Science news articles about 'quantum leap'

  • New technique is quantum leap forward in understanding proteins

    ... highly effective drug discovery options. "I think it's a quantum leap," says team leader James Hoch, a professor at The Scripps Research Institute, of the work, "This is one thing I really ...
  • Quantum leap in hi-tech performance

    For years, physicists have been heralding the revolutionary potential of using quantum mechanics to build a new generation of supercomputers, unbreakable codes, and ultra-fast and secure communication ...
  • Quantum leap in chemical sensing

    UK scientists have found that quantum dots can improve optical sensors designed for detecting metal ions in water
  • 'Seeing' the quantum world

    ... a crucial role in understanding and accepting quantum theory. Our work takes this imagery a quantum leap forward by using the state-of-the-art animation techniques to explain clearly and quickly the ...
  • Quantum Leap: Information Teleported between Ions at a Distance

    ... two or more objects are linked by an unseen connection, has some famously spooky effects. As quantum researcher Anton Zeilinger has said, entanglement can be thought of as a pair of dice that always ...
  • Cosmic Log: One quantum leap

    Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Researchers create a key component that could be used in a quantum teleportation system — for information, that is, not Captain Kirk.
  • Quantum leap for faster computers

    Super-fast quantum computers are now a step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to a breakthrough by scientists.
  • From three to four: a quantum leap in few-body physics

    ... Grimm offer new insights into the extremely complex few-body problem. For the first time, the quantum physicists provide evidence of universal four-body states that are closely connected to Efimov ...
  • Feature: A quantum leap

    New applications of quantum physics to computer technology could mean a revolution in the world of IT.
  • Tying Up Loose Ends For A Quantum Leap

    Quantum technologies have become the Holy Grail of the IT industry with research projects springing up all over Europe. Now a major effort is being made to spur development by adopting a coordinated, ...
  • Healthy or diseased?

    ... the area of mass spectroscopy allow for the extensive examination of the metabolome. "With this recent quantum leap in the area of metabolite analysis, the challenge to bioinformatics is to develop ...
  • Remote Brainwaves Predict Future Eureka Moment

    ... also known as Eureka or 'Aha!'), which is a process by which a problem solver abruptly, through a quantum leap of understanding with no conscious forewarning, moves from a state of not knowing how to ...
  • New technique is quantum leap forward in understanding proteins

    A group of Scripps Research Institute scientists has devised a computational method that, with remarkable accuracy, predicts how bacterial proteins fold and interact. read more
  • Cutting salt isn't the only way to reduce blood pressure

    ... . In addition, many have been cross-sectional rather than follow-up studies. The new study "is a quantum leap in the quality of the data compared to what we have had before," Whelton said. Whelton ...
  • Tiny details in three dimensions

    ... . Resolution of five to seven nm allows tiniest structures to be viewed. "The new technology is a quantum leap for research, comparable with the step from simple x-ray images to three-dimensional ...

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