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Sycamore vs. Summit: Google Claims Quantum Supremacy

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A research team that includes scientists from Google AI Quantum; NASA Ames Research Center; University of California, Santa Barbara; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and other institutions in the U.S. and Europe has demonstrated that a quantum compu...

Oct 24, 2019

Building single-atom qubits under a microscope

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers made a breakthrough in controlling the quantum behavior of individual atoms, demonstrating a versatile new building block for quantum computation.

Oct 24, 2019

Living on the edge: How a 2D material got its shape

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists discover that nanoparticles' 'edge energy' gets them in 2D shape for energy storage applications.

Oct 24, 2019

Plastic nanoparticles make larval zebrafish hyperactive

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoplastics influence the behaviour of larval zebrafish, says new research by the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML). The researchers observed that a certain type of nanoparticles leads to stress r...

Oct 24, 2019

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on achieving quantum supremacy

MIT Technology Review   -   Scientific News Websites

In an exclusive interview with MIT Technology Review, Pichai explains why quantum computing could be as important for Google as AI.

Oct 24, 2019

Plastic nanoparticles make larval zebrafish hyperactive

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers observed that a certain type of nanoparticles leads to stress reactions in the sugar balance, resulting in hyperactivity in the fish larvae.

Oct 24, 2019

Bio-inspired nano-catalyst guides chiral reactions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Many medicines are twisted molecules with two mirror image versions, but the body uses only one. Inspired by photosynthetic bacteria, a team at the University of Michigan built a catalyst that guides chemical reactions toward the right version of ...

Oct 24, 2019

IEEE’s New Open Access Journals Call for Papers

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The journals cover such technologies as computing, nanotechnology, and signal processing

Oct 23, 2019

Bio-inspired nano-catalyst guides chiral reactions

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Many medicines are twisted molecules with two mirror image versions, but the body uses only one. Inspired by photosynthetic bacteria, a team built a catalyst that guides chemical reactions toward the right version of twisted molecules. It could le...

Oct 23, 2019

Scientists Use Electrochemistry to Tune Nonlinear Optical Properties of Nanotubes

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

An international team led by researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) has shown that the nonlinear optical response of carbon nanotubes — specifically, saturable absorption — can be controlled by electrochemical...

Oct 23, 2019

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