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    An Uncrackable Lock

    By Posted on 8.5.2008 8 Comments

    Imagine an encrypted data chip so secure that even the greatest hackers in history would find impossible to crack. That chip is very much a reality thanks to the combined efforts of Siemens, Austrian Research Centers (ARC) and Graz University of Technology who have teamed up to create the first quantum cryptology chip for commercial use to ensure securer electronic communication.

    8.8.2008 at 12:25pm - Comment by paulmooreparks

    I wish Richard Feynman were still around to take a crack at this.

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    The Cold Catches a Cold

    By Posted on 8.7.2008 3 Comments

    Have you lied in bed, aching from fever and coughing, wishing that awful flu virus could get a taste of its own medicine? Well, according to a new study, it turns out that some of those bugs get as sick as we do, and additionally those infections may contribute to the rapid evolution of viruses.

    8.7.2008 at 09:04pm - Comment by paulmooreparks

    Have I "lied in bed"? I don't think I'll answer that, but I have lain in bed.



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