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Time Travel Beats Quantum Mechanics

2 June 2009
A miniature time machine, possibly based on a wormhole through spacetime, could be used to break a super-secure quantum code.
article link PRL (29 May 2009)
scene from 'The Time Tunnel'

Ginormous Neutrino

26 May 2009
A single neutrino left over from the big bang may have a quantum wave (wave function) that stretches across the universe.
article link PRL (22 May 2009)
Hubble picture of many galaxies

Landmarks: Birth of Modern Electronics

15 May 2009
The 1947 invention of the transistor, which made the microchip revolution possible, occurred in spite of a fierce rivalry between the inventors and their boss.
article link PR (25 June 1948)
the first transistor

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