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Physicists demonstrate new method to make single photons
Scientists need individual photons for quantum cryptography and quantum computers. Leiden physicists have now experimentally demonstrated a new production method. Publication in Physical Review...
World’s fastest man-made spinning object could help study quantum mechanics
Researchers have created the fastest man-made rotor in the world, which they believe will help them study quantum mechanics.
At more than 60 billion revolutions...
Sahara dust may make you cough, but it’s a storm killer
The bad news: Dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa—totaling a staggering 2 to 9 trillion pounds worldwide—has been almost a biblical plague on...
CRISPR-based tool maps gene function in human cells
UC San Francisco scientists have used a high-throughput CRISPR-based technique to rapidly map the functions of nearly 500 genes in human cells, many of...
Reversing cause and effect is no trouble for quantum computers
Watch a movie backwards and you'll likely get confused—but a quantum computer wouldn't. That's the conclusion of researcher Mile Gu at the Centre for...
A physics treasure hidden in a wallpaper pattern
An international team of scientists has discovered a new, exotic form of insulating material with a metallic surface that could enable more efficient electronics...
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New tools to systematically build cooperation: Theory of repeated games
When what we want as individuals clashes with what is best for the group, we have a social dilemma. How can we overcome these...
Semiconductor quantum transistor opens the door for photon-based computing
Transistors are tiny switches that form the bedrock of modern computing; billions of them route electrical signals around inside a smartphone, for instance.
Quantum computers...
Ultra-high-speed ‘electron camera’ catches molecules at a crossroads
An extremely fast "electron camera" at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has produced the most detailed atomic movie of the decisive...
Ancient genome analyses reveal mosaic pattern of goat domestication thousands of years ago
An international team of scientists, led by geneticists from Trinity College Dublin, have sequenced the genomes from ancient goat bones from areas in the...
