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Operating quantum memory at room temperature

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (42) | comments 0

Quantum dots, along with quantum wires, have been attracting notice over the past decade as possible building blocks of quantum information processing. Indium arsenide quantum dots (InAs) can be used for memory operations ...


Physicists Investigate Controversy over Room-Temperature Ice

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (39) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- By confining water in nano-sized spaces, physicists from Leiden University in the Netherlands have turned water into ice at room temperature. While it’s not the first time scientists have created room-temperature ...


Shape shifters: Researchers create new breed of antennas

Shape shifters: Researchers create new breed of antennas

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Antennas aren't just for listening to the radio anymore. They're used in everything from cell phones to GPS devices. Research from North Carolina State University is revolutionizing the field of antenna design ...


Let there be light: Teaching magnets to do more than just stick around

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and ...


Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone

Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, ...


Rice University rolls out new nanocars (Videos)

Rice University rolls out new nanocars (Videos)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

This year's model isn't your father's nanocar. It runs cool.


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Single Atom Quantum Dots Bring Real Devices Closer (Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Single atom quantum dots created by researchers at Canada’s National Institute for Nanotechnology and the University of Alberta make possible a new level of control over individual electrons, ...


Room temperature superconductivity: One step closer to the Holy Grail of physics

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (116) | comments 29

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have for the first time identified a key component to unravelling the mystery of room temperature superconductivity, according to a paper published in today's edition of the scientific ...


New molecules have wide applications

Carbenes: New molecules have wide applications

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. ...


Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome (AP)

Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero's extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the Earth's movement and ...


Scrubbing sulfur

Scrubbing sulfur: New process removes sulfur components, CO2 from power plant emissions (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from ...


Digital Entertainer brings PC content to big screen

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

So there you are with all those videos, photos and MP3 music files, and the only place you can play all that digital entertainment is on your computer. It's probably sequestered away somewhere in the room you've designated ...


FDA panel: Lower maximum daily dose of Tylenol (AP)

FDA panel: Lower maximum daily dose of Tylenol

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

(AP) -- Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin ...


Report concludes uninsured are costly for all

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.


Yahoo wins round in Oregon nude photo court battle

Technology / Internet

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo has won a legal battle over removing nude photos that an Oregon woman claimed her boyfriend posted on its Web site without her knowledge or permission.