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Technology Research News April 21, 2004 Eric Smalley	Optical Quantum Memory Designed Quantum computers that use photons rather than atoms or electrons are appealing because the equipment needed to handle them can be relatively simple. A scheme for trapping photons in fiber-optic loops and replacing the photons that the loops absorb could be the answer.
Technology Research News April 21, 2004	Nanotube Forms Drive Shaft A researcher from the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore has fashioned a drive shaft that is 1,000 times narrower than a human hair. The component could someday be used in machines that are smaller than bacteria.
Technology Research News April 21, 2004	Photons Teleported Six Kilometers Real-life teleportation will never come close to the teleportation of fiction, but instantly sending single quantum particles like photons from one place to another has been proved possible in laboratory experiments and promises to extend the reach of quantum cryptography, which offers potentially perfect security.
Technology Research News April 21, 2004	Magnets Align Nanotubes in Resin Carbon nanotubes have great potential as components of new materials but aligning the tiny tubes can be tricky. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida State University have developed a way to orient the nanotubes in a polymer mix using a magnetic field.
PC Magazine May 4, 2004 Alexandra Robbins	Robo Power Walking Members of UC Berkeley's engineering department showcased the Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX), one of the first advanced exoskeletons to provide muscular assistance to humans. Within two years BLEEX should be available for soldiers and firefighters. Eventually, it could help disabled people walk.
Technology Research News April 7, 2004 Eric Smalley	Sturdy quantum computing demoed The atomic or subatomic components of prototype quantum computers usually have to be carefully sheltered from the environment, but a method that makes qubits immune to noise shows promise.
Technology Research News April 7, 2004	DNA folds into paired pyramids Researchers from the Scripps Research Institute have formed strings of DNA that spontaneously fold into a wireframe octahedron, taking a step forward in the quest to use DNA to make nanoscale templates.
Technology Research News March 24, 2004 Eric Smalley	Molecular logic proposed Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and University College London in England have devised a scheme for designing logic circuits within individual molecules.
Technology Research News March 24, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Virtual people look realistically Researchers from Trinity College in Ireland have added memory to a neurobiological model of visual attention in order to generate more realistic animation for virtual reality characters.
Technology Research News March 24, 2004	Irregular layout sharpens light Aperiodic photonic crystal could improve devices that shape, detect and filter light, including communications devices like photodetectors, demultiplexers, which sort wavelengths of light, and channel drop filters, which filter out different wavelengths.
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