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Fast quantum computer building block created

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (46) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers at University of Michigan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and ...





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Giant simulation could solve mystery of 'dark matter'

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (55) | comments 10

The search for a mysterious substance which makes up most of the Universe could soon be at an end, according to new research.


Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 5

Understanding dark energy is the number one issue in explaining the universe, according to Salman Habib, of the Laboratory's Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology group.


Michigan wants hunters to shoot feral pigs

Biology /

created Jan 30, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Feral pigs have become such a problem in Michigan that the state Department of Natural Resources has asked deer hunters in 51 counties to shoot any they see.


New Data Suggests We Don’t Live in a Void, and Supports Dark Energy

New Data Suggests We Don’t Live in a Void, and Supports Dark Energy

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (36) | comments 75 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- An alternative proposal to dark energy in which the Earth sits near the center of a large void is undergoing scrutiny, and the results show that void models fit poorly with observed data. ...


Light at night linked to symptoms of depression in mice

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Too much light at night can lead to symptoms of depression, according to a new study in mice. Researchers found that mice housed in a lighted room 24 hours a day exhibited more depressive symptoms than did similar mice that ...


Is the Milky Way doomed to be destroyed by galactic bombardment? Probably not, study says

Is the Milky Way doomed to be destroyed by galactic bombardment? Probably not

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- As scientists attempt to learn more about how galaxies evolve, an open question has been whether collisions with our dwarf galactic neighbors will one day tear apart the disk of the Milky ...


Work begins on world's deepest underground lab (AP)

Work begins on world's deepest underground lab

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 11

(AP) -- Far below the Black Hills of South Dakota, crews are building the world's deepest underground science lab at a depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings - a place uniquely suited to ...


Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's time once again for nature to put on its late-summer fireworks show: the Perseid meteor shower. This year's best viewing will be before dawn on Aug. 12, with a second chance after sunset ...


Keck Study Sheds New Light on "Dark" Gamma-ray Bursts

Keck Study Sheds New Light on "Dark" Gamma-ray Bursts

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Since its launch in 2004, NASA's Swift has detected more than 430 gamma-ray bursts. Roughly half of them are "dark" bursts that emit little or no visible light. Dense knots of dust in otherwise normal galaxies ...


Probing Question: Can we save today's documents for tomorrow?

Probing Question: Can we save today's documents for tomorrow?

Technology / Hi Tech

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

Even though your grandparents’ old photo albums are yellowed and grainy, they’re still there for you and your family to enjoy. But will your grandchildren be able to say the same of the digital photo albums ...



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