06/07/2012

Banks' risk culture put under microscope in new academic study

(Phys.org) -- Modifying the cultures which led some banks to take unreasonable risks with their customers’ money could go a long way to ensuring the financial sector does not become embroiled in another global scandal.

New nanodevice builds electricity from tiny pieces

(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and University of Cambridge has made a significant advance in using nano-devices to create accurate electrical currents. Electrical current is composed ...

High-yield selective synthesis of specific molecules

Organic chemists seek synthesis reactions that produce high yields of very pure products. European researchers have developed novel synthetic reactions for a class of compounds particularly relevant to potential drug therapies.

JILA's instrument shop features innovation and precision

In the late 1980s, scientists in a JILA lab on the CU-Boulder campus were trying to create a new form of matter at what would be the coldest temperature in the universe. To reach such an unimaginable temperature, where atoms ...

One step closer to quantum computers

EU researchers have developed novel ways of producing qubits that enhance their efficiency, potentially bringing the world one step closer to the ‘Holy Grail’ of supercomputing.

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