 |  New Ion Trap May Lead to Large Quantum Computers
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and built a novel electromagnetic trap for ions that could be easily mass produced to potentially make quantum computers large enough for practical use. ...  |
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07-07-2006
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| | In pursuit of climate-friendly energy
On or off the job, Susan Reyes, a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) nuclear engineer, promotes the application of nuclear science and technology and encourages young students to seek careers in nuclear science-related fields. ... |
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07-05-2006
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| | Stealth radar system sees through trees, walls -- undetected
Ohio State University engineers have invented a radar system that is virtually undetectable, because its signal resembles random noise. The radar could have applications in law enforcement, the military, and disaster rescue.
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07-01-2006
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| | Artificial Intelligence Turns 50
"When I'm asked whether computers will ever really mimic humans, I say, yes and no," says Dartmouth philosophy professor James Moor, director of AI@50, a conference this summer at Dartmouth commemorating the golden anniversary of the field of artificial intelligence. ... |
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| | Magnetic nanotechnology could make computers 500 times faster
The University of Bath is to lead an international 555,000 three-year project to develop a system which could cut out the need for wiring to carry electric currents in silicon chips.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/nogaret_thumb.jpgComputers double in power every 18 months or... |
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06-24-2006
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| | Half-Terahertz Performance
A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz. Though the record performance was attained at extremely cold temperatures, the results suggest that the upper bound... |
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06-24-2006
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| | UCSD Researchers Develop 'Smart Petri Dish'
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed what they call a "Smart Petri Dish" that could be used to rapidly screen new drugs for toxic interactions or identify cells in the early stages of cancer circulating through a patient's blood. ... |
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06-16-2006
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| | New World Cup football will unsettle goalkeepers
The new football that will be used for the first time in the World Cup’s opening game on Friday (9 June 2006) is likely to bamboozle goalkeepers at some stage of the tournament, a leading scientist has warned. The Adidas ‘Teamgeist’ football has just 14 panels - with fewer seams - making... |
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06-12-2006
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| | Swimming Robot Tests Theories About Locomotion
An underwater robot is helping scientists understand why four-flippered animals such as penguins, sea turtles and seals use only two of their limbs for propulsion, whereas their long-extinct ancestors seemed to have used all four.
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05-31-2006
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| | A Quantum CPU (the Pentium Q?)
A new design scheme for a quantum processor core makes potential quantum computers more technically feasible, more efficient, and in many cases faster by keeping all the quantum bits (qubits) turned on all the time.
This is according to a group of researchers hailing from the University... |
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05-25-2006
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| | Can light travel backwards?
In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both faster and slower than its usual speed limit, but now researchers at the University of Rochester have published a paper today in Science on how they've gone one step further: pushing light into reverse. ... |
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| | Nanotubes used for first time to send signals to nerve cells
Texas scientists have added one more trick to the amazing repertoire of carbon nanotubes - the ability to carry electrical signals to nerve cells.
Nanotubes, tiny hollow carbon filaments about one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair, are already famed as one of the most... |
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05-10-2006
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| | World-Leading Microscope Shows More Detail Than Ever
A unique 3-dimensional microscope that works in a new way is giving unprecedented insight into microscopic internal structure and chemical composition. It is revealing how materials are affected, over time, by changes in temperature, humidity, weight load and other conditions. ... |
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05-03-2006
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05-01-2006
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| | University of Utah to Help Build Bionic Arm
University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm. The Utah work is a key part of a U.S. Department of Defense contract worth up to $55 million to develop the new device for soldiers and... |
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04-24-2006
by C1ay | |
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| | Simulations Take Us Inside The Mind Of Einstein
For years scientists trying to visualize the concept of gravitational waves churned by the collision of black holes have relied largely on artists' conceptions. Now, at long last, they have Einstein's conception.
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04-18-2006
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| | Single-molecule diode may change Moore's "law"
Researchers from the University of South Florida, the University of Chicago and the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) have recently developed the principles of operation and completed an experimental testing of a single molecule for use as a diode. A paper explaining their research has... |
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04-05-2006
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03-27-2006
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| | Carbon fiber cars could put U.S. on highway to efficiency
Highways of tomorrow might be filled with lighter, cleaner and more fuel-efficient automobiles made in part from recycled plastics, lignin from wood pulp and cellulose.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/lignin_thumb.jpgFirst, however, researchers at the Department of Energy's... |
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03-24-2006
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