
Physicists Move One Step Closer to Quantum Computing
Physicists have made an
important advance in
electrically controlling
quantum states of electrons,
a step that could help in
the development of quantum
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Small Nanoparticles Bring Big Improvement to Medical Imaging
Scientists have discovered a
method of using
nanoparticles to illuminate
the cellular interior to
reveal the slow, complex
processes taking place in a
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Large Hadron Collider: Beams Are Back on at World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator
Particle beams are once
again zooming around the
world's most powerful
particle accelerator -- the
Large Hadron Collider --
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Harnessing Waste Heat from Laptop Computers, Cell Phones May Double Battery Time
New research points the way
to a technology that might
make it possible to harvest
much of the wasted heat
produced by everything from
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Engineering Functional Structures With Single Atoms and Molecules
November 19, 2009 The performance of modern electronics increases steadily on a fast pace thanks to the ongoing miniaturization of the utilized components. However, severe problems arise due to quantum-mechanical ... > full story -
Entangled Photons Created from Quantum Dots
November 18, 2009 To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement -- the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded ... > full story -
Exotic Electric Properties of Graphene Confirmed
November 18, 2009 First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably ... > full story -
US Physics Lab Ties in Race for Atomic-Scale Breakthrough
November 18, 2009 Everybody loves a race to the wire, even when the result is a tie. The great irony is the ultraprecise clocks that could result from this competition could probably break any tie. A second lab of ... > full story -
'Universal' Programmable Two-Qubit Quantum Processor Created
November 16, 2009 Physicists have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics -- the rules governing the submicroscopic world -- ... > full story -
New Experiment Could Reveal Make-Up of the Universe
November 13, 2009 Scientists in England are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the ... > full story -
Quantum Gas Microscope Offers Glimpse Of Quirky Ultracold Atoms
November 12, 2009 Physicists have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways. The ... > full story -
Laser-Plasma Accelerators Ride On Einstein's Shoulders
November 11, 2009 Using Einstein's theory of special relativity to speedup computer simulations, scientists have designed laser-plasma accelerators with energies of 10 billion electron volts (GeV) and beyond. These ... > full story -
Flipping A Photonic Shock Wave
November 10, 2009 Physicists have directly observed a reverse shock wave of light in a specially tailored structure known as a left-handed metamaterial. Although it was first predicted over forty years ago, this is ... > full story -
First Bose-Einstein Condensation Of Strontium
November 9, 2009 In an international first, scientists have produced a Bose-Einstein condensate of the alkaline-earth element strontium. Choosing the isotope 84Sr, which has received little attention so far, proved ... > full story
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