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Making quantum computing scalable

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 1 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum information processing is one of the hottest areas of science and technology right now. Making quantum information processing scalable is an important part of the efforts involved with regard to practical ...





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Tiny nano-electromagnets turn a cloak of invisibility into a possibility

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 9

A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF (The Netherlands) has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light.


Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Accelerators are far from achieving the highest energies their builders aspire to, but size and cost may limit the kinds of facilities funding agencies can support. In the future, new kinds of machines will ...


Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers: Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers)

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light ...


An Advance in Superconducting Magnet Technology Opens the Door for More Powerful Colliders

An Advance in Superconducting Magnet Technology Opens the Door for More Powerful Colliders

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Preparing for as much as a 10-fold increase in the Large Hadron Collider's luminosity within the next decade, U.S. scientists and engineers have demonstrated a powerful magnet based on an ...


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Google Collaborates with D-Wave on Possible Quantum Image Search

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 5 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Always on the cutting edge of new computing technologies, Google has recently announced that it is investigating the use of quantum computing schemes to achieve faster image recognition rates. ...


Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature

Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new optical sensor developed by the American National Institute of Standards and Technology was successfully tested by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) in the "magnetically best shielded ...


Absorbing Hydrogen Fluoride Gas to Enhance Crystal Growth

Absorbing Hydrogen Fluoride Gas to Enhance Crystal Growth

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method to control the buildup of hydrogen fluoride gas during the growth of precision crystals ...


New method of measuring ocean CO2 uptake could lead to climate change 'early warning system'

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

An international team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has developed a new method of measuring the absorption of CO2 by the oceans and mapped for the first time CO2 uptake for the entire North Atlantic.


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (55) | comments 15

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


Superconductor magnet heat shield being developed

Superconductor magnet spacecraft heat shield being developed

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (44) | comments 28 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- European space agencies and an aerospace giant are developing a new re-entry heat shield that will use superconductor magnets to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect the superhot ...



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