For the first time researchers have demonstrated a new way to perform functions essential to future computation three orders of magnitude faster than current commercial devices. The team created a nanoscale spintronic semiconductor device that can...
Mar 5, 2019
An ultra-low power hybrid chip inspired by the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences. Combined with new generations of low-power motors and sensors, the new application-specifi...
Mar 5, 2019
A new coating developed by ETH researchers prevents fogging on transparent surfaces. Rather than using electricity, the coating relies on sunlight to heat the surface.
Mar 5, 2019
Nanoparticles can be used as substrates for computation, with algorithmic and autonomous control of their unique properties. However, scalable architecture to form nanoparticle-based computing systems is lacking at present. In a recent study publi...
Mar 5, 2019
IBM has announced at this year's American Physical Society meeting that its System Q One quantum computer has reached its "highest quantum volume to date"—a measure that the computer has doubled in performance in each of the past tw...
Mar 5, 2019
Young scientists from ITMO University proposed a new type of optical nano-sensors. Their operating principle is based on the interaction of light in thin films: a similar effect can be observed in soap bubbles. Such sensors can be quickly manufact...
Mar 5, 2019
Carbon-based nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene were projected to have an excellent future when they were first found. But quality issues limit the progress of new products. The...
Mar 5, 2019
Headed by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), a research team has developed a nanoscale “playground” on a chip that mimics the formation...
Mar 5, 2019
Skyrmions are three-dimensional structures that occur in magnetic materials. They are magnetic vortices a few nanometers in size in which atomic elementary magnets are arranged in closed vortex structures. Skyrmions are topologically protected, m...
Mar 5, 2019
Fractional Quantum Hall quasiparticles experimentally shown to interfere.
Mar 5, 2019
