News tagged with quantum networks


Scientists Extend the Lifetime of Quantum Memory

Physics / General Physics

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

(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 ...


Scientists demonstrate all-fiber quantum logic

Scientists demonstrate all-fiber quantum logic

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 3

A team of physicists and engineers have demonstrated all-fibre quantum logic, where single photons are generated and used to perform the controlled-NOT quantum logic gate in optical fibres with high fidelity.





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Phone points illegal border crossers to water (AP)

Phone points illegal border crossers to water

Technology / Engineering

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their illegal trek through the harsh desert into the U.S.


Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV (AP)

Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV

Technology / Telecom

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

(AP) -- For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer.


UK's O2 apologizes for smart phone service trouble

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- The head of mobile phone operator O2 has apologized to customers in the British capital who were unable to make calls after the group's network was swamped by people using smart phones such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone.


AT&T temporarily halts online iPhone sales in NYC

AT&T temporarily halts online iPhone sales in NYC

Technology / Business

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. suspended online sales of iPhones to New Yorkers over the weekend for unknown reasons, then abruptly started selling them again just as mysteriously on Monday.


Cell phone mania forces scramble for more airwaves (AP)

Cell phone mania forces scramble for more airwaves

Technology / Telecom

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

(AP) -- Wireless devices such as Apple's iPhone are transforming the way we go online, making it possible to look up driving directions, find the nearest coffee shop and update Facebook on the go. All this ...


Google sharpens aim on mobile marketing with AdMob

Technology / Internet

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Four years ago, Omar Hamoui was just another ineffectual entrepreneur trying to spruce up his resume in graduate school. Now, he's poised to become Google Inc.'s newest weapon as the company aims to extend its dominance ...


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FTC looking into Google's AdMob acquisition

Technology / Internet

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Web search and advertising giant Google said Wednesday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking more information about its proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob.


Scientists discover 2 genes that drive aggressive brain cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of Columbia scientists have discovered two genes that, when simultaneously activated, are responsible for the most aggressive forms of human brain cancer.


First adhere, then detach and glide forward

First adhere, then detach and glide forward

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person's skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important movement of the protozoa? ...


Shallow Origins

Shallow Origins

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 3

In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began.



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