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MIT Probe Could Aid Quantum Computing
MIT researchers may have
found a way to overcome a
key barrier to the advent of
super-fast quantum
computers, which could be
powerful tools for
applications such as code
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Quantum 'Traffic Jam' Revealed: Findings May Help Get Current Flowing At Higher Temperatures
Scientists at Brookhaven
National Laboratory and
collaborators have uncovered
the first experimental
evidence for why the
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Light Touch: Controlling The Behavior Of Quantum Dots
Researchers from NIST and
the Joint Quantum Institute
have reported a new way to
fine-tune the light coming
from quantum dots by
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Creating Unconventional Metals: Quantum Halfway House Between Magnet And Semiconductor Discovered
The semiconductor silicon
and the ferromagnet iron are
the basis for much of
mankind's technology, used
in everything from computers
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Fast Quantum Computer Building Block Created
August 25, 2008 — The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated. The scientists used lasers to create an initialized quantum state of ... > full story -
Toward Plastic Spin Transistors: Ultrafast Computers And Electronics On The Horizon?
August 18, 2008 — Physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons -- a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": A plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast ... > full story -
New Theory For Latest High-temperature Superconductors
August 14, 2008 — Physicists have published a new theory that explains some of the complex electronic and magnetic properties of iron "pnictides." In a series of startling discoveries this spring, pnictides were shown ... > full story -
Large Area Transistors Get Helping Hand From Quantum Effects
August 11, 2008 — Researchers report that nano-designed transistors for the large area display and sensor application field benefit hugely from quantum size effects. The unexpected superior switching performance (low ... > full story -
Quantum Chaos Unveiled?
August 9, 2008 — Scientists are shedding light on an important, unsolved physics problem: the relationship between chaos theory -- which is based on 300-year-old Newtonian physics -- and the modern theory of quantum ... > full story -
Physicist's Quantum-'Uncollapse' Hypothesis Verified
August 8, 2008 — In 2006, two physics and astronomy professors spelled out how to exploit a quantum quirk to accomplish a feat long thought impossible, and now a research team has tested the theory, proving it ... > full story -
Quantum Physics: Disentangling Strange Behavior Of Qubits
August 8, 2008 — Current technology enables the building of electrical circuits similar to those we use at home but reduced thousands of times in size to a micrometric scale of thousandths of a millimeter. When these ... > full story -
Quantum Computers Are One Step Closer
August 7, 2008 — Complex computer encryption codes could be solved and new drug design developed significantly faster because of new research. The reality of a workable quantum computer is one step closer. ... > full story -
Viterbi Algorithm Goes Quantum
August 6, 2008 — The Viterbi Algorithm, the elegant 41-year-old logical tool for rapidly eliminating dead end possibilities in reception of digital data, has a new application to go alongside its ubiquitous daily use ... > full story -
Breakthrough In Quantum Mechanics: Superconducting Electronic Circuit Pumps Microwave Photons
August 5, 2008 — Researchers have recently reached what they are calling a milestone in experimental quantum mechanics. They have used a superconducting electronic circuit known as a Josephson phase qubit to ... > full story
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