Space tourism won't hurt environment, Branson says - Science News

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British billionaire Richard Branson said Monday that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate ...

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Startup Gridcom uses photons and quantum physics for smart grid security

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For example, an under the radar company called GridCOM Technologies tells us it's developing a new tool based on quantum physics that could protect the grid from such digital security attacks. Founded only last year, GridCOM's technology uses something ...

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Scientists Create New Type of Quantum Computer: The Boson Sampling ...

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Scientists have created the boson sampling computer, a new type of quantum computer that has the potential for speeding up information processing speeds and revolutionizing the way computers solve problems. Picture of the optical network – the central ... See all stories on this topic »

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NASA Announces Summer Learning Opportunities For U.S. Students

NASA has unveiled plans for its 2013 Summer of Innovation project, which challenges middle school students across the United States to share in the excitement of scientific discovery and space exploration through unique, NASA-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities.

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Scientist finds beauty in search for elusive dark matter | PRIORG

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Dark matter makes up some 95 percent of our universe, according to ... Right now one of the biggest races in science is the search for dark matter ...

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NASA Announces Summer Learning Opportunities For U.S. Students

NASA has unveiled plans for its 2013 Summer of Innovation project, which challenges middle school students across the United States to share in the excitement of scientific discovery and space exploration through unique, NASA-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities.

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Scientist finds beauty in search for elusive dark matter

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Right now, one of the biggest races in science is the search for dark matter. Experimental physicist Elena Aprile heads a research team at Columbia University trying to get one step closer to finding it. “It's really very very scary to know that, after ...

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A Hack-Proof Internet Exists, Thanks to Quantum Physics

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Leave it to the quantum physicists at Los Alamos National Labs to have run for the past two years something that sounded like science fiction: a quantum Internet that promises perfectly secure online communications. While hackers have gotten much ...

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Space tourism won't hurt environment: Branson

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SINGAPORE — British billionaire Richard Branson said Monday that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate change. More than 500 people have already reserved seats -- and paid deposits ... See all stories on this topic »

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Space science image of the week: a space-time magnifying glass by the Hubble space telescope

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Transterrestrial Musings - A Commercial Quantum Computer

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A Commercial Quantum Computer. by Rand Simberg on May 12, 2013 at 2:48 pm. Posted In: Business, Mathematics, Science And Society, Technology and Society · Beats the pants off a conventional PC. This technology may move faster than ...

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Quantum Computer Wins Speed Test Against Normal ... - Future Leap

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The D-Wave quantum computer has officially bested a conventional computer at a specific speed test for the first time: The D-Wave was 3600 times faster.

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Magnetised graphene could lead to spintronic devices

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In order to develop a graphene-based spintronic device, the challenge was to 'magnetise' the material, and researchers from Madrid claim to have found the way through the quantum and nanoscience world. According to the team, the technique involves ...

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Graphene joins the race to redefine the ampere

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Traditional metallic pumps, thought to be not worth pursuing, have been given a new lease of life by fabricating them out of the world's most famous super-material -- graphene. Previous metallic SEPs made of aluminium are very accurate, but pump ...

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CalBattery Selected for TechConnect National ... - Graphene Tracker

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California Lithium Battery is proud to announce its selection as a 2013 TechConnect National Innovation Awardee for the development of its breakthrough, ...

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