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Puzzling on a quantum chessboard

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicists at the University of Innsbruck are proposing a new model that could demonstrate the supremacy of quantum computers over classical supercomputers in solving optimization problems. In a recent paper, they demonstrate that just a few quant...

Jul 10, 2019

Is Graphene by Any Other Name Still Graphene?

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Consumers may finally have a way to know if their graphene-enabled products actually get any benefit from the wonder material

Jul 9, 2019

Is Graphene by Any Other Name Still Graphene?

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Consumers may finally have a way to know if their graphene-enabled products actually get any benefit from the wonder material

Jul 9, 2019

Characterizing the 'arrow of time' in open quantum systems

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Even in the strange world of open quantum systems, the arrow of time points steadily forward—most of the time. New experiments conducted at Washington University in St. Louis compare the forward and reverse trajectories of superconducting circuits...

Jul 9, 2019

Characterizing the 'arrow of time' in open quantum systems

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Even in the strange world of open quantum systems, the arrow of time points steadily forward -- most of the time. New experiments compare the forward and reverse trajectories of superconducting circuits called qubits, and find that they largely te...

Jul 9, 2019

Vitamin C is key to protection of exciting new nanomaterial

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In work that could open a floodgate of future applications for a new class of nanomaterials known as MXenes (pronounced "Maxines"), researchers from Texas A&M University have discovered a simple, inexpensive way to prevent the ma...

Jul 9, 2019

Smart Glass Could Offer a New Route to Machine Vision

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A new type of smart glass, developed by a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, leverages optical reflection to recognize images without requiring sensors, circuits, internet connection, or external power sources. Everything needed for imag...

Jul 9, 2019

Vitamin C is key to protection of exciting new nanomaterial

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In work that could open a floodgate of future applications for a new class of nanomaterials known as MXenes (pronounced 'Maxines'), researchers have discovered a simple, inexpensive way to prevent the materials' rapid degradation.

Jul 9, 2019

Vitamin C protects MXenes from rapid degradation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In work that could open a floodgate of future applications for a new class of nanomaterials known as MXenes, researchers have discovered a simple, inexpensive way to prevent the materials' rapid degradation.

Jul 9, 2019

Fusion scientists have developed a 'nano-scale sculpture technique'

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A research team of fusion scientists has succeeded in developing a "nano-scale sculpture technique" to fabricate an ultra-thin film by sharpening a tungsten sample with a focused ion beam. This enables the nano-scale observation of a cro...

Jul 9, 2019

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