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Magnetic
shape shifters
Transforming an object from one shape to another
simply by heating it, illuminating it, or exposing it
to certain chemicals sounds like an alchemist's dream,
but it is a very real and very active area of research
for, among other things, making medical devices like stents...
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Computing
by not computing
Quantum computing is weird enough as it is, given
the often counterintuitive nature of quantum physics,
but now scientists have demonstrated that it is possible
to get an answer from a quantum computer without actually
running the computer...
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Micro
fuel cells get simple
Heart
cells pump biochip
Plastic
cassette ID's DNA
Flat
lens focuses microwaves |
FEATURES
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View
from the High Ground: Cornell's Jon Kleinberg
Six degrees of separation, buying gasoline
by the molecule, the science of popularity, all just getting
along online, intellectual prosthetics, Big Science, making
up questions, and telling stories.
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How
It Works: Quantum computing: qubits
Photons, electrons and atoms, oh my! These particles are
the raw materials for qubits, the basic building blocks
of quantum computers. |
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