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THz Generation Technique Could Transform Field of Ultrafast Electronics

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Terahertz (THz) waves can be used to probe the magnetic properties of new materials. Efficient THz wave generation could advance applications in energy harvesting, ultrafast electronics, and THz spectroscopy.

Oct 3, 2023

First Graphene enters MOU with UAE's EMDAD for Kainos tech development

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

First Graphene (FGR) has announced it has signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi-headquartered integrated services provider EMDAD Group (EMDAD).

Oct 3, 2023

Concretene receives funding boost

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Concretene has announced three successful UK government funding bids, two through Innovate UK, totaling £1.18 million (around USD$1,430,000), and one through EPSRC and the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials for £79,000 (about USD$95,000).

Oct 3, 2023

MIT’s New Fluxonium Qubit Circuit Enables Quantum Operations With Unprecedented Accuracy

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

The advance brings quantum error correction a step closer to reality. In the future, quantum computers may be able to solve problems that are far too complex for today’s most powerful supercomputers. To realize this promise, quantum versions of er...

Oct 2, 2023

Simulations reveal the atomic-scale story of qubits

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers led by Giulia Galli at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering report a computational study that predicts the conditions to create specific spin defects in silicon carbide. Their findings, published online...

Oct 2, 2023

Examining the superconducting diode effect

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have reviewed the superconducting diode effect, a quantum effect enabling dissipationless supercurrent to flow in only one direction. The SDE provides new functionalities for superconducting circuits and future ultra-low energy supercon...

Oct 2, 2023

Ancient architecture inspires a new way to work with metal-organic frameworks

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A centuries-old technique for constructing arched stone windows has inspired a new way to form tailored nanoscale windows in porous functional materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Oct 2, 2023

Space Lasers Could Revolutionize NASA Communications

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

It is thanks to S-band radio that the world got to join in—live—as the astronauts of Apollo 11 walked on the moon. The video images were ghostly, and the audio was filled with static. But they were real, watched by half a billion people on Earth a...

Oct 2, 2023

Using DNA as glue to hold nanostructures together and build ultra-strong colloidal crystal metamaterials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of chemical and biological engineers working with a group of nanotechnologists at Northwestern University in Illinois has developed a type of super-strong colloidal crystal metamaterial by gluing together metal nanostructures using strands ...

Oct 2, 2023

Making material advancements at the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The work emphasized the unique properties that nanoscale structures can exhibit compared to bulk materials.

Oct 2, 2023

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