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Physicists Discover Important and Unexpected Electronic Property of Graphene – Could Power Next-Generation Computers

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Unconventional form of ferroelectricity could impact next-generation computing. MIT researchers and colleagues recently discovered an important — and unexpected — electronic property of graphene, a... The post Physicists Discover Important and Un...

Feb 14, 2021

A Magnetic Twist to Graphene Could Offer a Dramatic Increase in Processing Speeds Compared to Electronics

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By combining ferromagnets and two rotated layers of graphene, researchers open up a new platform for strongly interacting states using graphene’s unique quantum degree of... The post A Magnetic Twist to Graphene Could Offer a Dramatic Increase in...

Feb 13, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanowire could provide a stable, easy-to-make superconducting transistor: Inspired by decades-old MIT research, the new technology could boost quantum computers and other superconducting electronics

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Superconductors materials that conduct electricity without resistance are remarkable. They provide a macroscopic glimpse into quantum phenomena, which are usually observable only at the atomic lev...

Feb 13, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Producing more sustainable hydrogen with composite polymer dots UPPSALA UNIVERSITY

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Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles developed by researchers at Uppsala University...

Feb 13, 2021

How Microsoft Could Redefine the Power Industry with Quantum Computing

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The technology is expected to lower emissions and create more efficient electrical power systems

Feb 12, 2021

Producing more sustainable hydrogen with composite polymer dots

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Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles developed by researchers at Uppsala University. In laboratory tests, these 'polymer dots...

Feb 12, 2021

Samsung is using quantum computing to research better batteries

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Even the slightest improvement in battery technology could help you decide what gadgets you buy, and Samsung is hoping quantum computing will give it an edge. The tech firm and Imperial College London researchers are using Honeywell&a...

Feb 12, 2021

Producing more sustainable hydrogen with composite polymer nanoparticles

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Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles. In laboratory tests, these 'polymer dots' showed promising performance and stabili...

Feb 12, 2021

Applying quantum computing to a particle process

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A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used a quantum computer to successfully simulate an aspect of particle collisions that is typically neglected in high-energy physics experiments, such as those that occu...

Feb 12, 2021

Nanowire could provide a stable, easy-to-make superconducting transistor

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Inspired by decades-old MIT research, the new technology could boost quantum computers and other superconducting electronics. Superconductors —

Feb 12, 2021

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