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Scientists Extend the Lifetime of Quantum Memory

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Storing and sending information using quantum phenomena is one of the hottest areas of research today; scientists across the globe are investigating how to make quantum communication possible for real-life ...





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Quantum physicists control supercurrent

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 10, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Netherlands scientists say they've shown that in a quantum-mechanical circuit, the current can be reversed by using a single electron.


To peer inside a living cell

To peer inside a living cell

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum mechanics could help build ultra-high-resolution electron microscopes that won't destroy living cells, according to MIT electrical engineers.


Lasers can lengthen quantum bit memory by 1,000 times

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Physicists have found a way to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bits, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers.


Under Observation -- Restless Atoms Cause Materials to Age

Under Observation -- Restless Atoms Cause Materials to Age

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This scientific advance was made ...


Discovery about behavior of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (39) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called spinons and a holons.


The Spin Cycle: Nanoresearch could lead to next generation of transistors

The Spin Cycle: Nanoresearch could lead to next generation of transistors

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, the transistors inside radios, televisions and other everyday items have transmitted data by controlling the movement of the electron’s charge. Scientists now have discovered ...


Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'

Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (46) | comments 5

A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells.


Researchers Design Triple Quantum Dot for Quantum Information Applications

Researchers Design Triple Quantum Dot for Quantum Information Applications

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While quantum dots have existed since the 1980s, only in the past decade have physicists successfully created lateral few-electron single quantum dots. These quantum dots enable physicists ...


Electron self-injection into an evolving plasma bubble

Electron self-injection into an evolving plasma bubble

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Particle accelerators are among the largest and most expensive scientific instruments. Thirty years ago, theorists John Dawson and Toshiki Tajima proposed an idea for making them thousands of times smaller: ...


A light touch: Iron complexes as efficient catalysts for the light-driven extraction of hydrogen from water

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen is a promising alternative energy carrier that can be efficiently converted into electrical energy in fuel cells. One hurdle to the introduction of sustainable hydrogen technology is the fact that ...



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