Saturday, April 16, 2011

Science headlines that make you go WTF



Scientists teleport Schrödinger's cat



Funny Pictures - Schrodinger's Cat
see more Lolcats and funny pictures


Researchers from Australia and Japan have successfully teleported wave packets of light, potentially revolutionising quantum communications and computing.

The team, led by researchers at the University of Tokyo, say this is the first-ever teleportation, or transfer, of a particular complex set of quantum information from one point to another.

They say it will make possible high-speed, high-fidelity transmission of large volumes of information, such as quantum encryption keys, via communications networks.

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Singing Aussie whales top of the pods

A Queensland scientist has found humpback whales in Australian waters set the trends for mating songs for humpbacks across the South Pacific.


photocredit Greenpacks who also has an article about why whales sing...

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Do Cosmic Strings of Gas Come From Sonic Booms?



The team suggests that as sonic booms from exploding stars travel through the clouds, they lose energy and, where they finally dissipate, they leave these filaments of compressed material.
photo and more discussion at Spacestation blog...

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