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Atoms placed precisely in silicon can act as quantum simulator
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
In a proof-of-principle experiment, researchers at UNSW Australia have demonstrated that a small group of individual atoms placed very precisely in silicon can ...
NREL offers path to high-performance 2-D semiconductor devices
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have uncovered a way to overcome a principal obstacle in using two-dimensiona...
Researchers create a first frequency comb of time-bin entangled qubits
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
Quantum mechanics, with its counter-intuitive rules for describing the behavior of tiny particles like photons and atoms, holds great promise for profound advan...
Spintronics for future information technologies
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
They thereby demonstrated that this class of materials is suitable for data processing based on spin. The work has been published in the renowned periodical Phy...
Making electronics out of coal
Apr 26, 2016 (SPX)
Jeffrey Grossman thinks we've been looking at coal all wrong. Instead of just setting it afire, thus ignoring the molecular complexity of this highly varied mat...
Nature Photonics: Light source for quicker computer chips
Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)
Worldwide growing data volumes make conventional electronic processing reach its limits. Future information technology is therefore expected to use light as a m...
New semiconducting polymer for flexible electronics developed
Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)
Polymer semiconductors, which can be processed on large-area and mechanically flexible substrates with low cost, are considered as one of the main components fo...
New technique to probe 'noise' in quantum computing devised
Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)
Dartmouth College and Griffith University researchers have devised a new way to "sense" and control external noise in quantum computing. Quantum computing may r...
Controlling integrated optical circuits using patterns of light
Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Southampton (UK), and the Institut d'Optique in Bordeaux (France) have devised a new approach for controlling light in a sili...
Physicists build 'electronic synapses' for neural networks
Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)
A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have created prototypes of "electronic synapses" based on ultra-thin films of ha...
Quantum computing closer as RMIT drives towards first quantum data bus
Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)
RMIT University researchers have trialled a quantum processor capable of routing quantum information from different locations in a critical breakthrough for qua...
A single-atom magnet breaks new ground for future data storage
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
EPFL scientists have built a single-atom magnet that is the most stable to-date. The breakthrough paves the way for the scalable production of miniature magneti...
Hafnium oxide used for new type of non-volatile memory
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists from MIPT have succeeded in growing ultra-thin (2.5-nanometre) ferroelectric films based on hafnium oxide that could potentially be used to develop n...
'Odd couple' monolayer semiconductors align to advance optoelectronics
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
Epitaxy, or growing crystalline film layers that are templated by a crystalline substrate, is a mainstay of manufacturing transistors and semiconductors. If the...
Intel to slash up to 12,000 jobs in restructuring
Apr 19, 2016 (AFP)
Intel will cut up to 12,000 jobs worldwide as it seeks to shake up its business to reduce dependence on the slumping personal computer market, the US tech giant...
Ames physicists discover new material that may speed computing
Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered a topological metal, PtSn4 (platinum and tin), with a unique electronic structure ...
Russian scientists develop long-range secure quantum comms system
Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)
A group of scientists from ITMO University in Saint Petersburg, Russia has developed a novel approach to the construction of quantum communication systems for s...
Canada PM lights up Internet explaining quantum computing
Apr 16, 2016 (AFP)
He has impressed world leaders, has a growing army of fans -- many female -- and is even credited with driving up tourism to Canada. But photogenic Prime Minist...
Quantum dots enhance light-to-current conversion in layered semiconductors
Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)
Harnessing the power of the sun and creating light-harvesting or light-sensing devices requires a material that both absorbs light efficiently and converts the ...
Penn engineers develop first transistors made entirely of nanocrystal 'inks'
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
The transistor is the most fundamental building block of electronics, used to build circuits capable of amplifying electrical signals or switching them between ...
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