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An oblivious transfer protocol for quantum cryptography

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 2

“It's hard to beat the noise that you have with quantum information,” Barbara Terhal tells PhysOrg.com. “So our security protocol relies on the fact that storing quantum bits noiselessly is hard to do with current technology.”





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Sony develops highly efficient wireless power transfer system based on magnetic resonance

Sony develops highly efficient wireless power transfer system based on magnetic resonance

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 7

Sony Corp. today announced the development of a highly efficient wireless power transfer system that eliminates the use of power cables from electronic products such as television sets. Using this system, ...


Researchers produce world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ (University of Queensland) researchers are leading green energy technology with confirmation of the world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum plants.


The unicycling clown phenomenon: Talking, walking and driving with cell phone users

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Everyone tends to float off into space once in a while and fail to see what is sitting there right in front of them. Recently researchers decided to put the theory of "inattentional blindness" to the test: the unicycling ...


Toward better solar cells: Chemists gain control of light-harvesting paths

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Florida chemists have pioneered a method to tease out promising molecular structures for capturing energy, a step that could speed the development of more efficient, cheaper solar cells.


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Intel's Light Peak Will Replace Copper Wires

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (33) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Wednesday, the company announced a new optical cable that will be able to transfer data, between electrical devices, starting at speeds of 10 ...


Pidgin 2.6 adds Google Talk video and voice support

Technology / Software

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pidgin has long been an easy way to use lots of different chat systems on your desktop. With its 2.6 release, Pidgin's finally catching up to the video, audio and file transfer offerings of Google Talk, Yahoo and others.


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Pilots used laptop computers while straying off course

Technology / Other

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two distracted US pilots were using laptop computers against company rules last week when they overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers), federal investigators said.


Mimicking nature, scientists can now extend redox potentials

Mimicking nature, scientists can now extend redox potentials

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New insight into how nature handles some fundamental processes is guiding researchers in the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range ...


Software That's Resilient Against Hacker Attack

Software That's Resilient Against Hacker Attack

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers headed by Martin Rinard, a professor of computer science at MIT, have developed new software that automatically patches errors in deployed software in a matter of minutes.


Particles are back in the LHC

Particles are back in the LHC

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 2

During the last weekend (23-25 October) particles have once again entered the LHC after the one-year break that followed the incident of September 2008.



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