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Research Gives New Permanence To Quantum Memory
Posted June 19, 2013 by Klint Finley
Quantum computers are real, but thanks to the fragility of quantum information, they can’t yet do anything you couldn’t do faster on a normal computer. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Sydney and Dartmouth College have found …
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Mysterious Subatomic Particle May Represent Exotic New Form of Matter
Posted June 17, 2013 by Adam Mann
In the course of exploring the properties of a strange subatomic particle, physicists may have stumbled upon an even more mysterious and exotic new form of matter.
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Video: Cloaking Device Makes a Cat Disappear
Posted June 10, 2013 by Nadia Drake
Scientists in Singapore and China have crafted a cloaking device that works in natural light, and they’ve recorded videos of a cat and fish disappearing inside it.
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Tiny New Compound Camera Is Built Like a Bug’s Eye
Posted May 1, 2013 by Wired Science Staff
Scientists have built a digital camera inspired by the compound eyes of insects such as bees and flies. The camera’s hemispherical array of 180 microlenses give it a 160˚ field of view and the ability to focus simultaneously on objects …
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‘Time Crystals’ Could Upend Physicists’ Theory of Time
Posted April 30, 2013 by Natalie Wolchover, Simons Science News
A radical theory predicting the existence of “time crystals” — perpetual motion objects that break the symmetry of time — is being put to the test.
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The Art of Physics: Winning Photos of Giant Particle Colliders
Posted April 20, 2013 by Adam Mann
Physics laboratories around the world house amazing machines that probe the heart of matter and unlock the secrets of the universe. Incredible as their scientific work is, these particle accelerators, heavy ion colliders, gamma ray detectors, and neutr…
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Science as Art: Nanoscale Materials Imitate Everything From Flowers to Frost
Posted April 15, 2013 by Nadia Drake
Twice a year, the Materials Research Society challenges scientists to turn images of their materials into art. Here are the spring 2013 first-place winners, as well as a selection of our other favorites.
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Camera Uses Laser Beams to Take 3-D Images From 1 Kilometer Away
Posted April 8, 2013 by Adam Mann
Using superconducting nanowires and lasers, a new camera system can produce high-resolution 3-D images of objects from up to a kilometer away.
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Solid or Liquid? Physicists Redefine States of Matter
Posted April 5, 2013 by Natalie Wolchover, Simons Science News
Some things are solids and some things are liquids and never the twain shall meet. Except for when they do. Physicists are taking a closer look at these two phases of matter and perhaps redefining how we think about materials …
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Scientists Find Signal in Space That Could Be Dark Matter
Posted April 3, 2013 by Adam Mann
A search for the collision of matter and antimatter in our galaxy has turned up a signal that could be the best direct evidence of dark matter to date.
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Pew Pew! Scientists Build Lasers Out of Sound, Call Them Phasers
Posted March 18, 2013 by Adam Mann
Using a nanoscale drum, scientists have built a laser that uses sound waves instead of light like a conventional laser. Because laser is an acronym for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,” these new contraptions – which exploit particles …
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Tiny Quantum Refrigerator Has Super Cooling Power
Posted March 12, 2013 by Nadia Drake
It’s tiny, but this quantum refrigerator takes less than a day to cool an object much larger than it to within a fraction of a degree of absolute zero, the coldest possible temperature anything can ever reach.
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Toronto Invents: Liquefied Helium
Posted March 8, 2013 by Jamie Bradburn
How excess gas led to Toronto becoming a world leader in low-temperature physics research.
We look at concepts and products that, for better and worse, were developed in Toronto. Thanksgiving 1920 was a day Gordon Shrum later called one of the luckiest in his life. A University of Toronto physics student whose studies were interrupted by the First World War, Shrum felt he had drifted aimlessly since returning home. [...]
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This Just in: Higgs Boson Still Boring
Posted March 6, 2013 by Adam Mann
The latest updates from the Large Hadron Collider regarding details of the Higgs boson have so far been a yawn-fest.
Physicists from around the world are convening this week and next in Italy at the annual Rencontres de Moriond conference to …
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Spider-Man Physics: How Real Is the Superhero?
Posted February 26, 2013 by Nadia Drake
Spider-Man might be a fictional superhero, but at least two of his tricks exist in the real world. Now, scientists have shown that it’s possible spin silk strong enough to stop a train, and are crafting a new, super-sensory suit …
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Ancient Color-Shifting Goblet Inspires Nanoplasmonic Biosensor
Posted February 25, 2013 by Nadia Drake
An ancient Roman cup that changes color in different lighting is the inspiration for a new nanoplasmonic biosensor — that is, a tiny sensor that changes color when target molecules bind to it, thanks to the optical properties of the …
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Physicists meeting in Vancouver study universe’s origin
Posted February 22, 2013 by The Canadian Press
Particle collider will cost about US$7.78 billion
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LHC’s First Act: Higgs Found, Other Weird Physics Still at Large
Posted February 13, 2013 by Adam Mann
After a spectacular first act, the Large Hadron Collider is taking an intermission break, shutting down on Feb. 11 for two years of construction and upgrades. The biggest discovery thus far has been the Higgs boson but the LHC could …
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Dead Wild Roses: I like it when Physics answers the “Big Questions†– Immovalble Objects and Unstoppable Forces
Posted February 2, 2013 by The Arbourist
No preamble necessary, watch and learn folks.Filed under: Education, Science Tagged: Immovable Objects, Physics, Science, Unstoppable Forces
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Death By Trolley: Help Me Better Understand The Big Bang Theory
Posted January 28, 2013 by Ron Brown
My understanding of the Big Bang Theory (BBT) is that approximately 13.77 billion years ago a certain singularity came into existence “with a bang”. It was incredibly – infinitely? – dense and small, and it exploded into existen…
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