Fock states could hold clues to quantum memory components
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Fock states will play a role in the future of quantum computing,” Andrew Cleland tells PhysOrg.com. “We have completed the first experimental measurement of the time decay of Fock states in a superconducting quantu ...
Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles
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Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) ...
Cousin marriage laws outdated
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Laws banning marriage between first cousins are based on outdated assumptions about a high degree of genetic risk for offspring and should be repealed, according to a population genetics expert.
New technique is quantum leap forward in understanding proteins
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In this ongoing quest, a group of Scripps Research Institute scientists, along with colleagues from the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) have borrowed from physics to deliver one of those research rarities -- an ...
Honey bees on cocaine dance more, changing ideas about the insect brain
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In a study that challenges current ideas about the insect brain, researchers have found that honey bees on cocaine tend to exaggerate.
Scientists show how certain vegetables combat cancer
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Women should go for the broccoli when the relish tray comes around during holiday celebrations this season.
Scientists Study Earthquake Swarm Near Maupin
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last two years more than 350 small earthquakes have been recorded just outside the small eastern Oregon town of Maupin and scientists are unsure what is triggering the activity.
Efficient organic LEDs a step toward better lights
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For those who love "green" compact fluorescent bulbs but hate their cold light, here's some good news: Researchers are closer to flipping the switch on cheaper, richer LED-type room lighting.
Cracking a Tough Nut for the Semiconductor Industry
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a method to measure the toughness -- the resistance to fracture -- of the thin insulating films that play a ...
In many fungi, reproductive spores are remarkably aerodynamic
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The reproductive spores of many species of fungi have evolved remarkably drag-minimizing shapes, according to new research by mycologists and applied mathematicians at Harvard University.
'Barcode Chip' Enables Cheap, Fast Blood Tests
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new barcode chip developed by a multi-institutional team of investigators promises to revolutionize diagnostic medical testing. In less than 10 minutes and using just a pinprick’s worth of blood, the chip ...
Skipping sleep may signal problems for coronary arteries
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One extra hour of sleep per night appears to decrease the risk of coronary artery calcification, an early step down the path to cardiovascular disease, a research team based at the University of Chicago Medical Center reports ...
Astronomers gaze back in time and map the history of the Universe
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UK astronomers are set to expand our knowledge of the history of our Universe with a new project to map the inception and formation of galaxies.
Young active star resembles the young Sun
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The CoRoT satellite, a space mission led by the French Space Agency CNES with the participation of Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Spain and the European Space Agency, ESA (RSSD and Science ...
Increased daily travel in animals leads to more offspring
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The more an animal walks during the day, the less energy it has to reproduce. Makes sense right? Not so fast, say two researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.
