For decades, experts have predicted that quantum computers will someday perform difficult tasks, such as simulating complex chemical systems, that can't be done by conventional computers. But so far, these machines haven't lived up to th...
Apr 17, 2019
What if doctors had a remote control that they could use to steer a patient's own cells to a wound to speed up the healing process? Although such a device is still far from reality, researchers reporting in the ACS journal Nano Letters have t...
Apr 17, 2019
Maxwell's demon is a machine proposed by James Clerk Maxwell in 1897. The hypothetical machine would use thermal fluctuations to obtain energy, apparently violating the second principle of thermodynamics. Now, researchers of the University of...
Apr 17, 2019
The quantum theory group at the University of Sydney is behind two papers published this month in Nature publications that are pushing the boundaries of quantum computing.
Apr 17, 2019
Investigations of ‘quantum dots’ for looking deeply into body tissues are rapidly evolving, but more work is required
Apr 16, 2019
Results are 'surprising and unexpected'
Apr 16, 2019
In a new study, scientists report a novel strategy to fine-tuning the persistent luminescence by using all-inorganic perovskite quantum dots as efficient light conversion materials.
Apr 16, 2019
The ultrashort-pulse (ultrafast) laser domain is on the rise in a growing number of biomedical applications, from multiphoton imaging and nonsurgical vision correction to neuronal optogenetics and biological research. Ytterbium fiber lasers are n...
Apr 16, 2019
Scientists demonstrate the use of hybrid magnetic-plasmonic elements to facilitate contactless and selective temperature control in magnetic functional metamaterials.
Apr 16, 2019
A research work published in Nano Letters explains the advance of a graphene-enabled detector for terahertz light that is more sensitive and rapid when compared to current room-temperature...
Apr 16, 2019
