Game changing invention to revolutionise cybersecurity
Cyberattacks may become impossible with the creation of the first practical quantum random number generator.
Quantum Physics
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Quantum non-locality in ultra-cold atomic gases
Non-locality, Einstein's ''spooky action at a distance," has been observed between quantum objects separated by more than one kilometer. Recent years have seen a major advancement in the quest for non-local systems. Researchers ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 21, 2018
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New tools reveal prelude to chaos
Picture a herd of sheep or cattle emerging from a shed or barn to graze a field. They head straight out of their digs to the pleasure of the pasture pretty much as one entity, but as the land opens up and the "grass gets ...
General Physics
Jun 6, 2018
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Data 'hashing' improves estimate of the number of victims in databases
Researchers from Rice University and Duke University are using the tools of statistics and data science in collaboration with Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) to accurately and efficiently estimate the number of identified ...
Mathematics
Jun 5, 2018
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Research reveals how order first appears in liquid crystals
Liquid crystals undergo a peculiar type of phase change. At a certain temperature, their cigar-shaped molecules go from a disordered jumble to a more orderly arrangement in which they all point more or less in the same direction. ...
Condensed Matter
May 22, 2018
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Main regularities of thermal expansion and thermal stability of layered ferroelectrics established
The scientists of the Lobachevsky University and the Institute of Low Temperatures and Structural Research in Wroclaw (Poland) have conducted unique studies of oscillation properties using optical spectroscopy.
Condensed Matter
May 17, 2018
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The BIG Bell Test—Global physics experiment challenges Einstein with the help of 100,000 volunteers
On November 30th, 2016, more than 100,000 people around the world contributed to a suite of first-of-a-kind quantum physics experiments known as The BIG Bell Test. Using smartphones and other internet-connected devices, participants ...
Quantum Physics
May 9, 2018
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Protecting confidentiality in genomic studies
Genome-wide association studies, which look for links between particular genetic variants and incidence of disease, are the basis of much modern biomedical research.
Biotechnology
May 7, 2018
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Harmful genetic mutations may be less common than we thought
We are all mutants. Every characteristic that defines our species is the result of a genetic mutation somewhere in the history of evolution. And the same is true for every other organism on the planet. Yet more often than ...
Biotechnology
Apr 16, 2018
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New quantum method generates really random numbers
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for generating numbers guaranteed to be random by quantum mechanics. Described in the April 12 issue of Nature, the experimental ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 11, 2018
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