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The hard path of controlled nuclear fusion: recent experiments attract new interest on fusion as an unlimited and clean source of energy, but the challenge remain difficult and long to pursue. The paper describe what is controlled nuclear fusion and gives a viewpoint on the state of the art also with respect to the recent results of the National Ignition Facility.

Fisher information and entanglement of non-Gaussian spin states

Beetles shine a light on Cambridge University scientists' to make brighter whites

Recensione della BBC News e del the Gaurdian al nostro lavoro sulla super-bianchezza strutturale di un particolare scarafaggio bianco. Il lavoro, che è stato recentemente pubblicato su Scientific Reports, spiega come le scaglie sul guscio dell'insetto riescano a riflettere efficientemente la luce con spessori di pochi micron. M. Burresi et al, Scientific Reports 4, 6075 (2014) http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28811232 http://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/aug/19/butterflies-beetles-banknotes-colour

A hybrid between classical and quantum light

INO Annual Symposium 2014