News tagged with coherent behavior
El Nino and the tropical Eastern Pacific annual cycle run to the same beat
Phase synchronization is a phenomenon in which separate oscillatory systems develop joint coherent behavior by some nonlinear mechanism. First described in 1673 by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, this ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Why surprises temporarily blind us
Reading this story requires you to willfully pay attention to the sentences and to tune out nearby conversations, the radio and other distractions. But if a fire alarm sounded, your attention would be involuntarily ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2010 |
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First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists from ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Michigan scientists working on super-fast, secure computing
Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR)-supported physicists at the University of Michigan are developing innovative components for quantum, or super-fast, computers that will improve security for data ...
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Novel probe for ultracold quantum matter developed
(Phys.org) -- In a paper published in the May 20, 2012 edition of the journal Nature Physics, a research group from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University reports the development and de ...
May 23, 2012 |
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Good vibes: Coupling electron spin states and carbon nanotube vibrations
(Phys.org) -- An electron’s spin is separate from its motion, and is suitable for use in both highly-precise magnetic sensing as well as a qubit in quantum computing. Recently, scientists at the University ...
May 23, 2012 |
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X-ray laser uncovers secrets of complex oxide material
(Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers has used SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) to discover never-before-seen behavior by electrons in complex materials with extraordinary properties.
May 17, 2012 |
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Graphite enters different states of matter
(Phys.org) -- For the first time, scientists have seen an X-ray-irradiated mineral go to two different states of matter in about 40 femtoseconds (a femtosecond is one quadrillionth of a second).
May 16, 2012 |
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Fermions exhibit collective behavior in unexpected situations
Some people like company. Others prefer to be alone. The same holds true for the particles that constitute the matter around us: Some, called bosons, like to act in unison with others. Others, called fermions, have a mind ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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IBM research advances device performance for quantum computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at IBM Research have achieved major advances in quantum computing device performance that may accelerate the realization of a practical, full-scale quantum computer. For specific ...
Feb 28, 2012 |
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New study may lead to MRIs on a nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Bits of life, drop by drop
(PhysOrg.com) -- Swiss scientists are working on creating artificial living tissues using a very special kind of inkjet printer. Still in its initial stages, this technology could nonetheless soon provide ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Choreographing dance of electrons offers promise in pursuit of quantum computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the basement of Hoyt Laboratory at Princeton University, Alexei Tyryshkin clicked a computer mouse and sent a burst of microwaves washing across a silicon crystal suspended in a frozen ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds
Contrary to the ideal of a completely engaged electorate, individuals who have the least interest in a specific outcome can actually be vital to achieving a democratic consensus. These individuals dilute the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2011 |
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