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Scientists manage to observe the inner structure of photonic crystals
Jan 10, 2018 (SPX)
"Ilya Besedin, an engineer from the NUST MISIS Laboratory of Superconducting Metamaterials, jointly with a group of scientists from Germany, the Netherlands, an...
Intel chief says chip flaw damage contained by industry
Jan 09, 2018 (AFP)
Krzanich took the unusual step of addressing the security issue as he delivered a keynote ahead of the opening of the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vega...
Tech firms battle to resolve major security flaw
Jan 06, 2018 (AFP)
"All Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but there are no known exploits impacting customers at this time," Apple -- whose devices are usually regarded as...
Tech firms rush out patches for 'pervasive' computer flaw
Jan 05, 2018 (AFP)
Cybersecurity researchers called for computer systems to urgently install updates a day after the release of details of the so-called Spectre and Meltdown vulne...
New study visualizes motion of water molecules, promises new wave of electronic devices
Jan 03, 2018 (SPX)
A team of researchers led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a high-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering technique to measure the...
Tiny structures help prevent short circuits in plasma devices
Jan 03, 2018 (SPX)
The physicists calculated that tiny fibers called "fractals," because they look the same when viewed at different scales, can trap electrons dislodged from the ...
Viewing atomic structures of dopant atoms in 3-D relating to electrical activity in a semiconductor
Jan 03, 2018 (SPX)
Using a combination of spectro-photoelectron holography, electrical property measurements, and first-principles dynamics simulations, the 3D atomic structures o...
New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers
Jan 02, 2018 (SPX)
The team constructed a gate that controls interactions between the electrons in a way that allows them to act as the quantum bits of information, or qubits, nec...
Metal printing offers low-cost way to make flexible, stretchable electronics
Jan 02, 2018 (SPX)
"Flexible electronics hold promise for use in many fields, but there are significant manufacturing costs involved - which poses a challenge in making them pract...
Error-free into the quantum computer age
Jan 02, 2018 (SPX)
In order to reach their full potential, today's quantum computer prototypes have to meet specific criteria: First, they have to be made bigger, which means they...
UNIST researchers develop silicon chip-based quantum photonic devices
Jan 02, 2018 (SPX)
This breakthrough has been led by Professor Je-Hyung Kim in the School of Natural Science at UNIST in collaboration with Professor Edo Waks and a group of resea...
Quantum computers need stable quantum gates
Jan 02, 2018 (SPX)
The quantum gate is able to perform all necessary basic operations of the quantum computer. The electron spin of individual electrons in silicon is used as the ...
Quantum memory with record-breaking capacity based on laser-cooled atoms
Jan 02, 2018 (SPX)
In the Quantum Memories Laboratory at Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw a group of laser-cooled atoms has been used as a memory which can store simultane...
Complete design of a silicon quantum computer chip unveiled
Dec 27, 2017 (SPX)
The new chip design, published in the journal Nature Communications, details a novel architecture that allows quantum calculations to be performed using existin...
Revolutionizing electronics using Kirigami
Dec 18, 2017 (SPX)
The Kirigami-based bioprobe enables one to follow the shape of spherical and large deformable biological samples such as heart and brain tissues. In addition, i...
Single-photon detector can count to 4
Dec 18, 2017 (SPX)
The study was a collaboration between Duke University, the Ohio State University and industry partner Quantum Opus, and appeared online on December 14 in the jo...
French aerospace giant Thales acquires SIM maker Gemalto
Dec 17, 2017 (AFP)
The aerospace giant paid 51 euros ($60) a share for Gemalto, a premium of 57 percent over the closing price on December 8, Thales said in a statement. The price...
Towards data storage at the single molecule level
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
A research team from Kiel University has now not only managed to successfully place a new class of spin-crossover molecules onto a surface, but they have also u...
Toshiba, Western Digital settle legal battle over chip unit sale
Dec 13, 2017 (AFP)
Toshiba has been on the ropes after the disastrous acquisition of US nuclear energy firm Westinghouse, which racked up billions of dollars in losses before bein...
Researchers quantify factors for reducing power semiconductor resistance by two-thirds
Dec 13, 2017 (SPX)
The university-industry team consisting of researchers from the University of Tokyo and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has found that resistance under the SiC ...
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