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Physicists Beat Classical Precision Limit with Quantum Mechanics

The hands of a clock tell the whole story. Technical factors place limits on the precision of the reading. For physicists, so-called shot noise also imposes such a limit. It occurs for example when electric current has t...

28 Apr 2010

NIST Develops 'Dimmer Switch' for Superconducting Quantum Computing

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first "dimmer switch" for a superconducting circuit linking a quantum bit (qubit) and a quantum bus-promising technologies for storing and transporting information in future quantum computers.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 27 Apr 2010

New Spintronics Finding can Lead to Further Development of Nanoscale Magnetic Storage Devices

Though scientists argue that the emerging technology of spintronics may trump conventional electronics for building the next generation of faster, smaller, more efficient computers and high-tech devices, no one has actually seen the spin—a quantum mechanical property of electrons—in individual atoms until now.

27 Apr 2010

New Optical Profiler from Taylor Hobson Supports Thin- and Thick Film Measurements

The new CCI SunStar merges world leading non-contact dimensional measurement capability with advanced thin and thick film technology.

24 Apr 2010

New Optical Material Opens Door to Superlensing Phenomena

A group of scientists led by researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has engineered a type of artificial optical material—a metamaterial—with a particular three-dimensional structure such that light exhibits a negative index of refraction upon entering the material.

23 Apr 2010