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Google and NASA team up to use quantum computer

New big-name clients for quantum-computer maker D-Wave may signal that their devices are going mainstream – but are they really that fast?    

5 hours ago from Newscientist

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Google and NASA buy controversial quantum computer

New big-name clients for quantum-computer maker D-Wave may signal that their devices are going mainstream – but are they really that fast?    

Thu 16 May 13 from Newscientist

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World's smallest droplet

(Phys.org) —Physicists may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab. That possibility has been raised by the results of a recent experiment conducted by Vanderbilt physicist ...

Fri 17 May 13 from Phys.org

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Low-energy laser makes leap toward practicality

Semiconductor-based device runs on electricity

Wed 15 May 13 from ScienceNews

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Competition in the quantum world

Innsbruck physicists led by Rainer Blatt and Peter Zoller experimentally gained a deep insight into the nature of quantum mechanical phase transitions. They are the first scientists that simulated ...

6 hours ago from Phys.org

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Los Alamos reveals it's been running quantum network for two and a half years

(Phys.org) —In a recent paper available on arXiv, a team of researchers at New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory has revealed they've been running a quantum network for 2 1/2 years. ...

Tue 7 May 13 from Phys.org

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Team uncovers fundamental property of astatine, rarest atom on Earth

An international team of scientists, including a University of York researcher, has carried out ground-breaking experiments to investigate the atomic structure of astatine (Z=85), the rarest ...

Tue 14 May 13 from Phys.org

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New X-ray method shows how frog embryos could help thwart disease

An international team of scientists using a new X-ray method recorded the internal structure and cell movement inside a living frog embryo in greater detail than ever before.

Fri 17 May 13 from Phys.org

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Make your own invisibility cloak with a 3D printer

Invisibility cloaks have been around in various forms since 2006, when the first cloak based on optical metamaterials was demonstrated. The design of cloaking devices has come a long way in ...

Sun 12 May 13 from Gizmag

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Physicists light 'magnetic fire' to reveal energy's path

New York University physicists have uncovered how energy is released and dispersed in magnetic materials in a process akin to the spread of forest fires, a finding that has the potential to ...

Mon 13 May 13 from Phys.org

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