News articles tagged with 'computer' (Page 62)
Physicists tackle knotty puzzle
— 4 Oct 2007 08:19 | PhysicsElectrical cables, garden hoses and strands of holiday lights seem to get themselves hopelessly tangled with no help at all. Now research initiated by an undergraduate student at the…
Two giant steps in advancement of quantum computing
— 26 Sep 2007 17:16 | PhysicsTwo major steps toward putting quantum computers into real practice - sending a photon signal on demand from a qubit onto wires and transmitting the signal to a second, distant qubit…
Physicists discover novel quantum effect
— 22 Sep 2007 13:39 | PhysicsIn a discovery of potentially burning interest to computer and chip manufacturers, physicists at Wurzburg University have demonstrated a previous unknown quantum effect - and this could…
Physicists pin down atomic spin for spintronics
— 13 Sep 2007 10:33 | PhysicsScientists who dream of shrinking computers to the nanoscale look to atomic spin as one possible building block for both processor and memory, yet setting the spin of an atom, let alone…
Physicists establish spooky quantum communication
— 6 Sep 2007 16:07 | PhysicsPhysicists at the University of Michigan have coaxed two separate atoms to communicate with a sort of quantum intuition that Albert Einstein called 'spooky.' In doing so, the researchers…
Birds learn to fly with a little help from their ancestors
— 15 Aug 2007 00:15 | BiologyA researcher at the University of Sheffield has discovered that the reason birds learn to fly so easily is because latent memories may have been left behind by their ancestors. It is…
Northern forests less effective than tropical ones in reducing global warming
— 22 Jun 2007 00:01 | EnvironmentForests in the United States and other northern mid- and upper-latitude regions are playing a smaller role in offsetting global warming than previously thought, according to a study…
Improved situation of on-board computers on International Space Station
— 17 Jun 2007 00:01 | AstronomyRelief on board the International Space Station after some days of worry, an ESA and European industry team of experts is working closely with NASA and Russian partners to help overcome…