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Spontaneous Formation of Nanoscale Hollow Structures Could Boost Battery Storage

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

An unexpected property of nanometer-scale antimony crystals — the spontaneous formation of hollow structures — could help give

Jun 15, 2020

Discovery of graphene switch

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons that were suspended between two electrodes.

Jun 15, 2020

Optimal Nanostructure Helps Minimize Thermal Conductivity of Semiconductor Materials

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Professor Junichiro Shiomi et al. from The University of Tokyo aimed to reduce the thermal conductivity of semiconductor materials by reducing the internal nanostructure, and successfully minimized...

Jun 15, 2020

Dirac electrons come back to life in magic-angle graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene.

Jun 15, 2020

Superlens squeezes light into nanospace

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Russian and Danish researchers have made a first-ever experimental observation of a plasmon nanojet. This physical phenomenon enables nanoscale focusing of light and, theoretically, allows engineers to bypass one of the fundamental limitations of ...

Jun 15, 2020

The first intuitive programming language for quantum computers

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Several technical advances have been achieved recently in the pursuit of powerful quantum computers. Now, Computer scientists from ETH Zurich have made an important breakthrough in the field of programming languages: their quantum language is the ...

Jun 15, 2020

A phase battery for quantum technologies

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The work has been published today in the prestigious journal Nature Nanotechnology and has been led by the groups of Francesco Giazotto (NEST-CNR Institute, Pisa) and Sebastian Bergeret (CFM, CSIC-UPV/EHU, DIPC, Donostia / San Sebastian), with the...

Jun 15, 2020

Shielding vacuum noise with 3D nanostructures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a recent computational study, scientists find that even tiny photonic crystals effectively shield vacuum noise by 10x or more. The new insights lead to design rules for efficient lasers and LEDs, thin photovoltaic cells, or even optical quantum...

Jun 14, 2020

Light, Fantastic: The Path Ahead for Faster, Nanoscale Photonic Computer Processors

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Australian and German researchers build modular bridge design for nanoscale photonic chip. Photonic chips have huge potential for the future of computers and telecommunications.

Jun 14, 2020

“Goldilocks Ion” – UCLA Physicists Develop World’s Best Quantum Bits

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers at UCLA has set a new record for preparing and measuring the quantum bits, or qubits, inside of a quantum computer... The post “Goldilocks Ion” – UCLA Physicists Develop World’s Best Quantum Bits appeared first on SciTechDai...

Jun 13, 2020

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