It was field tested in 2002 in the Mendocino National Forest. ... Quantum computers differ from what we use today. Today's computers rely on the laws of physics while quantum computers rely on quantum mechanics. ... The optical computer uses photons that travel on optical fibers to perform the same functions as today's silicon-based processors. It is supposed to be able to solve a problem in 1 hour that would take 11 years for a computer today to solve. ...

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It was field tested in 2002 in the Mendocino National Forest. ... Quantum computers differ from what we use today. Today's computers rely on the laws of physics while quantum computers rely on quantum mechanics. ... The optical computer uses photons that travel on optical fibers to perform the same functions as today's silicon-based processors. It is supposed to be able to solve a problem in 1 hour that would take 11 years for a computer today to solve. ...

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Their importance not only affects the technical computer scientist, but also the everyday computer user. ... The electron is currently what a computer uses to transfer information. ... Some of these materials include diamond, glass, steel, and magnetic fields. ... Now that PBG crystals are able to be produced easily by use of a 3-D model, the computer age will be able to move even farther into the future. ...

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"Trapping is used with three pairs of counter-propagating laser beams and an inhomogeneous magnetic field." ... What they do when they trap is they hold the sodium atoms of the laser in a magnetic field. Because of Bills accomplishments in this field of laser cooling. ... Which would later help create and advance holographic images, improvements in lithography, and manufacturing technique for making really small features on computer chips. To this day Phillips is still working for NIST trying to find a way to keep an infinite amount of atoms in his magnetic field. ...

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The choice is motivated by the important scientific position that the field has achieved and the consequences in terms of practical applications and of interdisciplinary development between chemistry and physics. ... Today conductive plastics are being developed for many uses, such as in corrosion inhibitors, compact capacitors, antistatic coating, electromagnetic shielding of computers, and in "smart- windows that can vary the amount of light they allow to pass, etc. ... However, polyacetylene was the conductive polymer that actually launched this new field of research (Refs 1- 4). ...

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Although individually these scientists are engaged in many separate fields of science (e.g., Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physics), collectively they're doing just two types or broad categories of research - basic and applied. Basic research expands the knowledge base in a field of science. ...

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