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First Observation of the Dynamical Casimir Effect
A rapidly moving mirror that turns virtual photons into real ones is the first experimental evidence of the dynamical Casimir effect.
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Microbial Life Found in Hydrocarbon Lake
Scientist find life in a lake of asphalt that is the closest thing on Earth to the hydrocarbon seas on Titan
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Will Big Data Get Too Big for the Metric System to Handle?
It’s dizzying to contemplate, but it might not be long before the volume of digital data surpasses the current limit of measures.
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Three Habitable Zone Planets Discovered Around One Red Dwarf
A red dwarf that is itself part of a triple star system, hosts three planets in its habitable zone, says astronomer
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Quantum Rainbow Photon Gun Unveiled
A photon gun capable of reliably producing single photons of different colours could become an important building block of a quantum internet
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Does a Tele-Robot Operator Need a Visa and W-2?
Experts gathered this week at Stanford’s Law School to discuss the robot revolution.
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Best of 2012: PlaceRaider: The Military Smartphone Malware Designed to Steal Your Life
In September, the US Naval Surface Warfare Center created an Android app that secretly records your environment and reconstructs it as a 3D virtual model for a malicious user to browse
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Quantum Imaging Technique Heralds Unjammable Aircraft Detection
Physicists have exploited the quantum properties of photons to create the first imaging system that is unjammable
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Firefox OS Shows Off First Phones
Geeksphone is making the first devices, and they’re looking good.
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