Physical Review Letters
Quantum ‘sealed envelope’ system enables ‘perfectly secure’ information storage
Contact: Adrian Kent apak@damtp.cam.ac.uk 44-122-376-0379 University of Cambridge A breakthrough in quantum cryptography demonstrates that information can be encrypted and then decrypted with complete security using the combined power of quantum theory and relativity – allowing the sender to dictate… Read More ›
Scientists prove Heisenberg’s intuition correct : Coded messages are disturbed by the Eavesdropper ;-)
Contact: Caron Lett caron.lett@york.ac.uk 44-019-043-22029 University of York An international team of scientists has provided proof of a key feature of quantum physics – Heisenberg’s error-disturbance relation – more than 80 years after it was first suggested. One of the… Read More ›
Existence of new element confirmed
Contact: Dirk Rudolph Dirk.Rudolph@nuclear.lu.se 46-462-227-633 Lund University An international team of researchers, led by physicists from Lund University, have confirmed the existence of what is considered a new element with atomic number 115. The experiment was conducted at the GSI… Read More ›
Quantum effects get a weirdness scale
25 April 2013 by Jacob Aron Magazine issue 2914. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Quantum World Topic Guide SCHRÖDINGER’S cat, both dead and alive at once, was always meant to be a thought experiment, but will… Read More ›
Researchers explore quantum entanglement: superluminal
Contact: Leanne Yohemas lmyohema@ucalgary.ca 402-220-7722 University of Calgary Paper in Physical Review Letters delves into phenomenon Einstein called ‘spooky’ Albert Einstein called quantum entanglement—two particles in different locations, even on other sides of the universe, influencing each other—”spooky action at… Read More ›
Tractor beam built from rings of laser light
18:05 19 October 2012 by Jacob Aron Stand aside, Wesley Crusher: there’s a new tractor beam on deck that pulls objects using nothing more than laser light. The device has already grabbed NASA’s attention as it could one day… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 