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Finnish team devise nanomechanical microwave amplifier with near least possible noise generation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Finnish physicists has developed a novel way to amplify a microwave signal that unlike other amplifiers, produces noise that is just barely above that which is necessary due to the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

On the path to quantum computers: Ultra-strong interaction between light and matter realized

Researchers around the world are working on the development of quantum computers that will be vastly superior to present-day computers. Here, the strong coupling of quantum bits with light quanta plays a pivotal ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Music is the engine of new lab-on-a-chip device (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Music, rather than electromechanical valves, can drive experimental samples through a lab-on-a-chip in a new system developed at the University of Michigan. This development could significantly simplify the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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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 ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Fast, low-power, all-optical switch

An optical switch developed at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) spurs the prospective integration of photonics and electronics. What, isn't electronics good enough? Well, nothing travels faster than light, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Micromechanical mirror performs under pressure... of light

(Phys.org) -- A team of scientists from PML's Quantum Measurement Division has designed and tested a novel device that may lead to substantial progress in the new and fast-moving field of optomechanics.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

New ultra-small laser opens up a world of possibilities

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computing and medicine are among the many fields which could be revolutionised by a new form of ultra-small laser.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An optical diode made with silicon technology can be used for quantum information

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transistors, resistors, capacitors, and diodes. All of these are examples of common electrical circuit elements that can be found on a computer motherboard, for instance. Billions of transistors ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Specialization for underwater hearing by the tympanic middle ear of the turtle

A group of biologists from Denmark and the US led by Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, University of Southern Denmark, and Catherine Carr, University of Maryland, have shown that the turtle ear is specialized for underwater hearing. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two molecules communicate via single photons

Scientists realize one of the most elementary and oldest "gedanken" experiments in modern physics, namely, excitation of a single molecule with a single photon. This paves the way for further investigations ...

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created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New 'magnetic yeast' marks step toward harnessing Nature's magnetic capabilities

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School have developed a method for inducing magnetic sensitivity in an organism that is not naturally magnetic—yeast. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Unpicking HIV’s invisibility cloak

Drug researchers hunting for alternative ways to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections may soon have a novel target—its camouflage coat. HIV hides inside a cloak unusually rich in a sugar ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Transparent iron? For the first time, an experiment shows that atomic nuclei can become transparent

At the high-brilliance synchrotron light source PETRA III, a team of DESY scientists headed by Dr. Ralf Röhlsberger has succeeded in making atomic nuclei transparent with the help of X-ray light. At the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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