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D-Wave claims it has the world's most powerful quantum computer

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

D-Wave calls its new Advantage quantum computing system “the largest and most powerful quantum computer in existence” – but experts are sceptical about that claim

Sep 29, 2020

D-Wave claims it has the world's most powerful quantum computer

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

D-Wave calls its new Advantage quantum computing system “the largest and most powerful quantum computer in existence” – but experts are sceptical about that claim

Sep 29, 2020

Lenovo launches X1 Nano, the lightest ThinkPad ever

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

The latest addition to Lenovo's premium X1 range is also the lightest ThinkPad so far, tipping the scales at a featherweight 1.99 lb (907 g). The X1 Nano is also one of the first to be based on Intel's Evo platform and comes with Tiger L...

Sep 29, 2020

Nanotech filter coating offers promise against COVID-19

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A physics professor from the University of Houston has developed a nanotech coating designed to allow air filters to capture airborne or aerosolized droplets of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Sep 29, 2020

Why disordered light-harvesting systems produce ordered outcomes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists and biophysicists from the University of Groningen found that individual light-harvesting nanotubes with disordered molecular structures still transpor...

Sep 29, 2020

Nanotechnology filter coating offers promise against COVID-19

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A nanocoating designed to allow air filters to capture airborne or aerosolized droplets of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Sep 29, 2020

Why disordered light-harvesting systems produce ordered outcomes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists and biophysicists found that individual light-harvesting nanotubes with disordered molecular structures still transport light energy in the same way. B...

Sep 29, 2020

Everyday dyes paint cells for early cancer detection – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Tattoo inks and food colourings combined with nanoparticles show promise as diagnostic imaging agents.

Sep 29, 2020

Why disordered light-harvesting systems produce ordered outcomes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists and biophysicists found that individual light-harvesting nanotubes with disordered molecular structures still transport light energy in the same way.

Sep 29, 2020

Superconductivity with a twist explained

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Leiden physicists and international colleagues from Geneva and Barcelona have confirmed the mechanism that makes magic-angle graphene superconducting. This is a key step in elucidating high-temperature superconductivity, a decades-old mystery cent...

Sep 29, 2020

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