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Scientist of the Week: Zhihui Wang

Every Thursday, Laboratory Equipment features a Scientist of the Week, chosen from the science industry’s latest headlines. This week’s scientist is Zhihui Wang from the Univ. of Southern California. She and a team built a quantum computer in a diamond, the first of its kind to include protection against harmful noise called “decoherence.”

The original article can be found here: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Researchers-Built-Quantum-Computer-in-a-Diamond-040912.aspx

She speaks about her work here: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-sow-Wang-052412.aspx

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Swimming Pools Can Be Unhealthy Environments

As Memorial Day approaches heralding the summer pool season, a new survey on swimmer hygiene conducted by the Water Quality & Health Council (WQHC) finds that although nearly all Americans (93 percent) say they would never re-use someone else’s bath water, almost seven in 10 (68 percent) admit they do not always shower before getting in the pool. Failing to shower before swimming adds contaminants to the pool that can lead to unhealthy swimming conditions.

“Swimming is not a substitute for bathing. Too many people unknowingly treat the pool as a communal bathtub,” says Chris Wiant, chair of the Water Quality & Health Council. “It may seem counter-intuitive, but it’s important to shower before you jump in the pool to help keep swimming healthy for everyone in the pool.”

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Swimming-Pools-Can-Be-Unhealthy-Environments-052212.aspx

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Planet’s Star May Burn it to Dust in the Future

Researchers at MIT, NASA and elsewhere have detected a possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. The scientists infer that a long tail of debris — much like the tail of a comet — is following the planet, and that this tail may tell the story of the planet’s disintegration. According to the team’s calculations, the tiny exoplanet, not much larger than Mercury, will completely disintegrate within 100 million years.

The team found that the dusty planet circles its parent star every 15 hours — one of the shortest planet orbits ever observed. Such a short orbit must be very tight and implies that the planet must be heated by its orange-hot parent star to a temperature of about 3,600 F. Researchers hypothesize that rocky material at the surface of the planet melts and evaporates at such high temperatures, forming a wind that carries both gas and dust into space. Dense clouds of the dust trail the planet as it speeds around its star.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Planets-Star-May-Burn-it-to-Dust-in-the-Future-052212.aspx

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FDA Review Favors First Drug for HIV Prevention

A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The Food and Drug Administration says that Gilead Sciences’ Truvada appears to be safe and effective for HIV prevention. It concluded that taking the pill daily could spare patients “infection with a serious and life-threatening illness that requires lifelong treatment.”

Today a panel of FDA advisers will consider the review when it votes on whether Truvada should be approved as a preventative treatment for people who are at high risk of contracting HIV through sexual intercourse. The FDA is not required to follow the advice of its panels, but it usually does.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-FDA-Considers-Drug-that-May-Prevent-HIV-051012.aspx

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Dolphin, Pelican Die-Offs Remain a Mystery

The carcasses of dead pelicans still litter the beaches of northern Peru, even as the last of nearly 900 dolphins are cleared away.

The mass die-offs have Peruvian scientists searching for a cause and environmentalists raising questions about the government’s ability to protect the Pacific nation’s marine life, among the world’s most abundant thanks to the Humboldt current that hugs most of its 1,500-mile (2,400-kilometer) coast.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Dolphin-Pelican-Die-Offs-Remain-a-Mystery-051012.aspx

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Researchers Aim for Solid-State Laser Weapons

To help Sailors defeat small boat threats and aerial targets without using bullets, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) wants to develop a solid-state laser weapon prototype that will demonstrate multi-mission capabilities aboard a Navy ship, officials announced.

“We believe it’s time to move forward with solid-state lasers and shift the focus from limited demonstrations to weapon prototype development and related technology advancement,” says Peter Morrison, program officer of the Solid-State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Researchers-Aim-for-Solid-State-Laser-Weapons-051012.aspx

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