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Condensed Matter May 14, 2012

The new world of gamma-ray optics

Scientists discover that certain materials like silicon or gold exhibit a surprisingly large refractive index for extremely high energetic gamma-rays.

Superconductivity Apr 18, 2012

Long predicted but never observed: A new kind of quantum junction

A new type of quantum bit called a "phase-slip qubit", devised by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute and their collaborators, has enabled the world's first-ever experimental demonstration of coherent quantum ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Apr 6, 2012

Micromechanical mirror performs under pressure... of light

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) -- A team of scientists from PML's Quantum Measurement Division has designed and tested a novel device that may lead to substantial progress in the new and fast-moving field of optomechanics.

Hardware Mar 9, 2012

Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family: Powering the cloud to handle 15 billion connected devices

Addressing the incredible growth of data  traffic in the cloud, Intel Corporation announced the record-breaking Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family. These new processors deliver leadership performance, best data ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Feb 28, 2012

Argon cleaning helps trapped ions chill out

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- The reliability of trapped-ion quantum information systems – a promising candidate technology for an eventual quantum computer – can be dramatically improved by giving the trap electrodes a good ...

Business Feb 14, 2012

Apple chief says factory labor under scrutiny

Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Tuesday that ensuring safe working conditions at plants making its coveted gadgets is a priority, as an audit of a key supplier continued in China.

Business Feb 13, 2012

Apple shares close over $500 (Update)

Apple's stock Monday topped $500 for the first time on Wall Street even as a probe started looking into work conditions at a Chinese factory that cranks out the California company's coveted gadgets.

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Feb 8, 2012

Transparent iron? For the first time, an experiment shows that atomic nuclei can become transparent

At the high-brilliance synchrotron light source PETRA III, a team of DESY scientists headed by Dr. Ralf Röhlsberger has succeeded in making atomic nuclei transparent with the help of X-ray light. At the same time they ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jan 26, 2012

Speed limit on the quantum highway

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have measured the propagation velocity of quantum signals in a many-body system.

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jan 24, 2012

Rice lab mimics Jupiter's Trojan asteroids inside a single atom

Rice University physicists have gone to extremes to prove that Isaac Newton's classical laws of motion can apply in the atomic world: They've built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single atom of potassium.

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