Electrons zip around in electronic devices extremely quickly, which can make it hard to see what’s going on in there. Now, engineers at the Universities of Michigan and Regensburg have developed an “attoclock” that can take snapshots of electrons ...
Oct 13, 2022
A quantum engine built using two entangled quantum bits uses measurements as a source of energy. It could speed up the way some quantum computers process information
Oct 12, 2022
A quantum engine built using two entangled quantum bits uses measurements as a source of energy. It could speed up the way some quantum computers process information
Oct 12, 2022
Optical tweezers (OTs), also known as optical traps, are highly focused laser beams that can be used to trap and manipulate microscopic objects with a noncontact force. Employed in a wide range of nano and micro-scale operations, OTs have become p...
Oct 12, 2022
Forward osmosis (FO), an emerging membrane-based technology, offers low energy consumption and low membrane fouling potential, but the lack of high-performance FO membranes hinders the large-scale application of FO. Generally, an ideal high-perfor...
Oct 12, 2022
The key to maximizing traditional or quantum computing speeds lies in our ability to understand how electrons behave in solids, and researchers have now captured electron movement in attoseconds--the fastest speed yet.
Oct 12, 2022
Producing fragrances and flavorings and converting chemicals derived from biomass could get a boost from a new technique to break up hydrogen in nanoporous copper-titanium catalysts.
Oct 12, 2022
New technique could enable processing speeds a million to a billion times faster than today's computers and spur progress in many-body physics.
Oct 12, 2022
In the late Middle Ages, artists gilded sculptures using ultra-thin gold foil reinforced by a silver base layer. For the first time, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have...
Oct 12, 2022
A common belief is that tumorigenesis and cancer progression represents a multistep process. The repeatedly used process for cancer diagnosis and prognosis to direct treatment decisions is formed on a...
Oct 12, 2022
