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Quantum Computers to Model Particle Collisions
Quantum computers are still years away, but a trio of theorists has already figured out at least one talent...
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The Faster-Than-Light Telegraph That Wasn’t
In 1981 physicist Nick Herbert leveraged strange features of quantum mechanics to design a superluminal communication system. The quest...
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Cloaking Idea Traps a Rainbow
Researchers have trapped a rainbow – slowing light to a near-stop – in an array of 25,000 “invisibility cloaks”,...
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How the Transit of Venus Opened the Planet to Our Forefathers
It’s called the transit of Venus. The planet will appear as little dark circle on the sun as it...
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How Quantum Physicists Amplify Randomness
Once again quantum physics gives us philosophical implications: physicists showed how a small amount of randomness can be amplified...
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Global Body Seeks Unified Approach to Assessing Science
The leaders of about 50 national research agencies in both the developed and developing worlds have announced the establishment...
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Chip Off the Old Block: Silicon Trick for Next-Gen Memory
Researchers have revealed details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip. The...
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“Map of Life” Shows the Location of All Organisms, Large and Small
Ever wonder exactly where grizzly bears live on this continent? Or where you might find Myotis lucifungus, the fuzzy,...
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Chinese Physicists Smash Distance Record For Quantum Teleportation
Teleportation is the extraordinary ability to transfer objects from one location to another without travelling through the intervening space....
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Knowing More – and Less – About Science
U.S. eighth graders did slightly better last year on a national science test than did their counterparts in 2009....