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Quantum Physics Jul 11, 2017

Physicists transmit data via Earth-to-space quantum entanglement

(Phys.org)—Two teams of researchers in China have advanced the distance that entangled particles can be used to send information, including encryption keys. In their papers, both uploaded to the arXiv preprint sever, the ...

Quantum Physics Jul 6, 2017

Into the quantum world with a tennis racket

Quantum technology is seen as an important future-oriented technology: smaller, faster and with higher performance than conventional electronics. However, exploiting quantum effects is difficult because nature's smallest ...

Nanophysics Jun 26, 2017

Researchers measure light fields in 3-D

Researchers from TU Graz and the University of Graz present the new method of 3-D-plasmon tomography in Nature Communications.

Other Jun 23, 2017

Forget the insight of a lone genius—innovation is an evolving process of trial and error

Scientific discovery is popularly believed to result from the sheer genius of intellectual stars such as Darwin and Einstein. Their work is often thought to reflect their unique contributions with little or no regard to their ...

General Physics Jun 13, 2017

Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology

Developing a superconducting computer that would perform computations at high speed without heat dissipation has been the goal of several research and development initiatives since the 1950s. Such a computer would require ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 1, 2017

Scientists improve an X-ray fluorescence analysis algorithm

Scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have performed computations and derived new equations to conduct X-ray fluorescence analysis with higher accuracy in comparison to current ...

General Physics May 30, 2017

Data from the LHC converted to piano music

For almost a decade, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been enabling scientists to develop a greater understanding of – and, in some cases, rewrite – the laws of physics.

Nanophysics May 9, 2017

New materials bring quantum computing closer to reality

For 60 years computers have become smaller, faster and cheaper. But engineers are approaching the limits of how small they can make silicon transistors and how quickly they can push electricity through devices to create digital ...

Quantum Physics May 8, 2017

Refrigerator for quantum computers discovered

The global race towards a functioning quantum computer is on. With future quantum computers, we will be able to solve previously impossible problems and develop, for example, complex medicines, fertilizers, or artificial ...

General Physics Feb 28, 2017

Do cells have exotic vibrational properties?

A little-understood biological property that appears to allow cell components to store energy on their outer edges is the possible key to developing a new class of materials and devices to collect, store and manage energy ...

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