Research teams are investigating multiple pathways to scale up atom-based computing architectures using spin-orbit coupling -- advancing towards their goal of building a silicon-based quantum computer.
Dec 7, 2018
Australian scientists have investigated new directions to scale up qubits—utilising the spin-orbit coupling of atom qubits—adding a new suite of tools to the armory.
Dec 7, 2018
As one of the premier analytical testing facilities worldwide, specializing in pharmaceutical testing, PTL is adding the Spectradyne nCS1 nanoparticle analysis capability to its comprehensive set of a...
Dec 7, 2018
What if a sensor sensing a thing could be part of the thing itself? Rice University engineers believe
Dec 7, 2018
In the drive to find new ways to extend electronics beyond the use of silicon, physicists are experimenting with other properties of electrons, beyond charge. Physicists now describe a way to manipulate electrons based on their energy in relation ...
Dec 7, 2018
Spider silk belongs to the toughest fibers in nature and has astounding properties. Scientists have now discovered new molecular details of self-assembly of a spider silk fiber protein.
Dec 7, 2018
A new sensor design makes use of the optoelectronic properties of graphene to enable simultaneous detection of multiple substances, including bacteria and other pathogens. The design is based on 2D graphene sheets, each just one atom thick, and wa...
Dec 7, 2018
Kinetic inductors, twistronics, alternative laser eye surgery, "massless" batteries and graphene flake black hole holograms prove convincing contenders for the 2018 breakthrough of the year The post 2018 Breakthrough of the Year: Anna De...
Dec 7, 2018
Scientists from Jülich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The component is able to both save and process informatio...
Dec 7, 2018
Spider silk is one of the toughest fibres in nature and has astounding properties. Scientists from the University of Würzburg discovered new molecular details of self-assembly of a spider silk fibre protein.
Dec 7, 2018
