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Components November 4, 2015

So long silicon: Laser experiments may lead to faster computer chips

So long silicon! A small change in the design of a computer chip could soon lead to the creation of smaller, faster and more powerful computers.

Spaceflight November 4, 2015

Warp speed, Scotty: Faster than light drives a reality?

A loophole in Einstein's general theory of relativity could allow a ship to traverse vast distances in less time than it would take light. The trick? It's not the starship that's moving — it's the space around it.

Smarter America November 4, 2015

Researchers shrink particle accelerator to table-top size

Just as computers shrunk from room- to desktop-size, high-energy particle accelerator dimensions are going from acres to inches.

Physics November 4, 2015

Online effort nets $1.3M to restore Tesla's NY lab

The brains behind the pencil behind popular cartoon website TheOatmeal.com sought the help of the Internet to raise $850,000 for a museum to inventor Nikola Tesla. Instead he's raised $974,737 -- all in just seven days.

Chemistry November 4, 2015

This glass could be as strong as steel

Researchers in Japan have developed a type of glass that is close to being unbreakable. Reported last month in the journal Scientific Reports, the research team claims the glass is as strong as steel and hope it could one day lead to stronger windows and table tops.

Physics November 3, 2015

Math master: D-Wave device is powerful, but is it quantum computing?

Does this computer owe its high performance to bizarre quantum effects?  

Components November 3, 2015

Quantum network secretly running for 2 years

A national laboratory has been running a quantum network that could make perfectly secure Internet communications a reality

Physics November 2, 2015

Nuclear fusion just got a boost with the arrival of this stellarator

Researchers could be one step closer to producing energy through nuclear fusion with word that a device called the stellarator is set to go online later this year in Germany.

Physics October 22, 2015

What if reality were really just 'Sim Universe'?

Physicists propose experiment to test hypothesis that reality is just a computer simulation.

Pacific October 21, 2015

Metamorphosing beast center-stage in Sony game

Knack was created to be the perfect beast to show off the spectacularly vamped up visual powers of the PlayStation 4 game console. 

North Korea October 21, 2015

Chernobyl 2? Watching the world’s aging power plants

North Korea’s aging Yongbyon nuclear power plant probably won't lead to a nuclear catastrophe, despite an alarming report calling it the next Chernobyl -- but the danger posed by the world’s aging reactors is real nonetheless.