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Silicon provides means to control quantum bits for faster algorithms

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Quantum bits are now easier to manipulate for devices in quantum computing, thanks to enhanced spin-orbit interaction in silicon.

Jun 8, 2018

A new way to measure energy in microscopic machines: Technique enables analysis of how living systems work at small scales

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Researchers have devised and demonstrated a new way to measure free energy. By using microscopy to track and analyze the fluctuating motion or configuration of single molecules or other small objects, the new method can be applied to a greater var...

Jun 8, 2018

Intel's New Path to Quantum Computing

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Intel's director of quantum hardware, Jim Clarke, explains the company's two quantum computing technologies

Jun 8, 2018

Intel's New Path to Quantum Computing

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Intel's director of quantum hardware, Jim Clarke, explains the company's two quantum computing technologies

Jun 8, 2018

Volkswagen using quantum computers to build better EV batteries

Engadget   -   General News Websites

Making high-performance batteries for electric vehicles is a complicated, time-consuming process. So much so that engineers at Volkswagen have started using a quantum computer to simulate the chemical structures like lithium-hydrogen and ...

Jun 8, 2018

Volkswagan, Google and D-Wave simulating chemical batteries on quantum computers | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

Volkswagen experts will simulate the chemical structure of batteries on quantum computers. They have succeeded in simulating industrially relevant molecules using a quantum computer. This is important for the development of high-performance electr...

Jun 8, 2018

Photonic-Phononic Waveguides Used to Create Brillouin Laser

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A laser that uses sound waves to amplify light could help address the need for silicon lasers that can overcome obstacles associated with silicon’s indirect bandgap when powering photonic integrated circuits. The laser design, created by a resea...

Jun 8, 2018

Scientists find ordered magnetic patterns in disordered magnetic material: Study relies on high-resolution microscopy techniques to confirm nanoscale magnetic features

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A team of scientists has confirmed a special property known as 'chirality' -- which potentially could be exploited to transmit and store data in a new way -- in nanometers-thick samples of multilayer materials that have a disordered structure.

Jun 8, 2018

Silicon provides means to control quantum bits for faster algorithms

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Quantum bits are now easier to manipulate for devices in quantum computing, thanks to enhanced spin-orbit interaction in silicon.

Jun 8, 2018

Scientists go deep to quantify perovskite properties: Study of excitons important to next-generation electronics

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Scientists have discovered properties in naturally occurring solution-processed quantum wells that are likely to impact the growing field of low-cost perovskite based optoelectronics. They created a general scaling law that researchers can use to ...

Jun 8, 2018

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