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EUROCORES conference gives cold quantum matter a European twist

Quantum matter has long fascinated the science community as many completely new physical phenomena have emerged from this field. Cold quantum matter can be used for applications such as high-precision clocks, which may run only one second behind per three million years! The interest in quantum matter is now spreading to other areas, and new phases of matter are emerging in molecular systems and plasmas.

EUROCORES conference gives cold quantum matter a European twist

(Nanowerk News) Quantum matter has long fascinated the science community as many completely new physical phenomena have emerged from this field. Cold quantum matter can be used for applications such as high-precision clocks, which may run only one second behind per three million years! The interest in quantum matter is now spreading to other areas, and new phases of matter are emerging in molecular systems and plasmas.

Biopure Corporation wins European patent challenge

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How To Build a Quantum Eavesdropper

KentuckyFC writes "Quantum encryption is perfectly secure, in theory. In practice, however, there are loopholes. Now Japanese scientists have designed a quantum eavesdropper that exploits one of these loopholes to listen in to quantum conversations. QC's security arises from the impossibility of making a perfect copy of a quantum object without destroying it — so the sender and receiver can always tell if they've been overheard. But it turns out that an eavesdropper can make imperfect copies and use them to extract information from a quantum message without alerting sender or receiver (abstract). The Japanese design does just this. That should worry banks and government agencies that have begun to use some of the commercial quantum encryption systems now available.

Spin states endure in quantum dot

Some physicists believe that quantum computers of the future will be built from large numbers of quantum dots — tiny pieces of semiconductor, each containing an electron (or hole) in a certain quantum spin state. However, such quantum states are easily destroyed by interference from external noise, and physicists have yet to create quantum dots — or any other system — that are robust enough to be used in a practical quantum computer.

Spin states endure in quantum dot

Some physicists believe that quantum computers of the future will be built from large numbers of quantum dots — tiny pieces of semiconductor, each containing an electron (or hole) in a certain quantum spin state. However, such quantum states are easily destroyed by interference from external noise, and physicists have yet to create quantum dots — or any other system — that are robust enough to be used in a practical quantum computer.

Microsoft's Blue Hat Conference

SecureThroughObscure writes "ZDNet Zero-Day security blogger Nate McFeters got an exclusive look at the Microsoft Blue Hat conference. This is an invite-only conference that few media get to attend, but apparently McFeters was brought in with co-worker Rob Carter to talk about some vulnerabilities they had discovered with a few product security teams in attendence, and was also asked to do a guest blog posting about the conference at the Microsoft Blue Hat blog. McFeters also included several pictures of the conference and after conference events."

Hubble Survey Finds Half of the Missing Matter

esocid sends along the news that scientists believe they have found about half the missing matter in the universe. The matter we can see is only about 1/8 of the total baryonic matter believed to exist (and only 1/200 the mass-energy of the visible universe). This missing matter is not to be confused with "dark matter," which is thought to be non-baryonic. The missing stuff has been found in the intergalactic medium that extends essentially throughout all of space, from just outside our galaxy to the most distant regions of space. "'We think we are seeing the strands of a web-like structure that forms the backbone of the universe,' Mike Shull of the University of Colorado explained. 'What we are confirming in detail is that intergalactic space, which intuitively might seem to be empty, is in fact the reservoir for most of the normal, bary

Quantum Cryptography Broken, and Fixed

schliz writes in with research out of Sweden in which researchers showed that, looking at a quantum cryptographic system as a whole, it was possible for an eavesdropper to extract some information about the QC key, thus reducing the security of the overall system. The team then proposed a cheap and simple fix for the problem. "The advanced technology was thought to be unbreakable due to laws of quantum mechanics that state that quantum mechanical objects cannot be observed or manipulated without being disturbed. But a research team at Linköping University in Sweden claim that it is possible for an eavesdropper to [get around the limitations] without being discovered. In a research paper, published in the international engineering journal IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (abstract), the researchers propose a change in the quantum cr

Linux Plumbers Conference Registration Open

The Linux Plumbers Conference is a working conference. LPC brings together the top developers working on the "plumbing" of Linux - kernel subsystems, core libraries, windowing system, etc. - and gives them three days to work together on core design problems. The conference is organized into several half-day microconferences focusing on individual subsystems. Since the microconfs are co-located, developers can meet face-to-face with experts from other subsystems to solve problems that span project boundaries. This kind of cross-project collaboration usually only happens in the unofficial "hallway track" at conferences. LPC makes the hallway track a priority.

GC Developers Conference 2008: Call for Papers Closing May 30

The GC Developers Conference (GCDC) today announced that the Call for Papers for this year's conference will end on May 30th, at 11:59PM GMT. Prominent members of the games, information technology, and movie industries have the opportunity to submit speaking proposals for this year's GC Developers Conference (August 18th-20th, 2008) until that time. GCDC is the leading international conference in Europe for game development and the business of games, and is expected to attract more than 1,000 professionals from the field this year.

