Australasian Science April 2008, page 6 Light dawns on the quantum age (by Stephen Luntz) Outlines the commercial availability of individual photons of light.
April 2007, page 8 Ion trap for quantum computing Explores the potential of ion traps to build quantum computers.
September 2006, page 6 Electron holes spin computers Explores the field of spintronics.
Cosmos 27 July 2007 New bits for qubits (by Heather Catchpole) Reports on a novel method to generate qubits.
Jun/Jul 2007 pages 70-75 Confronting the quantum enigma (by Julian Brown) Explores some of the puzzles in quantum mechanics.
4 June 2007 Quantum communication breaks distance record Describes experiment on quantum communication with entangled photons.
Nature 15 May 2008, pages 294-295 Quantum information: An integrated light circuit (by Paul G Kwiat) Describes development of integrated optical circuits.
23 March 2006 Contains a number of articles on the future of computing, including:
New Scientist A collection of articles on the quantum world is available.
11 November 2007, page 16 Watchful eye keeps quantum computing on the boil (by Zeeya Merali) Reports on a strategy to slow down the disentanglement of qubits.
10 November 2007, page 30-31 ‘Quantum ATM’ rules out fraudulent web purchases (by Duncan Graham-Rowe) Reports on the development of a quantum key distribution system.
13 September 2007, pages 30-31 Quantum threat to our secret data (by Saswato Das) Investigates the ability of quantum computers to break the codes protecting our data.
1 September 2007, page 27 Blueprint drawn up for quantum RAM Reports on research into quantum memory.
26 July 2007, page 19 Trick of light advances quantum computing Reports on the development of quantum logic gates.
18 July 2007, page 28 Speed-of-light computing comes a step closer (by Saswato Das) Reports on the development of an optical transistor.
9 June 2007, page 14 Quantum communication sets new distance record (by Saswato Das) Reports on a new distance record in quantum communications.
9 June 2007, page 11 Quantum quirk may reveal early universe (by Zeeya Merali) Describes a table-top experiment that mimics the conditions in the early universe.
9 May 2007, pages 32-36 Curiosity doesn't have to kill the quantum cat (by Amanda Gefter) Looks at the development of an experiment to bring back Schrödinger's cat.
17 March 2007, pages 36-39 The illusion of reality in a quantum world (by Marcus Chown) Examines the phenomenon of superposition.
4 August 2006, page 24-25 DNA processors cash in on silicon's weaknesses (by Tom Simonite) Explores the potential of DNA computing to identify viruses or disease genes.
Physicsworld April 2002 Quantum computers get real Reports on the successful factorisation of a number by a quantum computer.
research*eu January 2008 Where is the quantum revolution? (by François Rebufat) Reports on developments in quantum communications.
Science 1 July 2005 What are the limits of conventional computing? (by Charles Seife) Examines the limitations to computation.
Scientific American March 2008, pages 50-57 The limits of quantum computers (by Scott Aaronson) Explains the theory and limitations of quantum computers.
May 2007, pages 72-77 A do-it-yourself quantum eraser (by Rachel Hillmer and Paul Kwiat) Provides an experiment that illustrates quantum erasure.
April 17 2007 Slideshow: Quantum erasing in the home (by Graham Collins) A slideshow that supplements the article on quantum erasure.
March 2007 Ask the experts Answers the question, 'Do the virtual particles in quantum mechanics really exist?'
28 February 2007 The one thing you need to know about quantum computers Provides an explanation as to how quantum computers work.
7 February 2007 Quantum quirk: Stopped laser pulse reappears a short distance away Describes how a pulse of laser light is halted then revived.
April 2006, pages 41-47 Computing with quantum knots (by Graham Collins) Explores an alternative way to build a quantum computer.
20 December 2004 Best-kept secrets (by Gary Stix) Looks at the need for quantum cryptography to coincide with the development of quantum computers.
November 2002, pages 49-57 Rules for a complex quantum world (by Michael Nielsen) Provides an overview of quantum mechanics.
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