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The use of acoustic inversion to estimate the bubble size distribution in pipelines

New research from the University of Southampton has devised a new method to more accurately measure gas bubbles in pipelines.

Tue 15 May 12 from Phys.org

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Photon-polarization qubits stored in atomic combs

Solid-state devices could be used as quantum repeaters

Wed 16 May 12 from Physics World

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SBU researchers discover significant water anomaly

(Phys.org) -- A team of researchers from the Stony Brook University Department of Physics & Astronomy along with colleagues from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at Universidad Autónoma ...

Thu 10 May 12 from Phys.org

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Quantum dots brighten the future of lighting

(Phys.org) -- With the age of the incandescent light bulb fading rapidly, the holy grail of the lighting industry is to develop a highly efficient form of solid-state lighting that produces ...

Tue 8 May 12 from Phys.org

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Paper stirs up controversy over the nature of the quantum wave function

(Phys.org) -- Back in November, a paper posted to a preprint server arXiv by three British physicists prompted some heated debate regarding the nature of the quantum wave function, a probability ...

Wed 9 May 12 from Phys.org

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New Phase of CERN Openlab to Tackle Exascale It Challenges for Science

The fourth phase of CERN openlab was officially launched during a meeting of its board of sponsors taking place at CERN* on 8 and 9 May. CERN openlab is a unique public-private partnership between ...

Thu 10 May 12 from Newswise

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Physics duo describe a way to guarantee true randomness

(Phys.org) -- In the natural world, it seems randomness is all around. Walk through a forest for example and it appears completely random, despite the fact that natural patterns emerge at almost ...

Tue 8 May 12 from Phys.org

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It's official: Physics is hard

Scientists have conducted scientific research on the difficulty -- from a computational complexity theory perspective -- of addressing some of the challenges of physics.

Tue 8 May 12 from ScienceDaily

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Researchers demonstrate new way to control nonvolatile magnetic memory devices

(Phys.org) -- Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new strategy for making energy- efficient, reliable nonvolatile magnetic memory devices -- which retain information without electric power.

Mon 7 May 12 from Phys.org

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Simplicity and quantum complexity

Simulations of reality would require less memory on a quantum computer than on a classical computer, new research from scientists at the University of Bristol, published in Nature Communications, ...

Fri 4 May 12 from Phys.org

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