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Quantum Mechanics

2 Jun 2013

Picture an atom, and you may imagine spherical electrons orbiting a nucleus packed with particles like neutrons. Only certain orbits - quantum levels - are possible. It's a simplistic model, yet...

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Scientists find cheaper way to ensure security on the internet

25 Nov 2012

Scientists at Toshiba and Cambridge University have perfected a technique that offers a less expensive way to ensure the security of the high-speed fibre optic cables that are the backbone of the...

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Cat's out of the box as we peer into quantum world

14 Oct 2012

Many people have heard of Schrodinger's cat. The winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physics have shown deep insights into this famous paradox of quantum mechanics.

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French and US scientists share Nobel physics prize for quantum optics work

10 Oct 2012

A US and a French scientist have won the Nobel Prize in physics for work in quantum optics that paved the way for precision clocks and may lead to a new generation of super-fast computers.

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A far-fetched idea that might compute

20 Nov 2011

In the popular science fiction film The Matrix, reality as perceived by humans in the future is actually not real but a virtual, simulated world created by machines to subdue and control the human...

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How the Hippies Saved Physics

17 Jul 2011

How the Hippies Saved Physics
David Kaiser
Blackstone Audio (audiobook)

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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In Search of the Multiverse

In Search of the Multiverse
by John Gribbin
Wiley HK$200

How many versions of you are there - one or millions? Some physicists believe that an infinite number of...

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New theory on how it all started

While we were rolling out the red carpet, Stephen Hawking apparently didn't see fit to share with us his latest and even more intriguing theory about how it all started.

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Professor thinks small in the realm of teaching physics

Grown-ups might find the weird world of quantum physics hard to understand but Dr Yvette Hancock believes tiny tots will have no trouble with the concepts.

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A quantum leap in the transfer of money

Is a 100 per cent foolproof security system possible? The answer seems to be yes, after a group of clever quantum cryptographers working with the Bank of Austria transferred 3,000 euros (HK$28,000...

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Cool head for Einstein

Albert Einstein by Albrecht Foelsing, Viking, $350 A few people's images almost define the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Picasso, Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein.

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Pollution makes one big din

LIKE a line of bicycle racers 'drafting' behind one another against a headwind, tiny pollutant particles get into line behind larger ones in a whirlwind of sound.

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