News articles tagged with 'diamond'
Physicists move closer to efficient single-photon sources
— 17 Mar 2011 20:49 | PhysicsA team of physicists in the United Kingdom has taken a giant step toward realising efficient single-photon sources, which are expected to enable much-coveted completely secure optical…
NASA's Spitzer reveals first carbon-rich planet
— 9 Dec 2010 17:12 | HealthAstronomers have discovered that a huge, searing-hot planet orbiting another star is loaded with an unusual amount of carbon. The planet, a gas giant named WASP-12b, is the first carbon-rich…
Gem of an idea: A flexible diamond-studded electrode implanted for life
— 6 Oct 2010 05:38 | HealthDiamonds adorning tiaras to anklets are treasures but these gemstones inside the body may prove priceless…
Physicists cross hurdle in quantum manipulation of matter
— 18 Sep 2010 08:49 | PhysicsFinding ways to control matter at the level of single atoms and electrons fascinates many scientists and engineers because the ability to manipulate single charges and single magnetic…
Impact hypothesis loses its sparkle
— 31 Aug 2010 09:33 | Geology and palaeontologyAbout 12,900 years ago, a sudden cold snap interrupted the gradual warming that had followed the last Ice Age. The cold lasted for the 1,300-year interval known as the Younger Dryas…
Scientists' work improves odds of finding diamonds
— 15 Jul 2010 14:45 | Geology and palaeontologyWhile prospectors and geologists have been successful in finding diamonds through diligent searching, one University of Houston professor and his team's work could help improve the…
Search for the bridge to the quantum world
— 2 Jul 2010 09:53 | PhysicsScience fiction has nothing over quantum physics when it comes to presenting us with a labyrinthine world that can twist your mind into knots when you try to make sense of it…
Diamonds and the holy grail of quantum computing
— 30 Jun 2010 13:28 | TechnologySince Richard Feynman's first envisioned the quantum computer in 1982, there have been many studies of potential candidates - computers that use quantum bits, or qubits, capable of…
A powerful duo: Diamond and ceramic
— 21 May 2010 10:51 | TechnologyDiamond is a material with outstanding features: It is extraordinarily hard, conducts heat well and is practically inert to chemical substances. Ceramics - particularly high - performance…
UCSB scientists look beyond diamond for quantum computing
— 1 May 2010 09:36 | TechnologyA team of scientists at UC Santa Barbara that helped pioneer research into the quantum properties of a small defect found in diamonds has now used cutting-edge computational techniques…