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Fake violations of Bell tests reinforce importance of closing loopholes

(PhysOrg.com) -- In quantum mechanics, Bell’s inequalities serve as a test of nonclassical behavior: if something (such as a light source) violates Bell’s inequalities, then it can be considered to involve quantum ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Physicists Explain How Human Eyes Can Detect Quantum Effects

(PhysOrg.com) -- By greatly amplifying one photon from an entangled photon pair, physicists have theoretically shown that human eyes can be used as detectors to observe quantum effects. Usually, detecting ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (48) | comments 19 feature

Physicists close two loopholes while violating local realism

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest test in quantum mechanics provides even stronger support than before for the view that nature violates local realism and is thus in contradiction with a classical worldview. By ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (60) | comments 81 | with audio podcast feature

Quantum guessing game reveals insight into stronger-than-quantum correlations

(PhysOrg.com) -- In information processing, physicists are often in search of ways to turn classical strategies into quantum ones, with the implication that the quantum version is somehow stronger, faster, or more secure ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 7 | with audio podcast feature

Getting to know the strong force, one of the four fundamental forces of the universe

(PhysOrg.com) -- In new work, high-energy physicists have observed two long-sought quantum states in the bottomonium family of sub-atomic particles. The result will help researchers better understand one of ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicists make discovery in quantum mechanics

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 49

Bell Labs breaks optical transmission record, 100 Petabit per second kilometer barrier

Alcatel-Lucent today announced that scientists in Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer (equivalent to 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer). ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (32) | comments 0

'Spooky action at distance' in particle physics?

Researchers have devised a proposal for the first conclusive experimental test of a phenomenon known as ‘Bell’s nonlocality.’ This test is designed to reveal correlations that are stronger than any classical ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Random, but not by chance: A quantum random-number generator for encryption, security

Researchers have devised a new kind of random number generator, for encrypted communications and other uses, that is cryptographically secure, inherently private and - most importantly - certified random by ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Belle discovers new heavy 'exotic hadrons'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two unexpected new hadrons containing bottom quarks have been discovered by the Belle Experiment using the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)'s B Factory (KEKB), a highly-luminous, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Team uses high-tech optical technique to pull sound from 125 year old recordings

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have succeeded in using 3D optical scanning technology to effectively lift the voices from 125 year old recordings created by researchers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

The diving bell and the water spider: How spiders breathe under water

Water spiders spend their entire lives under water, only venturing to the surface to replenish their diving bell air supply. Yet no one knew how long the spiders could remain submerged until Roger Seymour ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Debunking and closing quantum entanglement 'loopholes'

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of physicists, including a scientist based at The University of Queensland, has recently closed an additional 'loophole' in a test explaining one of science's strangest phenomena -- ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 59 | with audio podcast

Physicists develop first conclusive test to better understand high-energy particles correlations

Researchers have devised a proposal for the first conclusive experimental test of a phenomenon known as "Bell’s nonlocality." This test is designed to reveal correlations that are stronger than any classical correlations, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Firm unveils X-rated robot (Update)

Roxxxy the sex robot had a coming out party Saturday in Sin City.

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 09, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (17) | comments 11