One of the main challenges in turning quantum technology from potential to reality is getting superfine quantum states to last longer than a few milliseconds – and scientists are simply lifting the bar by a factor of about 10,000. They did this by tackling what is called decoherence: that is, …
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By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Thousands of letters full of money flooded Jonas Salk’s mailbox the week after his 1955 polio vaccine was declared safe and effective. Everyone wanted his vaccine. Desperate parents have shut down doctors’ phone lines in search of the precious elixir; medicine companies and doctors …
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