Quantum teleportation tipped for Nobel Prize: Thomson Reuters

[littlemissmartypants]

LONDON, Sep. 19, 2012 (Reuters) — Researchers who wrote the rulebook for quantum teleportation, described as "spooky" by an exasperated Einstein, are among the 2012 Thomson Reuters tips to win Nobel prizes for science.

Nobel prediction expert David Pendlebury's annual forecasts are based on the company's "Web of Knowledge" data on how often a scientist's published papers are cited as a basis for further investigation by other researchers.

Winners of the 2012 Nobels are due to be announced in early October and although they are notoriously hard to predict, over the last decade 26 people from Pendlebury's list have won.

"We're not trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat," he said. "We're trying to demonstrate that citations in the literature are a strong indicator of peer esteem, which is the basis for awarding top prizes for research, such as the Nobel."...

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre88i06f-us-nobel-predictions/#

[longship]

1. I hope they have their Heisenberg Compensator aligned properly.

Of course, this presumes proper phasing in the dilithium chamber. But I imagine you all already assumed that.

[longship]

3. Oh garsh!

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Thanks to all who have viewed this so far for not posting the words

beam me up Scotty...

[skor584_2il]

5. excellent news

very fascinating.