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Spooky quantum entanglement disturbed
Physicists have long been puzzled over a mystical link between particles called entanglement — and now they've established this bizarre connection in a new experiment.
Kiev to buy less gas from Russia in 2011?
MOSCOW, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Kiev plans to purchase less natural gas from Russia in 2011 than contractually obligated, a source from Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said. ...
Half of German solar firms could go under
BERLIN, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Only half of Germany's 50 major solar energy companies will survive the accelerating price war in the photovoltaic industry, a market study compiled by...
Why Carriers are So Excited About Android
The Monday Note: The Telcos Spot an Opportunity to Turn the Tables on Apple
Video: RIM to Release Blackpad Today?
Stuxnet computer worm infects Iran's first nuclear power plant, the iPhone 4 gets released in China, and Research In Motion may or may not announce its fabled BlackPad today.
Single electron reader opens path for quantum computing
A team led by engineers and physicists in Australia has developed one of the key building blocks needed to make a quantum computer using silicon: a "single electron reader."
In Two New Breakthroughs, Scientists Slow Down Atoms' Actions
Two atomic-scale studies announced in the past week could have major implications for the future of computing and information storage. Last Friday, IBM researchers in Zurich announced they had measured how long a...
Painless Laser Tissue Analysis Could Replace X-Rays Within Five Years
Replacing Needles with Raman Spectroscopy MIT is exploring the use of Raman spectroscopy to test diabetics' blood for glucose levels without drawing any blood. Other non-invasive diagnostic tools are employing the tech to...
Diversifying salmon farms works: researcher
A New Brunswick scientist says growing mussels and seaweed alongside farmed salmon makes sense financially and environmentally.
Frank Oppenheimer | Alice Bell
Brother of the famous Robert, Frank Oppenheimer was more than just a physicist. Alice Bell looks at the life of her favourite scientistAlice is a lecturer in science communication and blogs at Through...
GDF Suez to ship LNG to South Korea
PARIS, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- A deal with South Korea's public gas utility exemplifies a commitment to the liquefied natural gas market in Asia, French energy company GDF Suez...
Black holes and falling objects | Lily Asquith
Lily Asquith from Argonne National Lab in the US on what killed the E687 experiment, and what won't kill youI was driving into Argonne with a colleague yesterday morning and he was...
Lead-free piezoelectric materials of the future
Over the past 60 years, lead zirconate titanate, or PZT, has been the material of choice for piezoelectric applications from ink jet printers to gas grill igniters. Despite this success,...
Quantum information systems: Researchers convert signals to telecom wavelengths, increase memory times
Using optically dense, ultra-cold clouds of rubidium atoms, researchers have made advances in three key elements needed for quantum information systems -- including a technique for converting photons carrying quantum...
Streaming Sand Grains Help Define Essence of a Liquid
A graduate student in physics at the University of Chicago has devised a special apparatus for an $80,000 high-speed camera to image the rapidly changing behavior of the streaming sand,...
LHC Surpasses The Tevatron As A Top And Higgs Factory !
The Large Hadron Collider is increasing gradually the number of proton bunches that circulate in the machine. Yesterday's fill saw 104 colliding proton bunches, producing the record instantaneous luminosity of...
TU Delft to help cancer patients
TU Delft's nuclear research reactor will be used as a back-up facility for the production of the radioactive isotope molybdenum-99, when supplies run out. Molybdenum-99 is widely used in hospitals...
Mimicking nature, water-based 'artificial leaf' produces electricity
A team led by a North Carolina State University researcher has shown that water-gel-based solar devices - 'artificial leaves' - can act like solar cells to produce electricity. The findings...
New 'light switch' chloride binder developed
Chemists have designed a molecule that binds chloride ions -- but can be conveniently compelled to release the ions in the presence of ultraviolet light.
Kite Aerial Photography Helps NGO Engineers
Engineers employ a special ring that combines simple kites with digital cameras to produce rugged, low cost aerial photography.
Quantum physicists turn waste heat into power
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona physicists have discovered a new way of harvesting waste heat and turning it into electrical power. Taking advantage of quantum effects, the technology holds great...
Anemia Drugs Are Recalled
Amgen and Johnson & Johnson announced are recalling various lots of their anemia drugs, Epogen and Procrit, because extremely thin, barely visible glass flakes have been found in...
Africa's uranium business turns risky
NIAMEY, Niger, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Suddenly, the uranium mining industry is becoming a risky business, it seems. Niger...
Airborne Laser Goes Off-Target Due to Software Bug
A control software glitch forced an abort of a laser test meant to shoot down a ballistic missile.
UK's shipping emissions six times higher than expected, says new report
Carbon dioxide emissions produced by UK shipping could be up to six times higher than currently calculated, according to new research.
Industry`s smallest photointerrupter to be introduced by Sharp
Sharp Corporation has developed and will introduce the industry`s smallest photointerrupter, the GP1S396HCPSF, measuring just 2.26 × 1.4 × 1.6 H mm.
New kind of fuel cell delivers energy and fine chemicals with no waste from renewable raw materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- The concept of converting renewable raw materials so cleverly that the same process simultaneously produces both energy and industrially desirable chemicals has been high on the wish-list for...
New ultracapacitor recharges in under a millisecond
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ultracapacitor or electric double-layer capacitor (DLC) design has been announced in the journal Science this week, and could pave the way for smaller and lighter portable...