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New Technique Paves Way to Effectively Control Quantum Data Transportation

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Computational Science and Engineering and Zhejiang University has developed a new technique to control the interaction between electrons and vibrations on electronic transport.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 6 Apr 2012

New Encryption Technique Offers Protection Against Quantum Hacking

A research team headed by Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo from the University of Toronto has discovered a new quantum encryption technique to provide protection against the most advanced hackers.

From University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 2 Apr 2012

Researchers Discover New Way to Improve Performance of Quantum Computers

A research team, comprising Vlatko Vedral, Elisabeth Rieper and Mile Gu from the National Univesity of Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies together with Karoline Wiesner from the University of Bristol, has identified a new way wherein the performance of quantum physics-based computers can surpass that of classical computers.

31 Mar 2012

Single-Molecule Imaging of Quantum Interference

A group of scientists has shot a movie, which demonstrates the build-up of a quantum interference pattern from dye molecules.

27 Mar 2012

Physicist to Receive Stern-Gerlach Medal for Quantum Computer Research

Rainer Blatt, an experimental physicist from the University of Innsbruck’s Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, will be honored with the Stern-Gerlach Medal from the German Physical Society.

27 Mar 2012

Researchers Track Single Molecules Using Optical Nanoantennas

A team of scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California Berkeley is the first to develop a realistic application of optical nanoantennas in the field of cell membrane biology.

27 Mar 2012

Reportlinker.com Offers New Report on Global Nanophotonics Market

Reportlinker.com has added a new market research report titled ‘Nanotechnology for Photonics: Global Markets’ to its offering.

From ReportLinker 26 Mar 2012

Quantum Plasmon Study Offers New Engineering Possibilities at Nanoscale

An engineering team comprising Jennifer Dionne and Jonathan Scholl from the Stanford School of Engineering has investigated plasmon resonances of single metal particles that have a diameter of down to 1 nm. The research study will be reported in the journal, Nature.

23 Mar 2012

Physicists Propose New Way to Study Quantum Gravity Predictions in Lab

An international partnership between the teams of Myungshik Kim at Imperial College London and Markus Aspelmeyer and Caslav Brukner at the University of Vienna has put forward a novel quantum experiment utilizing Planck-mass mirrors, paving the way to study some predictions of quantum gravity proposals in a lab.

20 Mar 2012

MetaMaterials Provide Scope to Develop Advanced Optical Devices

Researchers from the Duke University have shown that a metamaterial device developed by them was able to produce holograms in the infrared light range for the first time.

From Duke University - Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics 20 Mar 2012