Sanjeev Nanda Gets for BMW Hit and Run Crime

New Delhi(ABC Live): Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Friday pronounced the quantum of punishment for Sanjeev Nanda, the prime accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, sentencing him to five years in jail

Entangled Particles Seem to Communicate Instantly—and Befuddle Scientists

"Of all the weirdness in the universe, the quantum mechanics phenomenon called “entanglement” may be the most mind-boggling. Physicists have long shaken their heads at the theory that two particles that become...

Quantum Leap: Researchers have controlled the position of a single electron ...

"An international team of researchers has shown that it can control the quantum state of a single electron in a silicon transistor--even putting the electron in two places at once. Their discovery could help pave the way toward a practical quantum computer. Quantum computers...

cold fusion, quantum physics, foosball

"Energy scams have been around as long as I can remember, some promising to deliver a simple increase in fuel economy, others more elaborate and outlandish. And every few years or so, a new inventor will unveil...

Stephen Hawking urges new era of space conquest

""In a way, the situation is like Europe before 1492. People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Columbus on a wild goose chase," the British scientist was quoted by AFP as saying at Georgetown Washington University."Yet the discovery of the new world...

Bond villain to get just deserts

"Paris (ANTARA News) - The makers of the next James Bond movie have joined astronomers in plumping for the eerie Martian-like landscape of Chile's Atacama desert, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday. Key scenes from "Quantum of Solace" are being shot at Cerro...

Problem Of Quantum Dot 'Blinking' Solved

Quantum dots--tiny, intense, tunable sources of colorful light--are illuminating new opportunities in biomedical research, cryptography and other fields. But these semiconductor nanocrystals also have a secret...

Researchers outsmart quantum physics

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and Leibniz University of Hanover have produced a laser beam of especially high quality. In doing so, they have achieved a new world record in...

007 is back in... 'Quantum of Solace'?!

The New Bond Movie will be called... ah, I can't even say it with a straight face. So far the only vindication for calling a spy flick Quantum of Solace (i.e. "a little bit of comfort") is that there were other...

FARO unveils its most advanced portable CMM ever

"Available in eight-foot working volumes and either six- or seven-axis models, the Quantum FaroArm offers accuracy comparable to fixed CMMs, has software that is fully programmable for repetitive measurement, has a smaller footprint on the shop floor, and performs...

Music from Dark Matter

" On September 21, 2007 I stumbled on an article named “Imaging Quantum  Entanglement”:   ….”An international team including scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN)...

Gordon Moore predicts end to Moore's law in 10 years

The quantum limit, with all his weirdness, knocks at our door. "After more than 40 years of empirical truth, Moores law -- the maxim which declares a doubling of transistors on a computer chip roughly every...

Journeyman S01E01 (NBC)

This show is produced by Fox studios for NBC and will premiere on the 24th of September, right after Heroes. This so-called science-fiction show stars Kevin McKidd, a Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of...

Drive the future with Fisker Automotive

"The Fisker name has attracted and attained worldwide brand recognition, thanks to years of first-class automotive designs. Over his 18 years in the car design business, Henrik Fisker has left his thumbprint on some of the most highly regarded automobiles. His creations range...

Putting electronics in a spin

"When engineers flick the switch to turn on the world's fastest supercomputer later this year it will be capable of chewing its way through 1,000 trillion calculations every second. But this speedy number cruncher could soon look like the equivalent of a dusty abacus if...

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