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A-list candidate for fault-free quantum computing delivers surprise

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A Rice University-led study is forcing physicists to rethink superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, an A-list material in the worldwide race to create fault-tolerant quantum computers.

Dec 23, 2021

Nanotube fibers stand strong -- but for how long?

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A Rice University study calculates how strains and stresses affect both “perfect” nanotubes and those assembled into fibers and found that while fibers under cyclic loads can fail over time, the tubes themselves may remain perfect. How long the tu...

Dec 23, 2021

Measuring a quantum computer’s power just got faster and more accurate

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Scientists at Sandia National Labs invent new yardstick for benchmarking performance.

Dec 23, 2021

A-List Candidate for Fault-Free Quantum Computing Delivers Puzzling Surprise

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Puzzling result forces physicists to rethink ‘spin-triplet’ superconductivity. A Rice University-led study is forcing physicists to rethink superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, an A-list material in... The post A-List Candidate for Fault-Fre...

Dec 23, 2021

Graphene-based neural probes can accurately detect electrographic signatures of the epileptic brain

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A study published in "Nature Nanotechnology" shows that flexible brain probes made of graphene micro-transistors can be used to record pathological brain signals associated with epilepsy with excellent fidelity and high spatial resolution.

Dec 22, 2021

New graphene-based neural probes improve detection of epileptic brain signals

A new study shows that flexible brain probes made of graphene micro-transistors can be used to record pathological brain signals associated with epilepsy with excellent fidelity and high spatial resolution.

Dec 22, 2021

Scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue

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Up here in the macro world, we all feel fatigue now and then. It's the same for bundles of carbon nanotubes, no matter how perfect their individual components are.

Dec 22, 2021

Nanotube fibers stand strong -- but for how long? Rice scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue

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A study calculates how cyclic strain and stress affects nanotubes and describes how fibers under cyclic loads can fail over time.

Dec 22, 2021

A-list candidate for fault-free quantum computing delivers surprise: Puzzling result forces physicists to rethink ‘spin-triplet’ superconductivity

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Superconducting uranium ditelluride is a promising material in the race to create fault-tolerant quantum computers, but physicists are rethinking how superconductivity arises in the material in light of puzzling new experimental evidence.

Dec 22, 2021

Fabrication of flexible electronics improved using gold and water-vapor plasma

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Researchers have developed a technique to improve the flexibility of ultra-thin electronics, such as those used in bendable devices or clothing. To do so, they used water-vapor plasma to directly bond gold electrodes fixed onto separate ultra-thin...

Dec 22, 2021

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