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UCSB Gets Grant to Manipulate Electron Spinnew
Diamonds may be a key to revolutionizing the field of communications, according to researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCSB, who just won a $6.1 million government grant to pursue diamond-based quantum information processing.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Benjamin Gottlieb |
04-20-2009 |
Science
Violent South American Thieves are Stealing Millions in Precious Gemsnew

For years, South Florida has been one of the worst areas in the nation for jewelry theft. Now the South American Theft Group Intelligence Network wants to join law enforcement agencies in taking on gangs of illegal Colombian immigrants terrorizing jewelers across the US with near-impunity.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Brantley Hargrove |
09-03-2008 |
Economy