Quantum computer solves problem, without running
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Feb 22, 2006 |
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By combining quantum computation and quantum interrogation, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found an exotic way of determining an answer to an algorithm – without ever running ...
Pear-shaped particles probe big-bang mystery
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Feb 22, 2006 |
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A University of Sussex-led team of scientists is ahead in the race to solve one of the biggest mysteries of our physical world: why the Universe contains the matter that we're made of.
Hackers beware -- new technique uses photons, physics to foil codebreakers
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Feb 22, 2006 |
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For governments and corporations in the business of transmitting sensitive data such as banking records or personal information over fibre optic cables, a new system demonstrated by University of Toronto researchers offers ...
Uneven surfaces conserve fuel
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Feb 22, 2006 |
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Tiny regular bumps on a surface, such as the wing of an airplane, can substantially reduce total air resistance, and thereby the consumption of fuel. Wind tunnel tests at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, ...
High school student finds new protein
Feb 22, 2006 |
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A 16-year-old Glenelg, Md., high school student has received a patent for a protein that reportedly might help fight one of the world's deadliest diseases.
Hubble Confirms Two New Moons of Pluto
Feb 22, 2006 |
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Anxiously awaited follow-up observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of two new moons around the distant planet Pluto. The moons were first discovered by Hubble in May 2005, ...
3D Navigation System — Even for Off-roaders
Feb 22, 2006 |
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Siemens has developed a navigation system with a three-dimensional map display. These true-to-life images of entire streets and intersections make it easier for drivers to find their destinations even in unfamiliar ...
Hens' teeth not so rare after all
Feb 22, 2006 |
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Scientists have discovered that rarest of things: a chicken with teeth – crocodile teeth to be precise. Contrary to the well-known phrase, ‘As rare as hens’ teeth,’ the researchers say they have found a naturally occurring ...
Nanostructures in 3D
Feb 22, 2006 |
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Max Planck researchers from Düsseldorf unveil the first three-dimensional electron microscope for examining nanomaterials structure. It is the world’s first electron microscope for simultaneously and automatically ...
What is the lifetime of positronium ions?
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Feb 22, 2006 |
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The positronium ion is the most simply built negative ion imaginable, made of just two electrons and a positron. This exotic combination is unstable: after just a few fractions of a billionth of a second it ...
Robots used to keep Japan's children safe
Feb 22, 2006 |
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Getting children safely to and from school is seemingly no easy feat these days, and some local governments in Japan are prepared to make full use of available technology to ensure that students are kept safely out of harm's ...
Methodist Neurosurgeon Makes Quantum Leap on Nano-Level
Feb 22, 2006 |
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A neurosurgeon at the Methodist Neurological Institute (NI) is the first to use an enzyme-driven technique to label nanotubes with quantum dots, giving scientists a better way to see single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Statistically 'Proven'! Germany Will Be Next Soccer World Champion
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Feb 22, 2006 |
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For some people soccer is a game of pure chance. Metin Tolan confronts the emotions in the stadium with statistical calculations. The professor for experimental physics at the Universität Dortmund says, ...
The Web: Dialup not as dead as disco, yet
Feb 22, 2006 |
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Is dialup Internet access, so to say, as dead as disco? Or does it still have a few smooth moves left? The conventional wisdom is that broadband is overtaking good old modems as the preferred access choice of online consumers. ...
LIGO Kicks into High Gear for Gravitational-Wave Search with 18-Month Observation Run
Feb 22, 2006 |
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The quest to detect and study gravitational waves with the NSF-funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is now in the fourth month of its first sustained science run since achieving its promised design ...
