Monday 17 June 2013

Australian scientists apply quantum mechanics to cyber security Yahoo7

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Quantum mechanics are being applied to computing in order to develop the most ... the first fullscale quantum computer thought to be a decade away at least ...

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Magnetic Graphene Clouds Can Be Made To Appear And Disappear

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Add another point to the list of reasons why graphene, the darling child of material physics, is a wunderkind. A team led by researchers at the University of Manchester has succeeded in turning magnetism on and off in graphene, an important step for ...

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How Does a Quantum Computer Work?

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A quantum computer works in a totally different way from a classical computer. Quantum bits of 'qubits' can exist in a superposition state of both zero and one simultaneously. This means that a set of two qubits can be in a superposition of four states ...

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PayPal Shoots For Stars With PayPal Galactic Program

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EBay's PayPal division recently announced it has been working with the Space Tourism Society, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the SETI Institute to develop a payment program for recreational space travelers, The Wall Street ...

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PayPal Galactic to launch space payments rumour

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According to the Wall Street Journal PayPal have been working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Space Tourism Society and the SETI Institute to set up inter-galactic payments. If true it would be the first of a kind payment ...

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Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources harnesses ...

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Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources harnesses Freelancer.com contest platform for global marketing campaign.

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ExoMars 2016 set to complete construction



ESA’s mission to Mars in 2016 has entered the final stage of construction with the signature of a contract today with Thales Alenia Space at the Paris Air & Space Show.




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NASA Invites Media to View Space Launch System Progress

NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier and other agency officials will debut a new machine for manufacturing NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) and check on development progress with the heavy-lift rocket at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Friday, June 21.

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Unlocking the Mystery Behind Graphene Supercapacitors

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... approach the theoretical 10 times the lithium-ion battery figure while acting as a near-perfect "battery"? That perfection is something real batteries can never achieve. The calculations are based on utilising the huge area of graphene "soot ...

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Fast pollutant degradation by graphene-like nanosheets

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The Indian team prepared nanosheets of MoO3 by oxidation of MoS2 nanosheets, by using graphene oxide as a template, and by intercalation with LiBr into the bulk material or its ultrasonication. When used as a photocatalyst in the degradation of ...

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PayPal Galactic to launch space payments rumour

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It's rumoured that PayPal Galactic is to be announced on the 27th of June as the first way to pay in space. According to the Wall Street Journal PayPal have been working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Space Tourism Society ...

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NASA Selects Next Generation of Space Explorers; Google+ Hangout Today

scientists apply quantum mechanics to cyber security

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At a time when cyber security is high on the international agenda, Australian scientists are at the forefront of providing a more secure future. Quantum mechanics are being applied to computing in order to develop the most powerful and impenetrable ...

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Unzpip A Carbon Nanotube, Find A Graphene Ribbon, Create A “Flexible: Li-Ion ...

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Before graphene (aka “the strongest material in the world”) came along, carbon nanotubes were the next big thing in advanced electronics, and Rice University was among the institutions looking for efficient, low cost ways to manufacture them in bulk ...

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Graphene research provides lithium ion battery boost

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Graphene is the single atom-thick form of carbon, the discovery of which won a Nobel Prize in 2010 because of its potentially transformative effects in electronics, solar energy and battery technology. Scientists believe it could pave the way for a ...

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Titanic Sea



Space science image of the week: Ligeia Mare, the second largest known sea on Saturn's moon Titan.

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Huge earth-passing asteroid identified as 'entirely new beast'

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Huge earth-passing asteroid identified as `entirely new beast` Washington: Scientists have discovered that a big asteroid that flew past Earth last month belongs to a new category of space rock, thanks to new radar images captured by the Arecibo ...

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Technology Minister Wants More Space for ICT Sector

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He said that the government has made available some US$20 million for that purpose, and he would be seeking to access more money specifically for the development of space within that sector. In emphasizing the feasibility of the venture, Minister ...

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Science Weekly podcast: the universe's heart of darkness – dark matter

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The Princeton professor joined forces with University of Cambridge scholar Simon Mitton to review our scientific understanding of dark matter in their book Heart of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe. Subscribe for free via ...

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Kept in the dark

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The signature comes in the form of a shower of antimatter, something formerly the stuff of science fiction. Dark matter in a galaxy ... "Many astronomers suspect there is a lot of dark matter in almost every galaxy, because the force of gravity is ...

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Gold is from space, and other interesting gold facts [Infographic]

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It is no surprise either that we should consider asteroids or comets as source of minerals; according to Pravda, British and Swiss scientists say meteors (which are asteroids that have entered earth's atmosphere) are behind some of the large precious ...

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Shedding Light on Dark Matter - science | Stuff.co.nz

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At face value, it seems to be present virtually everywhere, yet scientists still have precious little idea of what dark matter is.

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Science Weekly podcast: the universe's heart of darkness – dark matter

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Science Weekly podcast the universe's heart of darkness dark matter ... astrophysicist Jerry Ostriker explores the cosmological mystery that is dark matter ...

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