Quantum Computing Steps Forward
Jan 20, 2006 |
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With the University of Michigan’s latest production of a quantum chip, it’s another step forward for quantum computers that will someday dwarf the abilities of today’s machines. ...
Plasma vessel for Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment ready
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Jan 20, 2006 |
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The first large production order for the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment, construction of the plasma chamber, has been successfully completed: The 20 sectors of the bizarrely shaped 35-ton vessel were assembled ...
Nano World: Gold nano vs. Alzheimer's
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Gold particles only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide together with extremely weak microwaves can dissolve the abnormal protein clumps linked with Alzheimer's disease and potentially those linked with other degenerative ...
Newly discovered worm fences with penis
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Australian scientists are set to announce the discovery of a species of flatworm which is a member of group of predators known as oyster leeches.
Towards Molecular Electronics: New Way of Making Molecular Transistors
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Researchers at Columbia University's Nanoscience Center are on the verge of solving one of the most vexing barriers facing advances in molecular electronics: incorporating individual molecules into functional ...
Spacecraft, heal thyself
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Building spacecraft is a tough job. They are precision pieces of engineering that have to survive in the airless environment of space, where temperatures can swing from hundreds of degrees Celsius to hundreds ...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Robot
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Will robots one day rule the world? For decades this notion has both fascinated and terrified humans, our hungry imagination fed by Hollywood blockbusters and sci-fi novels. Now a new generation of robots promises ...
Quantum electronics: Two photons and chips
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Jan 20, 2006 |
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Scientists at Toshiba Research Europe Limited (Cambridge, UK) believe they are on to a way of producing entangled twins of photons using a simple semiconductor electronic device. Such a chip-based source of entangled photons ...
From mirror to mist: Cracking the secret of fracture instabilities
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Jan 20, 2006 |
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Researchers from Max Planck Institute for Metals Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have performed atom-by-atom investigations of how cracks propagate in brittle materials.
'Wristwatch' biosensor to track alcohol use
Jan 20, 2006 |
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The device looks like a runner’s digital watch. Black, plastic and oversized, it dominates mathematician Gary Rosen’s wrist. But what Rosen has strapped on is no simple timepiece. It’s one of the very few prototypes ...
What lies beneath: new research looks deep into the centre of the Earth
Jan 20, 2006 |
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New research published this week on the evolution of volcanoes sheds light on what lies deep beneath the Earth's surface. The research, published in Nature, suggests that the plume of hot material that provid ...
Sonar reference dropped from whale report
Jan 20, 2006 |
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A document made public as a result of a court order says a U.S. government investigator studying the stranding of whales dropped references of naval sonar.
Professors as Science to withhold report
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Oregon State University's College of Forestry professors have asked Science to withhold a study that says logging hurts forest regeneration.
For orthopedic injuries, a robot that follows patients as they move
Jan 20, 2006 |
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The MRI and CT scan may one day have a robotic cousin capable of following and peering into patients as they move around. A University of Florida engineer has designed a robot to shadow and shoot X-ray video ...
Stevens demands online porn rating system
Jan 20, 2006 |
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In a week in which the Child Online Protection Act is back in the news, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, used a committee hearing Thursday to fire a warning toward the adult entertainment industry.
