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May 26, 2014

NIST studies why quantum dots suffer from 'fluorescence intermittency'
Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2014
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working in collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory, have found that a particular species of quantum dots that weren't commonly thought to blink, do. So what? Well, although the blinks are short-on the order of nanoseconds to milliseconds-even brief fluctuations can result in efficiency losses that could cause trouble for using quantum dots to generate photons that move information around inside a quantum computer or ... read more

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India signs $7 bn deal for 97 domestically made fighter jets

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Iraq files case against Turkey over Kurdish oil exports

Iraq repairs oil pipeline after months of attacks

Russian gas monopoly wants better ties with Azerbaijan, seen as a European savior

Chad suspends work by Chinese oil company CNPC

Japan utility appeals court injunction on reactor restarts

NASA Partners with Rolls-Royce on Braze Joint Technology Testing

Three-wheel Segway now available

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Japan court rules against restart of nuclear reactors

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Particles near absolute zero do not break the laws of physics after all

Shale development generally helps local government coffers

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