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IBM is using quantum computers to generate Minecraft-like game levels

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

IBM is using quantum computers to help generate video game scenes. The technology is still in its infancy but could result in more interesting or varied game levels

Dec 2, 2019

IBM is using quantum computers to generate Minecraft-like game levels

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

IBM is using quantum computers to help generate video game scenes. The technology is still in its infancy but could result in more interesting or varied game levels

Dec 2, 2019

IBM is using quantum computers to generate Minecraft-like game levels

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

IBM is using quantum computers to help generate video game scenes. The technology is still in its infancy but could result in more interesting or varied game levels

Dec 2, 2019

Hourglass-Shaped Silicon Photodiodes Provide Greater Sensitivity

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology have developed near-infrared (NIR) photodiodes from silicon that are approximately one-third more sensitive than existing photodiodes. Existing NIR photodiodes are typically ...

Dec 2, 2019

2-D materials boost carrier multiplication

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Physicists at the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), have discovered an intriguing phenomenon, known as carrier multiplication (CM), in a class of semiconductors with inc...

Dec 2, 2019

Inside the quantum computing revolution – what does the future hold?

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Rhys Lewis lifts the lid on how quantum science is being exploited to build future computers, secure communications and novel sensors

Dec 2, 2019

Researchers discover new way to split and sum photons with silicon

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A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized phenomenon—the transfer of energy between silicon and organic, carbon-based molecules—in a break...

Dec 2, 2019

Providing safe, clean water: Magnetic nanoparticles with ionic liquids for water purification

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In many parts of the world, access to clean drinking water is far from certain. Filtration of large volumes of water, however, is slow and impractical. Scientists have now introduced a new water purification method based on magnetic nanoparticles ...

Dec 2, 2019

Solving the thermoelectric 'trade-off' conundrum with metallic carbon nanotubes

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Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used aligned "metallic" carbon nanotubes to create a device which converts heat to electrical energy (a thermoelectric device) with a higher power output than pure semiconducting carbon ...

Dec 2, 2019

Making plastics less flammable – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A polystyrene that incorporates ultrafine particles of iron in a mesoporous silica matrix is less likely to ignite and produces less smoke when heated The post Making plastics less flammable appeared first on Physics World.

Dec 2, 2019

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