In 2018, one-half of the Nobel Prize was awarded to Arthur Ashkin, the physicist who developed optical tweezers, the use of a tightly focused laser beam to isolate and move micron-scale objects (the size of red blood cells). Now Justus Ndukaife, a...
Sep 1, 2020
Scientists have developed a strategy that enables them to tweeze extremely small objects without exposing them to high-intensity light or heat that can damage a molecule's function.
Sep 1, 2020
Researchers find path to create nanoscale devices that have much narrower spectral responses.
Sep 1, 2020
A stretchable, wearable gas sensor for environmental sensing has been developed and tested by researchers at Penn State, Northeastern University and five universities in China. The sensor combines a newly developed laser-induced graphene foam mat...
Sep 1, 2020
Researchers in the lab of professor Jennifer Dionne at Stanford University have structured ultrathin silicon chips into nanoscale bars to resonantly trap light, and then release or redirect it later. “We’re essentially trying to trap light in a ti...
Sep 1, 2020
The Zurich Instruments SHFQA Quantum Analyzer provides a qubit readout system designed for experimentalists working on superconducting or spin qubits. Conceived as the next generation of quantum...
Sep 1, 2020
Intel is working on spin qubit quantum computer technology. Spin qubit transistors would be about the same size as existing CMOS transistors. The spin qubits would have the potential to have comparable density to the existing traditional computer ...
Aug 31, 2020
Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage and Quantum Systems Accelerator are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the development of quantum computers.
Aug 31, 2020
Method to further understanding of the quantum state space. In 2019, Google claimed it was the first to demonstrate a quantum computer performing a calculation... The post New Theory Offers Foundation for More Efficient Way to Develop Quantum Alg...
Aug 31, 2020
This new knowledge can inform the design and manufacturing of products made up of random networks of filaments, such as robust filters designed to block foreign particles from entering our lungs.
Aug 31, 2020
