Quantum of Solace

Philly rebels after North Korea invades 'Homefront'

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 27 May 2016

Americans are worried about a lot of things. jobs, health care, climate change, terrorism, too many guns, not enough guns. But hey, at least we haven’t been invaded by North Korea. If that scenario has been weighing on you, though, you might find some solace in “Homefront ... In this alternate universe, Kim Jong Un’s army is powerful enough to occupy parts of the United States — but make the mistake of setting up headquarte... ....

Shoot an atom into silicon, and you may have the beginnings of a quantum computer

Edit IT World 27 May 2016

Take one atom of the element antimony, use an ion beam to shoot it into a silicon substrate, and you just may be on your way to building a working quantum computer. That's according to researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, who announced this week that they've used that technique with promising results ... That atom, equipped with five electrons, carries one more than a silicon atom does ... ....

It's a small world, even in a different one - CNET

Edit CNET 27 May 2016

In this installment of CNET's crowdsourced novel, one of our heroes tours an alternate Earth. And we learn that there are no coincidences in the new quantum reality ... ....

Mikael Fogelström new head at MC2 (Chalmers tekniska högskola)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016

Mikael Fogelström, professor of theoretical physics and head of the Applied Quantum Physics Laboratory, is new head at the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience - MC2 - from 1 July 2016 ... The message is very recent when we manage to capture the newly appointed head in the middle of the step to ask a few quick questions ... Since 2013 he has been head of the Applied Quantum Physics Laboratory, an assignment he now leaves.....

NI Executive: Finance minister wants power to borrow money from Treasury

Edit BBC News 27 May 2016

"It's not the quantum, it's the ability to remove the shackles of London on our ability to make the correct decisions that we would like," he told BBC's The View ... Mr O'Muilleoir added ... Eleven out of 12 posts have been shared out between the two biggest parties, the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin ... Share this story About sharing. ....

Spain and Italy want to change the Champions League so they can make Premier League money

Edit Business Insider 27 May 2016

Currently, the Champions League follows a similar format to the World Cup, in which groups of four teams play each other, with only the top two of each group progressing ... The eventual winners would go on to play in two groups of eight ... It can take solace in the fact that two of its teams — Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid — are playing in the Champions League final on Saturday....

25 May 2016 - Researchers create innovative instrument to test the next generation of electronic devices (The University of Manchester)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016

The University of Manchester). Researchers including a team from The University of Manchester have created a table-top instrument which can perform measurements that were only previously possible using enormous machines at a handful of large laboratories around the world. This means that research into the development of next generation electronic devices employing 2D materials can now be done at just about any research university....

Submit risk-based data by May 31: Bourses to brokers

Edit The Times of India 27 May 2016

The exchanges introduced the new risk-based model for supervision of market entities following markets regulator Sebi's directions ... However, there have been instances of delayed or non-submission of data ... Under the model, various market entities are divided broadly into four groups -- very low risk, low risk, medium risk and high risk -- and the quantum of surveillance and number of inspections would increase as per the risk level....

JBT scam: HC dismisses Ajay Chautala's parole plea

Edit Deccan Herald 27 May 2016

A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath was of the view that there was "no illegality or perversity" in Delhi government's November 2015 decision declining to grant him parole ... The high court, however, had modified the trial court's order on the quantum of sentence of 50 other convicts and awarded two-year jail term to them....

Do not miss it this time around! Market on the cusp of a bull run

Edit The Times of India 27 May 2016

The Nifty50 bounced back nearly 20 per cent from its 52-week low of 6,825.80 hit on February 29 to 8,162 (intraday high) witnessed on May 27. We say that the index is on the right path because it has already retraced 50 per cent of the fall from the top of 9,119 level hit in March 2015. A fresh leg of a bull market is in the offing and is gaining strength day by day ... It could well mark as a fresh leg of the bull run, he added....

Simona Halep avoids upset; Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna win

Edit Indian Express 27 May 2016

Halep has the break of serve she needed ... Muguruza faces the winner of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ... Holds serve in the second set but not before being extended to all corners of the court ... Upset in the offing? Osaka takes the first set 6-4 against the Romanian ... Leander Paes-Martina face winners of other first round match between Yaroslava Shvedova-Florin Mergea and Lucie Hradecka and Marcin Matkowski....

Raptors counting on home court for advantage against Cavs

Edit Springfield News-Sun 27 May 2016

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved within one win of their second straight NBA Finals on Wednesday night by routing Toronto 116-78 in Game 5, the fourth lopsided game in a series where both teams have struggled mightily on the road ... In an all-over-the-map postseason, an elimination game against Cleveland is about as drastically bad as things have been for the Raptors, who led 3-2 in each of the first two rounds....

Abertay expertise makes 3D anatomical training tool a reality (Abertay University)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016

Cutting-edge, game-based software will allow students access to highly accurate models of specimens which can be digitally manipulated and 'dissected' ... Dr Robin Sloan of Abertay University said ... 'This is a quantum leap in teaching tools in terms of what is currently available - such as plastic models or simplified digital models - and we hope, once the project is complete, it can benefit students across the world.'....