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Know when to unfold 'em: Applying particle physics methods to quantum computing

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Borrowing a page from high-energy physics and astronomy textbooks, a team of physicists and computer scientists at Berkeley Lab has successfully adapted and applied a common error-reduction technique to the field of quantum computing.

Nov 5, 2020

Blue phosphorus: How a semiconductor becomes a metal

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Blue phosphorus, an atomically thin synthetic semiconductor, becomes metallic as soon as it is converted into a double layer. This has been discovered by an interdisciplinary team led by Prof Thomas Heine from TU Dresden and Prof Gabriel Merino fr...

Nov 5, 2020

Tel Aviv University Developed a Shoebox-Sized NanoSat Set For Launch

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Tel Aviv University Nanosatellite Center has overseen all aspects of the development of the TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite, now undergoing pre-flight testing with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Nov 4, 2020

EU companies now obliged to provide a name for REACH registered nanoforms

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Move follows issues with annex amendment

Nov 4, 2020

Mimicking moth eyes to produce transparent anti-reflective coatings: Scientists develop a simple and scalable strategy to produce resin films with anti-reflective nanostructures--inspired by eyes of moths

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The eyes of moths have a biological nanostructure that grants them anti-reflective properties. Though researchers have managed to mimic this structure to produce anti-reflective coatings, current techniques are not easily scalable. Now, researcher...

Nov 4, 2020

Laser-powered nanomotors chart their own course

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have introduced a system of gold nanorods that acts like a tiny light-driven motor, with its direction of motion is determined by the orientation of the motors. This work may lead to smaller and more precise nanomachines.

Nov 4, 2020

Nanomotors controlled with laser light

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS) have designed novel linear nanomotors that can be moved in controlled directions using light. This work opens the way for new microfluidics, including lab-o...

Nov 4, 2020

Laser-Powered Nanomotors Follow Their Path

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo have designed linear nanomotors that can be made to move in controlled directions by laser light. The technology has applications in microfluidics, including lab-on-a-...

Nov 4, 2020

Building a quantum network one node at a time

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have taken an important step toward developing a communications network that exchanges information across long distances by using photons, mass-less measures of light that are key elements of quantum computing and quantum communication...

Nov 4, 2020

Laser-powered nanomotors chart their own course (w/video)

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a system of gold nanorods that acts like a tiny light-driven motor, with its direction of motion is determined by the orientation of the motors. This work may lead to smaller and more precise nanomachines.

Nov 4, 2020

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