A Piece of the Quantum Puzzle
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2014 -
While the Martinis Lab at UC Santa Barbara has been focusing on quantum computation, former postdoctoral fellow Pedram Roushan and several colleagues have been exploring qubits (quantum bits) for quantum simulation on a smaller scale. Their research appears in the current edition of the journal Nature.
"While we're waiting on quantum computers, there are specific problems from various fiel ...
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Most fracking chemicals as toxic as common household substances
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 13, 2014 -
The "surfactant" chemicals found in samples of fracking fluid collected in five states were no more toxic than substances commonly found in homes, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Fracking fluid is largely comprised of water and sand, but oil and gas companies also add a variety of other chemicals, including anti-bacterial agen ...
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Global energy system under stress: report
Paris (AFP) Nov 12, 2014 -
With fossil fuels set to meet most of the increased global demand for energy, the IEA warned Wednesday that climate change targets are at risk and conflicts could still wreak havoc with supplies.
"The global energy system is in danger of falling short of the hopes and expectations placed upon it," the International Energy Agency said in its World Energy Outlook 2014 report.
The Paris-bas ...
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Shaking the topological cocktail of success
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 13, 2014 -
Graphene is the miracle material of the future. Consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, the material is extremely stable, flexible, highly conductive and of particular interest for electronic applications. ETH Professor Tilman Esslinger and his group at the Institute for Quantum Electronics investigate artificial graphene; its honeycomb structure consists no ...
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Moventas completes first ever Clipper up-tower service
Jyvaskyla, Finland (SPX) Nov 13, 2014 -
Moventas USA recently carried out the 1st Clipper Liberty intermediate assembly roller bearing replacements that has ever been made up-tower. Mastering this type of challenging repairs is another example of the innovative, highly skilled SkyService that Moventas offers in North America and Canada.
Moventas' Big Spring SkyService team completed yet another first when they replaced all four ...
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SLAC Study explains atomic action in high-temp superconductors
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2014 -
A study at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory suggests for the first time how scientists might deliberately engineer superconductors that work at higher temperatures.
In their report, a team led by SLAC and Stanford University researchers explains why a thin layer of iron selenide superconducts - carries electricity with 100 percent efficiency - at much highe ...
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Twisted light waves sent across Vienna
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2014 -
A group of researchers from Austria have sent twisted beams of light across the rooftops of Vienna. It is the first time that twisted light has been transmitted over a large distance outdoors, and could enable researchers to take advantage of the significant data-carrying capacity of light in both classical and quantum communications.
The results of the experiment have been published in th ...
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