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Oregon researchers use light and sound waves to control electron states
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
University of Oregon physicists have combined light and sound to control electron states in an atom-like system, providing a new tool in efforts to move toward ...
Advance may make quantum computing more practical
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
Quantum computers are largely hypothetical devices that could perform some calculations much more rapidly than conventional computers can. They exploit a proper...
Nano-control of light pioneers new paths
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
An Australian research team has created a breakthrough chip for the nano-manipulation of light, paving the way for next gen optical technologies and enabling de...
Novel way of transferring magnetic information
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
A team led by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has achieved a major breakthrough in magnetic interaction. By adding a special insulat...
Cooling chips with the flip of a switch
Apr 11, 2016 (SPX)
Turn on an electric field, and a standard electrocaloric material will eject heat to its surroundings as its internal dipoles reorder themselves. Do the same th...
Scientists push valleytronics 1 step closer to reality
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have taken a big step toward the practical application of "...
Researchers use single molecule of DNA to create world's smallest diode
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Georgia and at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have demonstrated for the first time that nanoscale electronic components can be...
Second quantum revolution a reality with chip-based atomic physics
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
A University of Oklahoma-led team of physicists believes chip-based atomic physics holds promise to make the second quantum revolution--the engineering of quant...
Hybrid pixel array detectors enter the low-noise regime
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
The detector group at the Swiss Light Source at PSI has been one of the pioneers in the development of custom-made hybrid pixel array detectors (HPADs) for sync...
Unlocking the gates to quantum computing
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from Griffith University and the University of Queensland have overcome one of the key challenges to quantum computing by simplifying a complex quan...
New terahertz source could strengthen sensing applications
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
Current terahertz sources are large, multi-component systems that sometimes require complex vacuum systems, external pump lasers, and even cryogenic cooling. Th...
Taiwan's TSMC signs deal for $3 bn plant in China
Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has signed a deal to build a $3 billion plant in China, the island's largest outbound investment on the mainland. The...
NIST's 'optomechanical transducer' links sound, light, radio waves
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a "piezo-optomechanical circuit" that converts signals among opt...
Replacement for silicon devices looms big with ORNL discovery
Mar 25, 2016 (SPX)
Two-dimensional electronic devices could inch closer to their ultimate promise of low power, high efficiency and mechanical flexibility with a processing techni...
Memory cell based on superconductors 100 times faster
Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)
A group of scientists from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and from the Moscow State University has developed a fundamentally new type of memory cell...
Making electronics safer with perovskites
Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)
Ceramic capacitors are used in a wide variety of electronics, ranging from computers and mobile phones to telecommunications transmitter stations and high volta...
Former Intel CEO Andy Grove dead at 79
Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)
Intel's former CEO and chairman Andy Grove, under whose leadership the company became a household name in computers and helped usher in the PC era, died Monday ...
DNA 'origami' could help build faster, cheaper computer chips
Mar 21, 2016 (SPX)
Electronics manufacturers constantly hunt for ways to make faster, cheaper computer chips, often by cutting production costs or by shrinking component sizes. No...
Magnetic chips could dramatically increase energy efficiency of computers
Mar 21, 2016 (SPX)
In a breakthrough for energy-efficient computing, engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can ope...
Protected Majorana states for quantum information
Mar 21, 2016 (SPX)
Quantum technology has the potential to revolutionize computation, cryptography, and simulation of quantum systems. However, quantum physics places a new demand...
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