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First Non-Trivial Atom Circuit: Progress Toward an Atom SQUID

First Non-Trivial Atom Circuit: Progress Toward an Atom SQUID Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UM) have created the first nontrivial “atom circuit,” a donut-shaped loop of ultracold gas atoms circulating in a current analogous to a ring of electrons in a superconducting wire. The circuit [...]

World First: Calculations With 14 Quantum Bits

World First: Calculations With 14 Quantum Bits Quantum physicists from the University of Innsbruck have set another world record: They have achieved controlled entanglement of 14 quantum bits (qubits) and, thus, realized the largest quantum register that has ever been produced. With this experiment the scientists have not only come closer to the realization of [...]

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Miniature Lasers Could Help Launch New Age of the Internet

Miniature Lasers Could Help Launch New Age of the Internet A new laser device created at the University of Central Florida could make high-speed computing faster and more reliable, opening the door to a new age of the Internet. Professor Dennis Deppe’s miniature laser diode emits more intense light than those currently used. The light [...]

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Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Pathologists

Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Pathologists Ulysses Balis, M.D., clicks a mouse to identify a helicopter in a satellite photo of Baghdad, Iraq. With another click, an algorithm that he and his team designed picks out three more choppers without highlighting any of the buildings, streets, trees or cars. Balis isn’t playing war games. The director [...]

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The Drive Toward Hydrogen Vehicles Just Got Shorter

The Drive Toward Hydrogen Vehicles Just Got Shorter Researchers have revealed a new single-stage method for recharging the hydrogen storage compound ammonia borane. The breakthrough makes hydrogen a more attractive fuel for vehicles and other transportation modes. In an article appearing recently in the journal Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and University of Alabama [...]

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