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First quantum photonic circuit with an electrically driven light source
Oct 12, 2016 (SPX)
Whether for use in safe data encryption, ultrafast calculation of huge data volumes or so-called quantum simulation of highly complex systems: Optical quantum c...
Smallest Transistor Ever
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
For more than a decade, engineers have been eyeing the finish line in the race to shrink the size of components in integrated circuits. They knew that the laws ...
One-pot synthesis towards sulfur-based organic semiconductors
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
Dr. Lingkui Meng, Dr. Yasutomo Segawa, Professor Kenichiro Itami of the JST-ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules ...
More stable qubits in perfectly normal silicon
Oct 07, 2016 (SPX)
The power of future quantum computers stems from the use of qubits, or quantum bits, which do not have to be either 0 or 1, but can also be 0 and 1 at the same ...
Rice University researchers say 2-D boron may be best for flexible electronics
Oct 06, 2016 (SPX)
Though they're touted as ideal for electronics, two-dimensional materials like graphene may be too flat and hard to stretch to serve in flexible, wearable devic...
Scientists build world's smallest transistor
Oct 06, 2016 (UPI)
Silicon transistors have been getting smaller and smaller, packing more computing power into smaller dimensions all while using less energy. But silicon transis...
New protein bridges chemical divide for 'seamless' bioelectronics devices
Oct 05, 2016 (SPX)
Life has always played by its own set of molecular rules. From the biochemistry behind the first cells, evolution has constructed wonders like hard bone, rough ...
Semiconducting inorganic double helix
Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)
It is the double helix, with its stable and flexible structure of genetic information, that made life on Earth possible in the first place. Now a team from the ...
Integrating graphene, reduced graphene oxide onto silicon chips at room temperature
Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)
Materials researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that allows them to integrate graphene, graphene oxide (GO) and reduced grap...
Seeing energized light-active molecules proves quick work for Argonne scientists
Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)
For people who enjoy amusement parks, one of the most thrilling sensations comes at the top of a roller coaster, in the split second between the end of the clim...
Silicon nanoparticles instead of expensive semiconductors
Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)
Lomonosov MSU physicists found a way to "force" silicon nanoparticles to glow in response to radiation strongly enough to replace expensive semiconductors used ...
Memory for future wearable electronics
Sep 12, 2016 (SPX)
Last March, the artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat Korean Go champion LEE Se-Dol at the Asian board game. "The game was quite tight, but AlphaGo ...
NREL discovery creates future opportunity in quantum computing
Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered a use for perovskites that runs counter to the intended usage of th...
Researchers use hardware to accelerate core-to-core on-chip communication
Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Intel Corporation have developed a new way to significantly accelerate core-to-core communication. Thei...
DARPA Researchers Develop Novel Method for Room-Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition
Sep 06, 2016 (SPX)
DARPA-supported researchers have developed a new approach for synthesizing ultrathin materials at room temperature-a breakthrough over industrial approaches tha...
Meteorite impact on a nano scale
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
A meteorite impacting the earth under a grazing angle of incidence can do a lot of damage; it may travel a long way, carving a trench into the ground until it f...
Device to control 'color' of electrons in graphene provides path to future electronics
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
A device made of bilayer graphene, an atomically thin hexagonal arrangement of carbon atoms, provides experimental proof of the ability to control the momentum ...
Continuous roll-process technology for transferring and packaging flexible LSI
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
A research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and by Dr. Jae-Hyun Kim from the Korea Institu...
Graphene key to growing 2-dimensional semiconductor with extraordinary properties
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
A newly discovered method for making two-dimensional materials could lead to new and extraordinary properties, particularly in a class of materials called nitri...
Colors from darkness: Researchers develop alternative approach to quantum computing
Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at Aalto University have demonstrated the suitability of microwave signals in the coding of information for quantum computing. Previous development ...
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