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Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor

Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 11

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics -- th ...


South Korea's Samsung and Taiwan's Acer are teaming up with AT&T to introduce low-priced netbook computers

Samsung, Acer team up with AT&T on netbooks

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korea's Samsung and Taiwan's Acer are teaming up with US telecom giant AT&T to introduce low-priced netbook computers for the holiday shopping season.


Modified Bluetooth speeds up telemedicine

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data, such as medical images from patient to the healthcare provider's mobile device for patient assessment almost ...


More than powerful: German research computer QPACE is the most energy efficient in the world

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

At the 2009 Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon, the high-performance computer QPACE (QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell) was recognized today as the most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world.


A sound practice: Cochlear implants restore children's hearing

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ava Martin seems less nervous than her parents as the three sit in an audiologist’s office at UC Irvine Medical Center a few days after Labor Day. In August, the 6-year-old had surgery to place a cochlear ...


Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is World's fastest

Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is World's fastest

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 2

An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of Energy has made the "Jaguar" supercomputer the world's fastest. Located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jaguar is ...


Selling chip makers on optical computing

Selling chip makers on optical computing

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir ...


Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Technology / Software

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors ...


Tension on the grapevine

Tension on the grapevine

Biology / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Predictions of grape yields are extremely important to juice processors and wineries; timely and precise yield forecasts allow producers to plan for harvest and move the highly perishable grape crop from vine ...


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Dell Launches World's Fastest Office Color Laser Printer

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell today announced three new commercial workgroup printers to help businesses of all sizes increase productivity and lower their total cost of printing.


New NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Reduce Cost Of Supercomputing By A Factor Of 10

New NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Reduce Cost Of Supercomputing By A Factor Of 10

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

NVIDIA Corporation today unveiled the Tesla 20-series of parallel processors for the high performance computing (HPC) market, based on its new generation CUDA processor architecture, codenamed "Fermi".


Study sheds light on brain's fear processing center

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Breathing carbon dioxide can trigger panic attacks, but the biological reason for this effect has not been understood. A new study by University of Iowa researchers shows that carbon dioxide increases brain acidity, which ...


Intel Reader Transforms Printed Text to Spoken Word

Intel Reader Transforms Printed Text to Spoken Word (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Intel Corporation today announced the Intel Reader, a mobile handheld device designed to increase independence for people who have trouble reading standard print.


Turning heat to electricity

Turning heat to electricity... efficiently

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (62) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- In everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, the need to get rid of excess heat creates a major source of inefficiency. But new research points the way ...


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New handbook for Google, Droid users

Technology / Other

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Before buying one of the new Google-powered "Droid" phones from Verizon Wireless, you may want to read the manual. Not the setup directions in the box.