(PhysOrg.com) -- Everyone has them -- little squares of colorful paper stuck on monitors, business cards strewn across desks, and to-do lists tucked away in pockets. These information scraps feature critical phone numbers, ...
A team of theoretical and experimental physicists, with participants from Case Western Reserve University, have designed a new black hole simulator called BlackMax to search for evidence that extra dimensions might exist ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dozens of cars in the Boston area are testing the latest generation of an MIT mobile-sensor network for traffic analysis that could help drivers cut their commuting time, alert them to potential engine problems ...
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have recently reached what they are calling a milestone in experimental quantum mechanics.
The long cherished goal of applying the strange properties of quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world we inhabit has been brought closer by a series of recent developments. The exciting progress was made in the important ...
Quantum cryptography may be essentially solved, but getting the funky physics to work on disciplined computer networks is a whole new headache.
The exchange of information between distant sources is the basis of all communications, but quantum mechanics may open up this distant exchange as never before.
Intel Corporation has further increased its energy-efficient performance lead today with the introduction of two low-voltage 45 nanometer processors for servers and workstations that run at 50 watts, or just 12.5 watts per ...
Max Planck researchers have for the first time analyzed the frequency of molecular resonance, in the same way as musicians analyze the notes of a chord. Their results have even been made audible.
A team of MIT faculty and researchers including 20 students are working toward what could be the car of the future: a vehicle that drives itself, with people as passengers.
