Is computing speed set to make a quantum leap?
Quantum mechanics research could hold the key to a new generation of super-fast computers Our imagination is stretched to the utmost," wrote Richard ...
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World's smallest droplet
(Phys.org) —Physicists may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab. That possibility has been raised by the results of a ...
Scientific American blogger asks: Who is Greatest American Physicist ever (and does he/she stand …
This is not a news story but it got my mind into a perplexed state. That is, until I realized it might be that the question is not the right question ...
Record-breaking high-energy particles detected by telescope buried in Antarctic
A massive telescope buried in the Antarctic ice has detected 28 extremely high-energy neutrinos—elementary particles that likely originate outside ...
The top 40 physics hits of 2012
The Higgs boson is a popular subject among the most-cited physics papers of 2012, but a particle simulation manual takes the top spot.
Neutrinos spark 'new astronomy era'
Researchers spot particles called neutrinos coming from outside our Solar System for the first time, a find that could spark a new era in ...
Newswire: 14 May 2013 - CERN - Physicists at CERN measure a fundamental property of the rarest …
An international team of physicists at the radioactive-beam facility ISOLDE at CERN* have for the first time measured the ionization potential of the ...
Moniz confirmed as Energy Secretary
The US Senate has unanimously confirmed MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz as the next Secretary of Energy. Ernest Moniz, an MIT physics professor ...
Czech, US cooperate in developing new reactors
PRAGUE — The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms (165 pounds) of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of ...
Move Over, Space Shuttle: There’s a New Science Giant Cruising the U.S. This Summer
Muon storage ring at Brookhaven. Credit: BNL When NASA flew the shuttle prototype Enterprise through New York City last year, all we had to do was ...