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University of Utah engineers unlock potential for faster computing
Sep 26, 2014 (SPX)
University of Utah engineers discovered a way to create a special material - a metal layer on top of a silicon semiconductor - that could lead to cost-effective...
For electronics beyond silicon, a new contender emerges
Sep 17, 2014 (SPX)
Silicon has few serious competitors as the material of choice in the electronics industry. Yet transistors, the switchable valves that control the flow of elect...
The future face of molecular electronics
Sep 17, 2014 (SPX)
The emerging field of molecular electronics could take our definition of portable to the next level, enabling the construction of tiny circuits from molecular c...
Program Grows Lasers Directly on Silicon-Based Microchips
Sep 15, 2014 (SPX)
DARPA's Electronic-Photonic Heterogeneous Integration (E-PHI) program has successfully integrated billions of light-emitting dots on silicon to create an effici...
Method detects prize particle for future quantum computing
Sep 15, 2014 (SPX)
Quantum computing relies on the laws of quantum mechanics to process vast amounts of information and calculations simultaneously, with far more power than curre...
New species of electrons can lead to better computing
Sep 15, 2014 (SPX)
In a research paper published this week in Science, the collaboration led by MIT's theory professor Leonid Levitov and Manchester's Nobel laureate Sir Andre Gei...
The quantum revolution is a step closer
Sep 15, 2014 (SPX)
Theories show how computing devices that operate according to quantum mechanics can solve problems that conventional (classical) computers, including super comp...
Layered graphene sandwich for next generation electronics
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
Writing in Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers have demonstrated how combining the two-dimensional materials in a stack could create perfect crystals capable...
A low-energy optical circuit for a new era of technology
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
Unlike electronic circuits, optical, or "photonic", circuits work with light rather than electricity, which makes them 10 to 100 times faster. They are also mor...
Atomically thin material opens door for integrated nanophotonic circuits
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
A new combination of materials can efficiently guide electricity and light along the same tiny wire, a finding that could be a step towards building computer ch...
Squeezed quantum communication
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
It could be difficult for the NSA to hack encrypted messages in the future - at least if a technology being investigated by scientists at the Max Planck Institu...
A single molecule diode opens up a new era for sustainable and miniature electronics
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
In the domain of electronics, the continuous quest for miniaturisation is pushing us towards the creation of devices which are continuously becoming smaller and...
Computer simulations visualize ion flux
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
Ion channels are involved in many physiological and pathophysiological processes throughout the human body. A young team of researchers led by pharmacologist An...
Google working on super-fast 'quantum' computer chip
Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)
Google on Tuesday said it is working on a super-fast "quantum" computer chip as part a vision to one day have machines think like humans. The Internet titan add...
EU fines Samsung, Philips and Infineon over smartcard chip cartel
Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)
The European Union fined Infineon, Philips and Samsung a total of 138 million euros (181 million dollars) on Wednesday for fixing the prices of smartcard chips,...
Breakthrough in light sources for new quantum technology
Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)
Electronic circuits are based on electrons, but one of the most promising technologies for future quantum circuits are photonic circuits, i.e. circuits based on...
JILA team finds first direct evidence of 'spin symmetry' in atoms
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value. Confirming this...
Nanoplasmonic and optical resonators create laser-like light emission
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
By combining plasmonics and optical microresonators, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a new optical amplifier (or lase...
Electrical engineers take major step toward photonic circuits
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
The invention of fibre optics revolutionized the way we share information, allowing us to transmit data at volumes and speeds we'd only previously dreamed of. N...
'Cavity protection effect' helps to conserve quantum information
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Coupling atomic spins in diamonds to microwave resonators could lead to new quantum technologies. Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) h...
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