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Quantum computing, no cooling requiredBoston MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2012 It's a challenge that's long been one of the holy grails of quantum computing: how to create the key building blocks known as quantum bits, or qubits, that exist in a solid-state system at room temperature. Most current systems, by comparison, rely on complex and expensive equipment designed to trap a single atom or electron in a vacuum and then cool the entire system to close to absolute zero. A group of Harvard scientists, led by Professor of Physics Mikhail Lukin and including graduate students ... read more |
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  GL Garrad Hassan releases update of WindFarmer 5.0 Taking another step in the development of its wind farm design software, GL Garrad Hassan has released version 5.0 of WindFarmer. The software aids the design and analysis of wind farm layouts, to g ... more | .. |
 Underground paths boost risk of fracking pollution: study Naturally occurring underground pathways may increase the risk of well water pollution from fracking, a process used to release natural gas from the ground, US scientists said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Enbridge Fined Over Kalamazoo River Tar Sands Pipeline Spil Federal pipeline safety regulators have announced that Enbridge, the Canadian pipeline company responsible for spilling over a million gallons of tar sands into Michigan's Kalamazoo River watershed ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 New method knocks out stubborn electron problem A newly published article in Physical Review Letters eliminates one of the top unsolved theoretical problems in chemical physics as ranked by the National Research Council in 1995. Scientists now ca ... more | .. |
  Researchers Develop an Artificial Cerebellum than Enables Robotic Human-like Object Handling University of Granada researchers have developed an artificial cerebellum (a biologically-inspired adaptive microcircuit) that controls a robotic arm with human-like precision. The cerebellum is the ... more | .. |
  Extreme weather conditions cost EU's transport system at least 15 billion euro annually A study carried out by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland indicates that extreme weather conditions cost EU transport system at least 15 billion euros a year. Currently, the greatest costs inc ... more | .. |
 Nature: Molecule Changes Magnetism and Conductance One bit of digital information stored on a hard disk currently consists of about 3 million magnetic atoms. Researchers from Karlsruhe, Strasbourg, and Japan have now developed a mag-netic memory wit ... more |
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Ancient zircon data reveals tectonic origin of Earth's first continental crust
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  Daily deal industry shows no evidence of slowing down Over the past year, some news reports have questioned the long-term viability and popularity of daily deal companies, but the industry shows no evidence of slowing down, according to a new study fro ... more | .. |
  New technique could reduce number of animals needed to test chemical safety A new way of testing the safety of natural and synthetic chemicals has been developed by scientists with funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Their resear ... more | .. |
  Canada nuclear scientists strike More than 800 nuclear scientists and engineers went on strike on Monday, warning of "dire consequences" for Canada's nuclear industry after contract talks broke down with Candu Energy Inc. ... more | .. |
 China overtakes Japan in Fortune 500 ranks China overtook Japan on the Fortune Global 500 for the first time on the list of the world's biggest companies by revenue, the US business magazine said Monday. ... more |
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 Iran works to foil insurance embargo on oil Iran has come up with several methods to foil the European insurance embargo on ships loaded with its crude, a sanction which may harm its vital exports as much as the EU oil embargo itself. ... more | .. |
  Internet doomsday virus appears to fizzle The so-called Internet doomsday virus with the potential to black out tens of thousands of computers worldwide appeared to pose no major problems Monday after a temporary fix expired. ... more | .. |
 Microsoft sets October release for Windows 8 Microsoft's next-generation operating system will be available in October as the software giant strives to stay relevant in a blossoming mobile era centered on tablets and smartphones. ... more | .. |
  Myanmar president reschedules Thai visit Myanmar's President Thein Sein will visit Thailand for three days later this month, a trip that he has twice postponed. ... more |
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UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission
UK invests $191 mn in European satellite firm Eutelsat
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 Europe grid upgrades pegged at $128B Some $128 billion in new and upgraded power lines will be needed to meet the EU's renewables and energy market integration goals, European grid operators say. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Financial tsunami If women are reshaping the economy, politics and the world - as the National Journal says will be borne out in its "Women 2020" conference July 18 - it won't be soon enough. The men have made a real hash of it. ... more | .. |
Walker's World: Running on flat Only an idiot would try to predict whether U.S. President Barack Obama can get re-elected four months from now. But it would take a special kind of fool to deny that the latest economic news has made his task significantly more difficult. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN reaches out to Beijing over South China Sea code Southeast Asian foreign ministers Monday said they were ready to open talks with Beijing over easing friction in the South China Sea, after agreeing key points of a pact aimed at preventing maritime disputes. ... more |
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 China's inflation slows to 29-month low China's inflation slowed in June to its lowest level in 29 months, official data showed Monday, giving the government more flexibility in its efforts to reboot the world's second-biggest economy. ... more | .. |
 Swiss nuclear safety watchdog gives stations the all-clear Switzerland's four nuclear power stations are fit to withstand a major earthquake and pose no threat to the population and the environment, inspectors said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Japan reactor back to full power after nuke shutdown A nuclear reactor in western Japan began full operations Monday, the first restart since the country shut down its atomic stations in the wake of last year's crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. ... more | .. |
 Tutu pleads for peace on eve of South Sudan anniversary Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday appealed for peace in troubled South Sudan, on the eve of the country's first anniversary. ... more |
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London, Paris tighten nuclear bond over US, Russia concerns
Iran says cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog will take 'new form'
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Thousands risk Internet shutdown as US fix expires Tens of thousands of people around the world whose computers were infected with malware may lose their Internet access Monday after the expiry of a US government fix, security experts said. ... more | .. |
 Rio bay fisherfolk in deadly feud over oil complex Fisherman Alexandre Anderson vows that despite six attempts on his life he will keep fighting against the oil project he believes is threatening fishing in Rio's polluted Guanabara Bay. ... more | .. |
 China coal mine blast kills seven: media A gas blast at a coal mine in China's central province of Hunan killed seven people on Sunday, state media said, the latest in a string of accidents in the country's dangerous mining industry. ... more | .. |
Reactor at Bulgarian nuclear plant shut down A 1,000-megawatt reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant was temporarily shut down early Saturday due to a turbogenerator problem, but no rise in radioactivity was recorded, a statement said. ... more |
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France's Areva to bid for British nuclear plant venture France's nuclear power group Areva and other companies including China's CGNPC will bid for the British joint venture dropped by Germany in March, Areva boss Luc Oursel said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Paraguay-Venezuela row deepening Paraguay's diplomatic row with Venezuela is deepening amid accusations the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is seeking to overturn political change in Asuncion. ... more | .. |
Brazil OKs Amazon iron ore mining project Brazil is going ahead with a controversial iron ore mining development in its Amazon region as it weighs export potential for what may become one of the largest mines in the country. ... more | .. |
Rescuers work to save surviving Chinese miners: report Eleven of the 16 miners trapped in a flooded colliery pit in central China are alive and in the process of being rescued, state media reported early Sunday. ... more |
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