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By Chris Camire, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. Jul. 31--For several years pop star Alicia Keys has publicly said she would love to collaborate with alt-rocker Jack White. She finally got her wish, and the circumstances could not be more dramatic. It was announced yesterday that Keys and White, of The White Stripes, have recorded the theme song for the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. The song is called "Another Way to Die," and it's the first duet to be chosen as a Bond theme....

By Cahal MilmoChief Reporter RATHER like a 007 plot itself, the question of who would perform the theme tune to the next James Bond film generated a succession of false leads, fractured relationships and smouldering divas before yesterday, it finally entered a dramatic ending featuring a statuesque brunette and an eccentric genius obsessed with the number three. In keeping with the new edgier, darker side to the British actor Daniel Craig's Bond, it was announced that the opening song to...

U.S. singers Jack White and Alicia Keys have recorded the musical theme for the new James Bond film, say the producers of Quantum of Solace. Their song, Another Way To Die, is the first duet in Bond history. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the film's producers, announced the collaboration Tuesday. White, the frontman for The White Stripes, also wrote and produced, as well as played drums, on the Bond theme. The soundtrack to Quantum of Solace is to be released by J Records Oct....

Columbia Pictures said a trailer for the latest 007 film Quantum of Solace will be seen in theaters, on television and on the Internet starting next week. The movie studio said the preview for the 22nd James Bond adventure, starring Daniel Craig as the suave British secret agent, will appear on television and on the Internet Monday, and in theaters when it is attached to Columbia Pictures' action-comedy Hancock. The trailer is to make its debut on AOL.com domestically and MSN.com...

The long cherished goal of applying the strange properties of quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world we inhabit has been brought closer by a series of recent developments. The exciting progress was made in the important field of quantum optics and discussed recently at a high level conference organized by the European Science Foundation in collaboration with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF) and the Leopold-Franzens-Universität...

A team of physicists and engineers has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light "“ photons "“ on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards the long sought after goal of a super-powerful quantum computer.Dr Jeremy O'Brien, his PhD student Alberto Politi, and their colleagues at Bristol University have demonstrated the world's smallest optical controlled-NOT gate "“ the building block of a quantum computer.The team were able to fabricate their controlled-NOT gate...