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New Photon Polarizer Lights Way to Quantum Communications

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a technique that can produce polarized photons more easily and cheaply than existing methods. The technique uses an atomic force microscope to form indentations in a two-layer stack of a...

Sep 5, 2023

Terahertz SNOM Microscope: New Tool Helps Improve Key Quantum Computing Circuit

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists utilized the terahertz SNOM microscope to detect flaws in quantum computing circuits, specifically in the nano Josephson Junction. Addressing these defects is essential for optimizing quantum computing’s faster processing capabilities.

Sep 5, 2023

Team discovers thousands of new transformable knots

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Knots are used in all sorts of ways, every day. They ensure safety both indoors and for outdoor activities such as boating or sailing, are used as surgical sutures, as decorations, and they can even be found at nanoscales in nature, for example in...

Sep 5, 2023

Photoanode with multilayered nanostructure developed for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Hematite (α-Fe2O3) is considered one of the most promising materials for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting under solar light. However, the drawbacks of lower charge transfer efficiency and slow oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics lim...

Sep 5, 2023

Atomically-precise quantum antidots via vacancy self-assembly

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists demonstrated a conceptual breakthrough by fabricating atomically precise quantum antidots using self-assembled single vacancies in a two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide.

Sep 5, 2023

Novel titanium dioxide catalyst support for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Carbon dioxide can be electrocatalytically reduced to useful resources using conventional catalysts such as gold or lead supported on conductive carbon. However, the high pH environment near electrodes often degrades the catalyst support, renderin...

Sep 5, 2023

Graphene@Manchester CEO conferred as Professor of Practice at The University of Manchester

James Baker, CEO of Graphene@Manchester has been conferred the title of Professor of Practice at The University of Manchester in recognition of his significant leadership and contributions to graphene and 2D materials. 

Sep 5, 2023

Graphene’s Quantum Magic: Perfection Is Overrated

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

The carbon material graphene has excellent electronic properties. But are they also stable enough to be useful in practice? New calculations say: Yes.

Sep 5, 2023

Fabricating atomically-precise quantum antidots via vacancy self-assembly

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

National University of Singapore (NUS) scientists demonstrated a conceptual breakthrough by fabricating atomically precise quantum antidots (QAD) using self-assembled single vacancies (SVs) in a two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide...

Sep 5, 2023

Why haven't we got useful quantum computers yet?

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Four years after Google first demonstrated the supremacy of quantum computers over ordinary ones, why aren't these exotic machines being used for practical problems?

Sep 5, 2023

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