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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Limitation exposed in promising quantum computing material: Metallic surfaces no longer protected as topological insulators become thinner

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Quantum computers promise to perform operations of great importance believed to be impossible for our technology today. Current computers process information via transistors carrying one of two units...

Jul 20, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Resistance is utile: Magnetite nanowires with sharp insulating transition: Osaka University-led researchers make ultra-thin nanowires of Fe3O4, with a remarkable 'Verwey transition' from metal to insulator at low temperature -- a highly sought-after property for nanoelectronics

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Magnetite (Fe3O4) is best known as a magnetic iron ore, and is the source of lodestone. It also has potential as a high-temperature resistor in electronics. In new research led by Osaka University, pu...

Jul 20, 2019

Superconducting neurons could match the power efficiency of the brain

MIT Technology Review   -   Scientific News Websites

Conventional computers need orders of magnitude more energy than the “computer” in our heads. Neural networks made of superconducting nanowires might come much closer to the real thing.

Jul 20, 2019

Physicists Have Reversed Time on The Smallest Scale by Using a Quantum Computer

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

One small step.

Jul 20, 2019

First 3D Nanotube and RRAM ICs Come Out of Foundry

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

SkyWater Technology Foundry produces first wafers in a drive to match performance of cutting-edge silicon chips

Jul 19, 2019

Is Graphene by Any Other Name Still Graphene?

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

SkyWater Technology Foundry produces first wafers in a drive to match performance of cutting-edge silicon chips

Jul 19, 2019

A Safer, More Efficient Fiber Laser from Doping with Nanoparticles

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are using nanoparticles to build fiber lasers that are safer for the eyes and more efficient. The core of the laser’s silica fiber is doped with rare earth ions of holmium. With the aid of thi...

Jul 19, 2019

Bridging the nanoscale gap: A deep look inside atomic switches

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team of researchers has gained unprecedented insight into the inner workings of an atomic switch. By investigating the composition of the tiny metal 'bridge' that forms inside the switch, their findings may spur the design of atomic sw...

Jul 19, 2019

New Concept for Self-Assembling Mobile Micromachines

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

In the future, designers of micromachines can utilize a new effect. A team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in... The post New Concept for Self-Assembling Mobile Micromachines appeared first on SciTechDaily.

Jul 19, 2019

Bridging the nanoscale gap: A deep look inside atomic switches

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology has gained unprecedented insight into the inner workings of an atomic switch. By investigating the composition of the tiny metal 'bridge' that forms inside the switch, their findin...

Jul 19, 2019

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