French and US scientist share Nobel in Physics for pioneering work in quantum optics

Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 01:20 UTC

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Two scientists one French and an American won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their pioneering work in quantum optics, a field that manipulates light and matter to measure very precise properties of single particles. Read full article

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Idlehands
I've never been able to get my head round the fact that merely observing something can alter it's disposition. Stop feeding us physics we don't understand and give us a quantum computer.
Oct 10th, 2012 - 03:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
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Unless you are:
1) under 35 YO and;
2) operating either a super computer or a 'massive' parallel server farm, I doubt you will ever see one.

I have little doubt they will, eventually, trickle down to small business / domestic use, but not for several decades yet.

Automatic detection of the state on the fly has not been achieved yet, nevermind the idiot proofing of the hardware that will be necessary for such use. The software problems are insignificant besides those.
Oct 10th, 2012 - 02:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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