Internet Retailer Conference Draws 5,000 Etailers

The Internet Retailer 2008 Conference & Exhibition kicked off on June 9, 2008, in Chicago with over 5,000 registrants, 25 percent more than last year's event in San Jose. The conference features 140 speakers in 77 conference sessions, including four day-long workshops and two days of main conference sessions. The show will also feature 326 ecommerce solution vendors in the exhibit hall.

How Can Quantum Physics Be Harnessed?

The long cherished goal of applying the strange properties of quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world we inhabit has been brought closer by a series of recent developments. The exciting progress was made in the important field of quantum optics and discussed recently at a high level conference organised by the European Science Foundation in collaboration with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF) and the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (LFUI).

Nanodots reveal a quantum phase transition

Nanoscale devices could be used to observe quantum phase transitions, say researchers in France. Franck Balestro of the Joseph Fourier University and the Institut Néel, CNRS, in Grenoble and colleagues made a quantum-dot device to observe "quantum criticality" – a phenomenon thought to govern the properties of high-temperature superconductors among other materials. The result may help advance the field of molecular spintronics and have applications in quantum computing.

Intel Supports GC Developers Conference for the Sixth Time

LEIPZIG, Germany - July 3, 2008 - GC Developers Conference (GCDC) announced today that Intel will be platinum sponsor of this year's event, sharing a main sponsorship with Nokia. Intel will deliver several sessions as part of the conference agenda, and will have a presence in the exhibition area. The company has supported GCDC, Europe's leading developer conference, since its start in 2003. The conference takes place in Leipzig, Germany, on August 18-20, 2008.

Intel Supports GC Developers Conference for the Sixth Time

LEIPZIG, Germany - July 3, 2008 - GC Developers Conference (GCDC) announced today that Intel will be platinum sponsor of this year's event, sharing a main sponsorship with Nokia. Intel will deliver several sessions as part of the conference agenda, and will have a presence in the exhibition area. The company has supported GCDC, Europe's leading developer conference, since its start in 2003. The conference takes place in Leipzig, Germany, on August 18-20, 2008.

Austin Game Developers Conference 2008 Website and Registration Now Open

SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Registration is now open for the 2008 Austin Game Developers Conference (Austin GDC). Presented by Think Services, organizers of the industry-leading Game Developers Conference (GDC), the Austin GDC is a three-day event taking place at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas September 15-17, 2008. The conference brings together the best sessions, speakers and networking opportunities for developers of online games, game writers, and audio professionals. The conference's "Evolve to Win" theme reflects a forward-looking focus on the technologies and methodologies that game developers will need to acclimate to in order to survive in the fast-paced games industry. This year's addition of the Worlds in Motion Summit (WiMS), an Independent Games Festival (IGF) showcase, and access to the "myGDC" socia

Europe gets together to harness quantum physics

The long cherished goal of applying the strange properties of quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world we inhabit has been brought closer by a series of recent developments. The exciting progress was made in the important field of quantum optics and discussed recently at a high level conference organised by the European Science Foundation in collaboration with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF) and the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (LFUI).

Europe gets together to harness quantum physics

The long cherished goal of applying the strange properties of quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world we inhabit has been brought closer by a series of recent developments. The exciting progress was made in the important field of quantum optics and discussed recently at a high level conference organised by the European Science Foundation in collaboration with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF) and the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (LFUI).

Seven open nanotechnology PhD positions in various European locations

(Nanowerk News) HERODOT is a European network that provides a training through research program for young researchers in the field of colloidal nanomaterials. It brings together a set of partners from European universities (Utrecht, Gent, Dortmund, Lille and Leuven), research centers (IEMN, IMEC) and industry (Philips and IBM). The research program concerns the development of quantum dot and quantum rod heterostructures with a focus on applications in photonics. This covers a wide range of nanotechnology research topics, such as:

Art Connection Group's 2008 Art Investment Conference

Art Connection Group proudly announces the 2008 Art Investment Conference at London Business School, supported by Fine Art Wealth Management. The conference titled The Science and Passion of Art Investing will be held Friday, 30th of May from 08:00 - 17:30 GMT. The Art Investment Conference at London Business School is the international event to hear leading experts from the Art, Investment, and Research domains discuss the key dynamics, challenges, and innovations that are changing the way we understand art and investing. To date, it is the only conference on the topic of art investing in the world.

European embedded Linux conference seeks papers

The second annual Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) European Conference is set for November 6 and 7 in Ede, The Netherlands. Prospective speakers and presenters have until June 29 to submit proposals.

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Carphone Warehouse gives Best Buy more access to European web shoppers

The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC and Best Buy Co. Inc. are forming a new business to feed European consumers’ expanding appetite for electronics. The assets of the new company will comprise The Carphone Warehouse’s existing retail business, operating from more than 2,400 stores in nine European countries under the Carphone Warehouse and Phone House brands, and Carphone’s share of its existing relationships with Best Buy.

Scientists Discover Exotic Quantum State of Matter

A team of scientists from Princeton University has found that one of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed-matter physics--known as the quantum Hall effect--can occur in nature in a way that no one has ever seen before. Writing in the April 24 issue of the journalNature, the scientists reported that they have recorded this exotic behavior of electrons in a bulk crystal of bismuth-antimony without any external magnetic field being present. Full story

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