News Bits About Qubits: Scientists Store and Retrieve Data Inside an Atom
In a paper entitled: “Solid-state quantum memory using the 31P nuclear spin,” published in the October 23 issue of the journal Nature, the
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H+ Magazine
The new transhumanist ezine H+ Magazine (with RU Sirius as editor) is now available. Get the free PDF. Humanity Plus (formerly the World
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Quantum cryptography can go the distance
Quantum cryptographic networks usually work by entangling two light particles, or photons. But individual photons can only travel so far down a fibre
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Cern lab goes ‘colder than space’
The Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) – colder than
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AFP – First Submersible Car Unveiled at Geneva Motor Show
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgnSljm-lgY&NR=1] Via Yahoo.
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Killer robots pose latest militant threat: expert
LONDON (Reuters) – Killer robots could become the weapon of choice for militants, a British expert said on Wednesday. Noel Sharkey, professor of
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New photovoltaics change solar costs
New photovoltaic technologies, such as the recent introduction of thin-film cadmium–telluride (CdTe) materials, have nearly doubled the efficiency of solar cells within the
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Battlefield Earth: geoengineering as a weapon
For a variety of political and natural reasons, global warming affects some countries differently than others. Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to
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The end of oil is just a game
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxFxrp5kDSo] Read about the new game Frontline: Fuel of War on CNN: Over the last two decades prior to 2030 oil production has
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Israel Eyes Thinking Machines to Fight ‘Doomsday’ Missile Strikes
Israel has been hit in recent years by thousands and thousands of rockets, mortar shells, and missiles. And that could be just a
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