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Explained: Quantum engineering

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines.

Dec 10, 2020

Artificial Chemist 2.0: quantum dot R&D in less than an hour

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new technology, called Artificial Chemist 2.0, allows users to go from requesting a custom quantum dot to completing the relevant R&D and beginning manufacturing in less than an hour. The tech is completely autonomous, and uses artificia...

Dec 10, 2020

Nanocylinder vibrations help quantify polymer curing for 3D printing

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

In a step toward making more accurate and uniform 3D-printed parts such as personalized prosthetics and dental materials, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a method of measuring the rate at ...

Dec 10, 2020

Researchers identify the physical mechanism that can kill bacteria with gold nanoparticles

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A multidisciplinary team of researchers have discovered that the mechanical deformation of bacteria is a toxic mechanism that can kill bacteria with gold nanoparticles. The results of this research are a breakthrough in researchers' understa...

Dec 10, 2020

Atom-thin transistor uses half the voltage of common semiconductors, boosts current density

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

University at Buffalo researchers report a new, two-dimensional transistor made of graphene and molybdenum disulfide that needs less voltage and can handle more current than today's semiconductors.

Dec 10, 2020

Double element co-doped carbon quantum dots enhance photocatalytic efficiency

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

In a paper published in NANO, researchers from Nanjing Tech University proposed a theory which attributes the photocatalytic efficiency enhancement of Phosphorus and Nitrogen co-doped CQDs (PNCQDs)/TiO2 nanosheets composite photocatalyst to the qu...

Dec 10, 2020

Photonic Quantum Computer Displays “Supremacy” Over Supercomputers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A milestone Chinese demonstration with photonic quantum computing comes just a year after Google's quantum advantage claim

Dec 9, 2020

Tiny Ultralight Insulators, At the Push of a Button

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Materials researchers in Switzerland are using 3D printing to make tiny components from aerogel

Dec 9, 2020

'Sparkling' clean water from nanodiamond-embedded membrane filters

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have embedded amine-enhanced nanodiamond particles into membranes to purify water.

Dec 9, 2020

Bacterial nanopores open the future of data storage

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In 2020, each person in the world is producing about 1.7 megabytes of data every second. In just a single year, that amounts to 418 zettabytes—or 418 billion one-terabyte hard drives.

Dec 9, 2020

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