermal equilibrium. Scientists have now detected an astonishingly stable intermediate state between order and ... > full story -
Quantum Teleportation Goes the Distance: Record-Breaking Distance of 143 Kilometers Through Free Space
September 5, 2012 An international research team has achieved quantum teleportation over a record-breaking distance of 143 kilometers through free ... > full storyMore: -
New Wave of Technologies Possible After Ground-Breaking Analysis Tool for Nanometer Devices Developed
August 26, 2012 A revolutionary tool has enabled researchers to analyze nanometer-sized devices without destroying them for the first time, opening the door to a new wave of ... > full story -
Simplified Approach for High-Power, Single-Mode Lasers
August 24, 2012 Researchers have developed a new resonator that creates the purest, brightest, and most powerful single-mode quantum cascade lasers yet at the eight-12 micron range, a wavelength of great interest ... > full story -
Shaking the Electron Has Strengthened Quantum Mechanics
August 23, 2012 Atomic orbital electrons react to change of nucleus electric charge following each beta decay and to flying nearby particles emitted from the nucleus. Physicists have simulated such processes for 6He ... > full story -
Imprisoned Molecules 'Quantum Rattle' in Their Cages
August 20, 2012 Scientists have discovered that a space inside a special type of carbon molecule can be used to imprison other smaller molecules such as hydrogen or ... > full story -
Researchers Make Quantum Processor Capable of Factoring a Composite Number Into Prime Factors
August 19, 2012 Computing prime factors may sound like an elementary math problem, but try it with a large number, say one that contains more than 600 digits, and the task becomes enormously challenging and ... > full story -
A New Route to Dissipationless Electronics
August 19, 2012 A team of researchers has demonstrated a new material that promises to eliminate loss in electrical power transmission. The surprise is that their methodology for solving this classic energy problem ... > full story
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