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Quantum walk By News Releases (University of Innsbruck) A team of physicists headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences realize a quantum walk in a quantum system with up to 23 steps. It is the first time that this quantum process using trapped ions is demonstrated in detail.

'The Rosenfeld' named after California's godfather of energy efficiency By News Releases (DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) A group of scientists propose today in a refereed article in Environmental Research Letters to define the Rosenfeld as a unit for electricity savings, after the man seen by many people as the godfather of energy efficiency, Arthur Rosenfeld.

How to see through opaque materials By News Releases (American Physical Society) New experiments show that it's possible to focus light through opaque materials and detect objects hidden behind them, provided you know enough about the material.

Eminent scientists honor Murray Gell-Mann at NTU By News Releases (Nanyang Technological University) Four Nobel Laureates and many other distinguished scientists from all around the world were gathered at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University Feb. 24-26, 2010, on the occasion of Professor Murray Gell-Mann's 80th birthday, and to celebrate his contributions to physics with a festival of lectures.

Prestigious Sloan Fellowship awarded to McGill astrophysicist By News Releases (McGill University) McGill University Astrophysicist Matt Dobbs has been awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship. Dobbs, a Canada Research Chair in Astro-particle Physics, investigates a big subject: the origins and evolution of the universe.

Greener memory from random motion By News Releases (American Physical Society) Heat is often the enemy of computing and data storage, but a new experiment shows it could help reduce the amount of power needed to store data in magnetic memory.

Widening the search for extraterrestrial intelligence By News Releases (Institute of Physics) Writing exclusively in March's Physics World, Davies, director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University in the US, explains why the search for radio signals is limited and how we might progress.

UW-Madison physicists build basic quantum computing circuit By News Releases (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Exerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison created an atomic circuit that may help quantum computing become a reality.

4 ORNL researchers named American Physical Society fellows By News Releases (DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Four scientists at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named fellows of the American Physical Society.

Princeton scientists find an equation for materials innovation By News Releases (Princeton University, Engineering School) Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and cars more energy efficient.