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Miniature Linear Stage on Mars Rover Helps Provide Precision Focus Control for SuperCam

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Precision motion control and nano-positioning industry leader, PI, plays a key role in distance targeting of geological samples for testing by the Mars rover, Perseverance. Perseverance rover image...

Jun 4, 2021

Simulating Semiconductor Device Quantum Effects

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

In this webinar, we introduce the Semiconductor Module, an add-on to COMSOL Multiphysics®, which provides dedicated features for the analysis of semiconductor device operation at the fundamental physics level.

Jun 4, 2021

Using HPC and experiment, researchers continue to refine graphene production

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

From touch screens and advanced electronic sensors to better drug delivery devices, graphene has become one of the most promising new materials in recent decades. In an effort to produce cheap, defect-free graphene in larger quantities, researcher...

Jun 4, 2021

Nanoscale sensors measure elusive water levels in leaves

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A breakthrough technology uses nanoscale sensors and fiber optics to measure water status just inside a leaf's surface, providing a tool to greatly advance our understanding of basic plant biology, and opening the door for breeding more droug...

Jun 3, 2021

Quantum Computing With Holes: A New and Promising Qubit at a Place Where There Is Nothing

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Quantum computers with their promises of creating new materials and solving intractable mathematical problems are a dream of many physicists. Now, they are slowly approaching... The post Quantum Computing With Holes: A New and Promising Qubit at ...

Jun 3, 2021

Nanoscale sensors measure elusive water levels in leaves

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Water regulation in leaves is vital to a plant's health, affecting its growth and yield, disease susceptibility and drought resistance.

Jun 3, 2021

How quantum dots can 'talk' to each other

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

So-called quantum dots are a new class of materials with many applications. Quantum dots are realized by tiny semiconductor crystals with dimensions in the nanometre range. The optical and electrical properties can be controlled through the size o...

Jun 3, 2021

Science | AAAS

Science   -   Scientific News Websites

Advance could precisely link telescopes, yield hypersecure banking and elections, and make quantum computing possible from anywhere

Jun 3, 2021

How quantum dots can 'talk' to each other

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A group has worked out theoretically how the communication between two quantum dots can be influenced with light. The team shows ways to control the transfer of information or energy from one quantum dot to another. To this end, the researchers ca...

Jun 3, 2021

Scientists found a new and promising qubit at a place where there is nothing

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In the world of quantum mechanics, researchers can even make empty space, the lack of something, do their bidding. Scientists have now created a new setup to control the absence of electrons in a solid material. They want to use these holes as a b...

Jun 3, 2021

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