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A seismic story told by turbidites

DOWN TO EARTH: Sediment deposits off the coast of Washington and Oregon reveal periodic tsunami and earthquakes of similar magnitude to the ones that struck Japan's Tohoku region in March 2011.

A new x-ray light source for a new university (OIST)

A new x-ray light source for a new university

DAYSIDE: Like the rest of Japan's scientific enterprise in the 21st century, the country's newest university is ambitious and internationally minded.

A blind quantum computer’s laboratory debut

PHYSICS UPDATE: Quantum computing promises greater efficiency than classical computing. Quantum communication promises tamper-proof security. Combine the two and you get blind quantum computing.

US-educated Pakistani physicist and political observer presses compatriots on the bomb

SCIENCE AND THE MEDIA: Pervez Hoodbhoy's three January newspaper analyses advocate nuclear restraint.

SPIE Photonics West

A compact hyperspectral camera at Photonics West

DAYSIDE: Thanks to its innovative filter, a new chip-based camera delivers images and spectra without the need for bulky diffractive optics.

ARPA–E doesn’t duplicate private-sector development, says GAO

POLITICS AND POLICY: Report finds high-risk development projects could not find private financing.

Frequency-doubled photons can measure current density

PHYSICS UPDATE: The possibility was anticipated theoretically 16 years ago and could be used in applications as a semiconductor diagnostic.

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