Atom’s shadow clicked for first time
July 4th, 2012 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 4 (IANS) Scientists have been able to click the shadow of a single atom for the very first time -- an unprecedented feat crowning efforts lasting more than ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Purified’ silicon nudges quantum computing ahead
June 11th, 2012 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 11 (IANS) The quantum computer is a futuristic machine that could operate at speeds even more mind-boggling than fastest super-computers in existence.
Physicist Mike Thewalt of Simon Fraser ... Read more...
Posted in World |
A step closer to faster computing
October 27th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) Scientists have overcome a major barrier to quantum computing by getting their different components to chat with one another, just like memory and logic circuits do ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Future computers will perform unthinkable calculations
July 24th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (IANS) Future computers will perform complex calculations unthinkable for existing models with scientists tweaking a mechanism to process and transmit data at phenomenally high speeds.Future computers will ... Read more...
Posted in World |
BlackBerry co-founders knocked off billionaires’ list
June 24th, 2011 - 9:52 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 24 (IANS) The two men who created the iconic BlackBerry company have been knocked off the world billionaires' list.With the shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
NewGen optical integrated devices for future photonic quantum computers
March 2nd, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): Researchers at University of Bristol have demonstrated the quantum operation of new components that will enable compact circuits for future photonic quantum computers.Dr Terry Rudolph at Imperial College, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New study brings quantum computing one step closer
January 20th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 20 (ANI): A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, UK, has come one step closer to building a solid-state quantum computer.The team successfully entangled 10 billion pairs of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
World’s tiniest computer memory - a big step towards quantum computing
December 17th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): Scientists stored information for 112 seconds in what may become the world's tiniest computer memory: magnetic "spins" in the centers or nuclei of atoms.Then they retrieved and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New discovery brings quantum computers a step closer to reality
November 10th, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): Scientists have found that quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Exotic’ superconductor with metallic surface discovered
November 3rd, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 03 (ANI): A Princeton University-led research team has discovered a new material with a split personality - part superconductor, part metal.The discovery may have implications for the development of next-generation ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists find Holy Grail of quantum computing via error correction
September 30th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 30 (ANI): In what could be called as a big leap in quantum mechanics, a research team at Yale have achieved the entanglement of three solid-state qubits, or quantum bits, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Atom images bring quantum computer closer to reality
August 19th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 19 (ANI): Scientists have come closer to fast quantum computers made of atoms trapped by beams of light, thanks to the first images of the individual atoms in such a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New discovery takes scientists a step closer to quantum computers
July 3rd, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 3 (ANI): Taking a step nearer to quantum computers, University of Maryland researchers have used a unique hybrid nanostructure to show a new type of light-matter interaction.They also demonstrated the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists go beyond diamond for quantum computing
May 2nd, 2010 - 11:15 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2 (ANI): After pioneering research into the quantum properties of a small defect found in diamonds, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have now used cutting-edge computational techniques to produce a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Physicists create circuit for new generation computer
February 27th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) Quantum computing - a new paradigm in information processing that may complement classical computers, could soon become a reality with physicists successfully creating a circuit using neutral atoms. ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New atomic circuit may help quantum computing become a reality
February 27th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, created an atomic circuit that may help quantum computing become a reality.Quantum computing represents a new paradigm in information processing that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientist registers leap in superfast quantum computing
February 6th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) A scientist has found a way of manipulating single electrons that will potentially constitute a quantum computer's processing bits or 'qubits', overcoming a very major design hurdle.
Princeton University's ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Scientist takes giant leap in quantum computing
February 6th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): A scientist at Princeton University has made a giant leap in quantum computing, by overcoming a major hurdle in the ambitious quest to design and construct a radically ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Quantum computer used to calculate exact energy of molecular hydrogen
January 11th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 11 (ANI): In a groundbreaking approach, scientists have used a quantum computer to calculate the precise energy of molecular hydrogen, which could have profound implications not just for quantum chemistry, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Phenomenally powerful computing closer to reality
January 6th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 6 (IANS) Phenomenally powerful quantum computing, the stuff of science fiction, has edged closer to reality, thanks to recent breakthroughs.
Quantum computing relies on controlling and observing the behaviour of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Physicists move one step closer to quantum computing
November 22nd, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 22 (ANI): Physicists at UC (University of California) Santa Barbara have made an important advance in electrically controlling quantum states of electrons, a step that could help in the development ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Quantum computers more stable than previously thought
August 7th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 7 (IANS) Quantum computing, the latest advance on the technology front that is still hedged with many ifs and buts, may be more stable than previously thought, according to the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
First quantum computer could threaten security and data, warns expert
July 31st, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): A Tel Aviv University researcher has claimed that the first quantum computer could overnight threaten our security and our data.Dr. Julia Kempe, of Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik School ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Lasers can be used to lengthen quantum bit memory by 1,000 times
June 25th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 25 (ANI): Physicists have found that lasers can be used to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bit memory, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers, by 1,000 times.These ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists achieve breakthrough in quantum control of light
May 31st, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 31 (ANI): Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have demonstrated a breakthrough in the quantum control of photons, the energy quanta of light, which is a significant result in quantum computation, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists “squeeze” light to quantum limit
January 7th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): For the first time, physicists from University of Toronto have developed a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit.
The finding has paved way ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Top ten stories of the quantum world in 2008
December 27th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 27 (ANI): New Scientist has outlined its most read stories of the world of quantum science of the year 2008.
So, the top ten articles in the quantum world ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Quantum computing comes closer to reality with experts chasing key maths problems
December 23rd, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 23 (ANI): Super-fast computers based on quantum mechanics may have come closer to reality, with mathematicians chasing some of the major mathematical problems.
A discussion on this was held ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New record for longer storage and retrieval of quantum information created
December 8th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 8 (ANI): Taking a major step towards creation of quantum networks, physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made a new record for the length of time that ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Quantum computing comes closer to reality
November 22nd, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 22 (ANI): Stanford researchers say that they have made a significant advance towards creating quantum computers that will dramatically outshine tradioinal computers in tackling certain key problems like searching ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Usable quantum computer comes closer to reality
November 16th, 2008 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
Washington, November 16 (ANI): Researchers in the United States and at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have moved a step further towards building a usable quantum computer by finding a way ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Storage breakthrough brings quantum computers closer to reality
October 23rd, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): Scientists have now made it possible to store information inside the nucleus of an atoma breakthrough that has paved the way for a quantum computer which could ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Computers can become zillions of times faster
August 21st, 2008 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 21 (IANS) The fastest quantum computer bit or the qubit has been shown to be zillions of times faster than the conventional bit, potentially making computers that much faster. ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Fast quantum computers come a step closer to reality
August 21st, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 21 (ANI): A team of researchers in the U.S. has come up with the fastest quantum computer bit, which exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional ... Read more...
Posted in National |
China becoming one of the world’’s prominent scientific powerhouses
August 3rd, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 3 (ANI): China is slowly and steadily becoming one of the world''s prominent scientific powerhouses, with an astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in the country.It has ... Read more...
Posted in National |