Technology
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New hole-punched crystal clears a path for quantum light | Sabyasachi Barik et al.
Credit: Joint Quantum Institute Feb. 13, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Scientists have created a photonic chip that generates single photons and controls their direction. Optical highways for light are at the h ...
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Physicists extend stochastic thermodynamics deeper into quantum territory | Lisa Zyga
Thermodynamic laws that describe heat and energy are being extended to the quantum scale. Source: Pexels. Photograph by Paweł Kadysz Feb. 13, 2018 {Phys.org) -- Physicists have extended one of the mo ...
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Capitalism is ending because it has made itself obsolete, former Greek finance minister Yannis Varoufakis says | Tom Embury-Denni
Yanis VaroufakisOct. 18, 2017 (Independent) -- Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis claims capitalism is coming to an end because it is making itself obsolete. The former economics professo ...
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John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Cindy Cohn
John Perry Barlow Cindy Cohn -- EFF Feb. 7, 2018 With a broken heart I have to announce that EFF's founder, visionary, and our ongoing inspiration, John Perry Barlow, passed away quietly in his sleep ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- February 5, 2018 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- February 5, 2018 Feb. 5 Date under the New START Treaty by which the United States and Russia are to comply with the treaty's central limits on strategic arms (700 deployed interc ...
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Apple investors urge action to curb child gadget addiction | AP
Image by Jose Roberto Navas. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Jan. 8, 2018 (AP) -- Two major Apple investors have urged the iPhone maker to take action to curb growing smartphone addiction among children, highli ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- October 23, 2017 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation October 23, 2017 Oct. 23 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m., "Opportunities for U.S.-Korea Cooperation in Advanced Nuclear: Industrial, R&D, and Other ...
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Transparent solar technology represents 'wave of the future' | Richard Lunt
See-through solar-harvesting applications, such as this module pioneered at Michigan State University, could potentially produce 40 percent of U.S. electricity demand. Credit: Michigan State Universi ...
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Researchers directly observe infinitely long wavelengths for the first time | Eric Mazur
A zero-index waveguide compatible with current silicon photonic technologies. Credit: Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEASOct. 9, 2017 (Phys.org) -- In 2015, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson Sch ...
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HP Enterprise let Russia scrutinize cyberdefense system used by Pentagon | Joel Schectman, Dustin Volz, Jack Stubbs
Oct. 2, 2017 -- WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise allowed a Russian defense agency to review the inner workings of cyber defense software used by the Pentagon to guard its com ...
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Dubai Will Issue First Ever State Cryptocurrency | Jon Buck
cointelegraph.com/news/dubai-will-issue-first-ever-state-cryptocurrency Oct. 1, 2017 (CoinTelegraph) -- Dubai has officially launched its own cryptocurrency called emCash, local news media report. Th ...
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