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772015-04-13First quantum teleportation on silicon chip demonstrated, photonic chip 10,000x smaller than previous quantum optical system
The results pave the way to developing ultra-high-speed quantum computers and strengthening the security of communication.
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5762015-03-24EPA agrees to regulate growing class of nano-silver antimicrobial products as pesticides
Nano-silver products are the overwhelmingly most incorporated nanomaterial in consumer products, commonly used as a powerful antimicrobial agent.
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442015-01-13Nuclear power turns to salt: Canada’s Terrestrial Energy partnering with Oak Ridge Labs to build IMSR reactor within decade
The Department of Energy announced today that its Oak Ridge National Laboratory has partnered with Canadian nuclear company Terrestrial Energy Inc. to complete the design and testing of TEI’s new Integral Molten Salt Reactor, a GenIV nuclear reactor that provides unique safety, operational and cost advantages.
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462015-01-02CES 2015: Are "quantum dots" just marketing lingo or will they revolutionise TV tech? IEEE explores
And why will they be the hottest TV tech at CES?
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452014-12-16“Fast, Strong, Cheap, and Impossible to Use” The New Yorker examines the graphene industry and market
A new material may transform computers, cell phones, and cancer treatments if we can just figure out how to use it. John Colapinto reports.
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672014-09-21NanoOPS unveiled: 25nm nanofab prints metal, organic/inorganic, polymers, circuits in minutes
University leaders and nanotechnology researchers joined representatives from industry and government agencies on Wednesday at Northeastern’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security to unveil NanoOPS
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5602014-09-16Quantum Harmonies: Modern Physics and Music
The universe is built on harmonies. The Pythagoreans had it right when they married mathematics, music, and the cosmos. Just as mathematical patterns underlie the musical...
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1.0K2014-08-193D printed face implant gets FDA approval, could be paired with printed skull implant
With the help of 3D printers, doctors can now produce an FDA-cleared replica of a patient's missing skull or jawbone.
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972014-07-29Research team Janelia release Thunder toolkit, combines neuroscience & big data
In an age of "big data," a single computer cannot always find the solution a user wants. Computational tasks must instead be distributed across a cluster of computers that analyze a massive data set together. It's how Facebook ...
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842014-07-23Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy
Unlike any other life on Earth, these extraordinary bacteria use energy in its purest form – they eat and breathe electrons – and they are everywhere
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642014-07-21D-Wave CEO Vern Brownell speaks to CBC’s Amanda Lang about quantum computing and funding
Vern Brownell explains how D-Wave Systems is pushing the boundaries of computing
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472014-07-14New Cray supercomputer Trinity tackles exascale computations, nuclear stockpile simulations
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Cray Inc., have agreed on a contract for NNSA to acquire a next generation Cray supercomputer, called Trinity, to advance the Stockpile Stewardship Program.
