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Optimized Quantum Algorithms: Breakthrough Toward Quantum Advantage

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Optimized quantum algorithms present solution to Fermi-Hubbard model on near-term hardware. Researchers from the University of Bristol and quantum start-up, Phasecraft, have advanced quantum computing... The post Optimized Quantum Algorithms: Bre...

Dec 29, 2020

Metasurface enabled quantum edge detection

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Metasurfaces provide unique platforms to realize exotic phenomena including negative refraction, achromatic focusing, and electromagnetic cloaking due to the engineered dielectric or metallic architectures. The intersection of metasurfaces and qua...

Dec 29, 2020

Scientists Spin Graphene and Gold into Terahertz Waves

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A German-Spanish research team has developed a graphene-based approach for increasing the efficiency with which the scientists were able generate terahertz pulses. In the system, the researchers coated a graphene sheet with a metallic lamellar str...

Dec 29, 2020

New Quantum Nanodevice Functions as a Heat Engine and Refrigerator at the Same Time

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In one of the first practical applications of quantum effects to nanotechnology, researchers from RIKEN have recently developed

Dec 29, 2020

The evolution of single amyloid fibrils into microcrystals

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Amyloids refer to abnormal fibrous extracellular and proteinaceous deposits found in organs and tissues that form insoluble constructs that are resistant to degradation. Their formation can accompany disease, where each disease is characterized by...

Dec 28, 2020

Important milestone in the creation of a quantum computer

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Quantum computer: One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices that go into a quantum computer and perform the actual calculations, the qubits, have hitherto been made by universit...

Dec 28, 2020

New quantum nanodevice can simultaneously act as a heat engine and a refrigerator

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A multitasking nanomachine that can act as a heat engine and a refrigerator at the same time has been created by RIKEN engineers. The device is one of the first to test how quantum effects, which govern the behavior of particles on the smallest sc...

Dec 28, 2020

British Army trialing "heavy-duty" Bug nano drone

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Drone company UAVTEK has collaborated with BAE Systems to deliver 30 prototypes of the Bug nano drone to the British Army for field evaluations. Weighing 6.91 ounces (196 g), the Bug is designed to operate in winds of up to 50 mph (80 km/h).Contin...

Dec 28, 2020

Important milestone in the creation of a quantum computer

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One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices that go into a quantum computer and perform the actual calculations, the qubits, have hitherto been made by universities and in small n...

Dec 28, 2020

Neuroscientists Discover Nanobodies that Show Promise in Diagnosing and Preventing COVID-19

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Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers working on treatments for COVID-19 have been studying nanobodies –

Dec 28, 2020

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