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Ultrafast and tunable: Graphene-based terahertz-to-visible light conversion

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new study demonstrates that graphene-based materials can be used to efficiently convert high-frequency signals into visible light, and that this mechanism is ultrafast and tunable.

Jun 15, 2023

Detailed 3D images of the synapse offer precise geometry of interactions between individual cells

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D images of the synapse, the important juncture where neurons communicate with each other through an exchange of chemical signals. These nanometer scale models will help scientists better understan...

Jun 15, 2023

Metamaterials with built-in frustration have mechanical memory

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have discovered how to design materials that necessarily have a point or line where the material doesn't deform under stress, and that even remember how they have been poked or squeezed in the past. These results could be used in ...

Jun 14, 2023

New technique in error-prone quantum computing makes classical computers sweat: Quantum computer barely edged out supercomputer, showing utility of noisy quantum computers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Today's quantum computers often calculate the wrong answer because of noisy environments that interfere with the quantum entanglement of qubits. IBM Quantum has pioneered a technique that accounts for the noise to achieve reliable results. Th...

Jun 14, 2023

New images capture unseen details of the synapse

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D images of the synapse, the important juncture where neurons communicate with each other through an exchange of chemical signals. These nanometer scale models will help scientists better understan...

Jun 14, 2023

Shining potential of missing atoms: Single-atom vacancies in atomically thin insulators created in ultra-high vacuum

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Single photons have applications in quantum computation, information networks, and sensors, and these can be emitted by defects in the atomically thin insulator hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Missing nitrogen atoms have been suggested to be the at...

Jun 14, 2023

IBM quantum computer beat a supercomputer in a head-to-head test

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at IBM pitted their 127-qubit Eagle quantum computer against a conventional supercomputer in a challenge to perform a complex calculation – and the quantum computer won

Jun 14, 2023

IBM quantum computer beat a supercomputer in a head-to-head test

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at IBM pitted their 127-qubit Eagle quantum computer against a conventional supercomputer in a challenge to perform a complex calculation – and the quantum computer won

Jun 14, 2023

IBM quantum computer beat a supercomputer in a head-to-head test

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at IBM pitted their 127-qubit Eagle quantum computer against a conventional supercomputer in a challenge to perform a complex calculation – and the quantum computer won

Jun 14, 2023

A novel technique to observe colloidal particle degradation in real time

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In the early 2000s, scientists from the UK made a worrisome discovery that the oceans are teeming with small particles of plastic (less than one millimeter in length) due to the continuous degradation of plastic waste. These microscopic particles ...

Jun 14, 2023

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