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Physicists of the group of Prof. Anton Zeilinger at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), the University of Vienna, and the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ) have, for the first time, demonstrated in an experiment that the decision whether two particles were in an entangled or in a separable quantum state can be made even after these particles have been measured and may no longer exist. Their results will be published this week in the journal Nature Physics.
Read More »An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Leadership Lessons From "The Godfather"
What does a real-life CEO have in common with the central figures of a fictitious Mafia crime family in The Godfather? According to Justin Moore, CEO and founder of Axcient , plenty.
Read More »TechStars: How to Make the Cut
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Read More »This Week In Bots: The Making Robots Touchy-Feely Edition
Robots in movies may be evil more often than good, but they're becoming part of our lives. And their tech is evolving so that they "feel" more like we do. This happened recently, and we had to show it to you
Read More »Hackers Steal More Than 10 Million MasterCard and Visa Numbers
Just days after retiring FBI executive assistant Shawn Henry warned that U.S. businesses and law enforcement are vastly overmatched by cyber criminals , more than 10 million MasterCard and Visa card numbers have been reportedly stolen in a “massive” data theft.
Read More »50 Cent Remixes Beats By Dre With SMS Headphones
Emerging headphones purveyor 50 Cent studied a predecessor closely before pressing play on his own venture. When Beats by Dre headphones debuted in 2008, the size of the $100-plus headphone market was a faint $92 million. Four years later, the good doctor's b-emblazoned earpieces have achieved near ubiquity, and the $100-plus segment has been cranked up to $512 million.
Read More »17 Game-Changing Health Start-ups
Unfit citizens. Underinformed doctors
Read More »Struggling Young Readers Like Kindles
Kindles, Nooks and other E-readers catch flack for threatening the future of printed books. But reading itself may get a boost from the devices
Read More »4 Ways to Make Your Start-up Stand Out
Here's how to be seen as a one-of-a-kind true original. Even if you're not. Here's a dirty little secret about entrepreneurship: Almost everything has been done before—and if it hasn't, and you come up with an awesome, unique new venture idea, chances are you'll quickly find me-too competitors nipping at your heels.
Read More »Coloring-Book Pages Transformed into 3-D Animations via New Software
That six-year-old kid bent over a coloring book may become a 3D artist when he grows up--you never know. Now a new program can help him get a taste of that future, faster
Read More »Genetically Modified Wheat Designed to Terrify Aphids
LONDON (Reuters) - Field trials are under way in England of a genetically modified (GM) wheat that strikes fear into aphids and attracts a deadly predator to devour them, providing an alternative to the insecticides now used to control the crop pest. The wheat emits a pheromone which aphids release when they are under attack to create panic and prompt the insects to flee, John Pickett, scientific leader of chemical ecology at Rothamsted Research in eastern England, said on Wednesday
Read More »Is This Island Start-up Paradise?
What happens when a flood of highly educated, entrepreneurial young people return from studies abroad to tiny Cyprus?
Read More »Is This Island Start-up Paradise?
What happens when a flood of highly educated, entrepreneurial young people return from studies abroad to tiny Cyprus? The answer offers a trickle of optimism.
Read More »Why B2B Companies Need To Up Their Communications Game
B2Bs may never enjoy millions of Facebook fans and Twitter followers, but the more they do to build brands rooted in consumer value and social responsibility, the better positioned they will be. Businesses that sell only to other businesses (B2Bs) have ventured past the cozy confines of LinkedIn and other professional networks to foster deeper connections with the companies that comprise their customer base.
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