Pues parece que por fin lo han conseguido: teletransportación cuántica con átomos. Physicists in Austria and the US have independently demonstrated quantum teleportation with atoms for the first time. Until now, teleportation had only ever been observed with photons. The results could represent a major step towards building a large-scale quantum computer. (vía David Harris' […] Read More
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El brazo
Publicado: 16 junio, 2004Pues no va y resulta que los pulpos prefieren uno de sus ocho brazos. Imagino que así no se hacen un lío. Most octopuses have a favourite arm, zoologists have discovered. This is the first time they have been found to show any bias when choosing which of their eight limbs is right for the […] Read More
Locuras
Publicado: 16 junio, 2004De The Universe Next Door: The Making of Tomorrow's Science de Marcus Chown. New ideas are the stuff of science. Without a constant supply of them -clay pigeons catapulted into the blue sky to be shot down- science would be impossible. As the cosmology consultant of New Scientist, I often come across ideas that blow […] Read More
Libros
Publicado: 16 junio, 2004Se acerca mi cumpleaños, y por esas maravillas de las compras por internet, empiezan a caer los regalos. Hoy me ha llegado todo un paquete de libros: The Universe Next Door de Marcus ChownLanguage Myths de Laurie Bauer y Peter TrudgillA Shortcut Through Time de George JohnsonWhat Evolution Is de Ernst MayrThe Federalist Papers de […] Read More