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One day, your doctor may tell you to eat two teaspoons of quantum dots and call her in the morning. Well, sort of. Quantum dots are ultra-tiny chunks of superconducting crystal, whose electronic properties can be fine-tuned depending on just how tiny they are.
May 21, 2012 at 22:56 | Source: io9.com
IRVINE, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: QTWW), a global leader in natural gas, hydrogen and hybrid electric vehicle technologies, today announced that it has received a new $750,000 contract ...
May 29, 2012 at 12:46 | Source: 4-traders (press release)
Just like a regular computer, a quantum computer based on photon entanglement requires memory as well as processing. However, storing the quantum state information necessary for computations has either suffered from inefficiency—losing most of ...
May 29, 2012 at 16:56 | Source: Ars Technica
Quantum tunneling is the process by which particles—electrons and so forth—can exit a system even though they appear to be trapped. Tunneling is responsible for a number of phenomena, including the radioactive decay of some nuclei and ...
May 16, 2012 at 16:57 | Source: Ars Technica
The exploitation of quantum weirdness for computing is one of the great goals of modern physics. It's promise is dramatic for a wide range of number-crunching tasks. But quantum computers have another trick up their sleeves which is sometimes forgotten ...
May 15, 2012 at 08:09 | Source: MIT Technology Review
IRVINE, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: QTWW), a global leader in natural gas, hydrogen and hybrid electric vehicle technologies, today announced that it has received a new $ ...
May 29, 2012 at 13:07 | Source: Yahoo Finance
Many people keep favorite Hollywood films or TV shows on solid DVDs or Blu-ray discs, but quantum physicists wanted to go beyond solid storage devices. They stored and replayed two letters of the alphabet in a gaseous atomic vapor — the first time images ...
May 29, 2012 at 22:47 | Source: LiveScience.com
MUMBAI (Commodity Online): Quantum Mutual Fund, India’s first and only direct-to-investor mutual fund company recently used the services of a certification agency to test the purity of all gold bars held under its Gold Exchange Traded Fund ...
May 29, 2012 at 11:12 | Source: Commodity Online
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lr7hj6/quantum_mechanics) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Quantum Mechanics for Electrical Engineers" to their offering.
May 29, 2012 at 10:37 | Source: Business Wire
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers are edging toward the creation of new optical technologies using "nanostructured metamaterials" capable of ultra-efficient transmission of light, with potential applications including advanced solar cells and ...
May 24, 2012 at 16:05 | Source: sciencecodex.com