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Research group creates longer lived and more efficient quantum memory

(Phys.org) -- One of the main sticking points to creating a true quantum computer capable of performing meaningful work, is the problem of storing quantum state information in memory. Recent efforts have resulted in highly ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Team finds buckyballs grow larger by 'eating' vaporized carbon

(Phys.org) -- Fullerenes were first discovered back in 1985 by a team of physicists vaporizing graphite in helium gas, one class of which, the buckminsterfullerene (C60) named after Buckminster Fuller and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Germany sets weekend record for solar power

(Phys.org) -- Solar power plants in Germany have set a new record. “Never before anywhere has a country produced as much photovoltaic electricity," said Norbert Allnoch, Germany’s director of the ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (17) | comments 42 | with audio podcast report

Lenovo applies for a patent for a grip tablet keyboard

(Phys.org) -- With the introduction of the tablet computer, users of such devices have been forced to make some tradeoffs regarding keyboards. Virtually all tablets make use of image display and finger touching ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Teenager reportedly finds solution to 350 year old math and physics problem

(Phys.org) -- In Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica published in 1687, the man many consider the most brilliant mathematician of all time used a mathematical formula to describe the path taken by an obj ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (35) | comments 70 | with audio podcast weblog

LG Display will release HD panel for smartphones

(Phys.org) -- LG Display is getting ready to showcase a five-inch smartphone display that turns out to be a full HD LCD panel supporting up to 1080p video, something like having a high-quality TV in your hand. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report


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