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This week's best deals: $100 off the Apple Watch Series 6 and more

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Samsung may have announced a bunch of new devices this week, but it was Apple and Amazon that led the week when it came to online deals. While Woot's flash sale on the Apple Watch Series 6 Product Red Edition came and went quickly, you can st...

Aug 13, 2021

'Missing jigsaw piece': Engineers make critical advance in quantum computer design

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A decades-old problem about how to reliably control millions of qubits in a silicon quantum computer chip has now been solved.

Aug 13, 2021

The World's First Dissolvable Smartwatch

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Transient electronics that can disintegrate on demand could help stem the rising tide of electronic waste, but their performance is often inferior to conventional devices. Now scientists in China have developed what may be the first dissolvable s...

Aug 13, 2021

Engineers make critical advance in quantum computer design

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have removed a major obstacle that has stood in the way of quantum computers becoming a reality. They discovered a new technique they say will be capable of controlling millions of spin qubits—the basic units of ...

Aug 13, 2021

A complete platform for quantum computing

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In a new groundbreaking work, researchers from DTU have now realized the complete platform for an optical quantum computer. The platform is universal and scalable, it all takes place at room temperature, and the technology is directly compatible w...

Aug 13, 2021

Progress in algorithms makes small, noisy quantum computers viable

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

As reported in a new article in Nature Reviews Physics, instead of waiting for fully mature quantum computers to emerge, Los Alamos National Laboratory and other leading institutions have developed hybrid classical/quantum algorithms to extract th...

Aug 13, 2021

Progress in algorithms makes small, noisy quantum computers viable

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Instead of waiting for fully mature quantum computers to emerge, researchers have developed hybrid classical/quantum algorithms to extract the most performance -- and potentially quantum advantage -- from today's noisy, error-prone hardware.

Aug 13, 2021

New Nanotherapeutic Delivery System to Treat Early- and Late-Stage Metastatic Tumors

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists from the University of Arizona Health Sciences recently performed a study that exhibits the ability to enhance cancer treatment for colorectal cancer and melanoma. The study involved the use of nanotechnology to deliver chemotherapy in ...

Aug 13, 2021

Astonishing diversity: Semiconductor nanoparticles form numerous structures

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

The structure adopted by lead sulphide nanoparticles changes surprisingly often as they assemble to form ordered superlattices. This is revealed by an experimental study that has been conducted at DESY’s X-ray source PETRA III.

Aug 13, 2021

Study on Thin-film Glass Reveals Liquid Phase

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Penn State have shown a previously undescribed liquid phase in thin films of a glass-forming molecule. The work shows how thin films of glass can be fabricated to be denser and more stable, and it provides a framework for new applic...

Aug 13, 2021

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