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Bright and pure source of high-fidelity entangled photons for quantum computation and teleportation

Like virtuosos tuning their violins, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have tuned their instruments and harmonized the production of entangled photons, pushing rates to more than 1 million pairs ...

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Los Alamos pressure process makes pure zirconium glass

Zirconium may not be a girl's best friend, but by squeezing the metal with roughly the same pressure needed to make diamonds, scientists at the University of California's Los Alamos National Laboratory made a pure glass that ...

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Quantum Encryption Breakthrough: World's First Single-photon Emission in Data Transmission Wavelengths

The University of Tokyo's Nanoelectronics Collaborative Research Center and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the joint development of technologies that generate and measure single-photons(1), succeeding in observing th ...

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ORNL nanoprobe creates world of new possibilities

A technology with proven environmental, forensics and medical applications has received a shot in the arm because of an invention by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL's nanoprobe, which ...

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New STMicroelectronics NAND Flash Family for portable consumer equipments and disposable storage media

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has completed its 'Small Page' NAND Flash memory roadmap with the introduction of 256-Mbit and 128-Mbit devices to provide cost-effective storage for a range of consumer products ...

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S-LCD Amorphous TFT LCD Manufacturing Building Completed for 7th Generation LCDs Equipment

S-LCD Corporation celebrated completed construction of the world's largest generation 7 amorphous TFT LCD panel production building in Tangjung, South Korea. The "S-LCD Grand Opening Ceremony" was held with ...

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NIST Testing Method Quickly Tells Whether Thin Films Are Strong Enough for the Job

The challenge of determining whether thin films—some no thicker than a single molecule—are strong enough for a growing number of important technology jobs just got easier and quicker thanks to an inexpensive ...

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Department of Energy Office of Science INCITE Program Seeking Proposals for Large-Scale Scientific Computing

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that proposals are being accepted for a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science program to support innovative, large-scale computational science projects which will ...

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To Mars and Beyond: Plasma Rocket Research

With their main objective to develop a rocket for a manned mission to Mars, UH Professor Edgar Bering and his student, Michael Brukardt, were among the authors of an award-winning technical paper recognized at a recent conference ...

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Getting Lost Becomes A Thing of the Past

Getting lost in strange towns and cities or trying to find the right way to a particular destination is no longer a problem thanks to new navigation software that provides 'on the move' information for drivers and pedestrians ...

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Mystery Of Nanoparticles Concealed In The Blink Of An Eye

Scientists at the University of Chicago have discovered a better way to measure a confounding property of microscopic high-tech particles called quantum dots. Quantum dots, also called nanocrystals, emit light ...

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Using Carbon Nanotubes For Quantum Computing

The computing community for many years has longed to be able to to carry out high speed calculations using a genuine Quantum Computer because it would facilitate the practical factorisation of very large numbers and the searching ...

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USC scientist invents technique to grow superconducting and magnetic 'nanocables'

A University of Southern California engineer has discovered a way to manufacture composite "nanocables" from a potent new class of substances with extraordinary properties called Transition Metal Oxides (TMOs). ...

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GE made carbon nanotube-based diode only 10 atoms wide, capable both to emit and detect light

GE Global Research, the centralised research organisation of the General Electric Company, announced the development of the world’s best performing diode built from a carbon nanotube, which will enable smaller and faster ...

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SHEC Labs achieved breakthrough performance in manufacturing hydrogen from water using the sun's power

Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation (SHEC Labs) reported that they have demonstrated the production of Hydrogen from water using their proprietary Solar Thermal Chemical Process. The Hydrogen production was accomplished at ...

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