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Team closes in on 'holy grail' of room temperature quantum computing chips

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with each other, each passing by without altering the other. Now, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have coaxed photons into intera...

Sep 18, 2019

Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum

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Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a study published recently by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sep 18, 2019

Closing in on 'holy grail' of room temperature quantum computing chips: Photons interact on chip-based system with unprecedented efficiency

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with each other, each passing by without altering the other. Now, researchers have coaxed photons into interacting with one another with unprece...

Sep 18, 2019

Platinum-graphene fuel cell catalysts show superior stability over bulk platinum

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a new study.

Sep 18, 2019

Scientists Develop DNA Microcapsules for New Kinds of Biomedical Nanodevices

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A research group led by Tokyo Tech reports a way of constructing DNA-based microcapsules that hold great promise for the development of new functional materials... The post Scientists Develop DNA Microcapsules for New Kinds of Biomedical Nanodevic...

Sep 18, 2019

'Poor man's qubit' can solve quantum problems without going quantum: Researchers demonstrate the first hardware for a 'probabilistic computer'

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Researchers have built and demonstrated the first hardware for a probabilistic computer, a possible way to bridge the gap between classical and quantum computing.

Sep 18, 2019

Quantum Computing Software Startup Aliro Emerges From Stealth Mode

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Startup plans to offer stack of developer tools and middleware that will create value from nascent quantum computers

Sep 18, 2019

'Poor man's qubit' can solve quantum problems without going quantum

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It may still be decades before quantum computers are ready to solve problems that today's classical computers aren't fast or efficient enough to solve, but the emerging "probabilistic computer" could bridge the gap between clas...

Sep 18, 2019

Modeling a model nanoparticle: First universal computer model for metal nanoparticle adsorption

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New research introduces the first universal adsorption model that accounts for detailed nanoparticle structural characteristics, metal composition and different adsorbates, making it possible to not only predict adsorption behavior on any metal na...

Sep 18, 2019

DNA origami takes flight in emerging field of nano machines

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoscale devices open new era in biomedical research and materials science.

Sep 18, 2019

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