Quantifying quantumness: A mathematical project ‘of immense beauty’
Investigators develop a method to determine how quantum the state of a system isCredit: Luis L. Sánchez Soto WASHINGTON, November ...
Tag: Atomic/Molecular/Particle Physics
Seeking the most effective polymers for personal protective equipment
Some polymers can resist bacteria; can they be designed to work against viruses?Credit: Morgan Alexander WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 -- ...
Scientists develop world most-sensitive IR photon video detector
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientists from NUST MISIS National Technological Initiative Center "Quantum Communications" are developing the world's first prototype ...
Looking inside the glass
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - A team of researchers from the Institute of ...
Advanced atomic clock makes a better dark matter detector
Credit: Hanacek/NIST JILA researchers have used a state-of-the-art atomic clock to narrow the search for elusive dark matter, an example ...
Invisible organic light-emitting diodes reach new world record
Infrared OLEDs in smartphones take a big step forwardCredit: Pr Sébastien Kéna-Cohen You can't see it with the naked eye, ...
Charges cascading along a molecular chain
Removing one charged molecule from a one-dimensional array causes the others to alternately turn 'on' or 'off,' paving the way ...
Time for a new state of matter in high-temperature superconductors
Credit: UHH/Mathey When you cool down liquid water, it crystallizes into ice. Consider a bucket filled with water, for example. ...
Smaller than ever–exploring the unusual properties of quantum-sized materials
Credit: Tokyo Tech The development of functional nanomaterials has been a major landmark in the history of materials science. Nanoparticles ...
New approach to circuit compression could deliver real-world quantum computers years ahead of schedu
Credit: © National Institute of Informatics A major technical challenge for any practical, real-world quantum computer comes from the need ...
Tips for making nanographene
A new and efficient way to create nanographene for power and display devicesCredit: © 2020 Shiotari et al. Nanographene is ...
INRS researchers José Azaña and Roberto Morandotti awarded the Brockhouse Canada Prize
Professors José Azaña and Roberto Morandotti are recipients of the prestigious Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and ...
Russian scientists created a chemical space mapping method and cracked the mystery of Mendeleev number
Credit: Artem R. Oganov Scientists had long tried to come up with a system for predicting the properties of materials ...
Bringing drugs to the brain with nanoparticles to treat neurodegenerative diseases
Nanoparticles could cross the blood-brain barrier to deliver drugs to the brainCredit: Jean-Michel Rabanel Researchers from the Institut national de ...
Know when to unfold ’em: Applying particle physics methods to quantum computing
'Unfolding' techniques used to improve the accuracy of particle detector data can also improve the readout of quantum states from ...
Story tips: Ice breaker data, bacterial breakdown, catching heat and finding order
Credit: U.S. Dept. of Energy ARM User Facility Climate - Ice breaker data With the conclusion of an unprecedented yearlong ...
Scientists develop method to detect charge traps in organic semiconductors
Scientists at Swansea University have developed a very sensitive method to detect the tiny signatures of so called 'charge traps' ...
3D print experts discover how to make tomorrow’s technology using ink-jet printed graphene
Credit: University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham has cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel ...
Ice-binding molecules stop ice growth, act as natural antifreeze
Credit: Pavithra M. Naullage WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 -- Certain molecules bind tightly to the surface of ice, creating a ...
Tracking flight trajectory of evaporating cough droplets
Dispersion of large, medium, small airborne cough droplets in various outdoor conditionsCredit: A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing WASHINGTON, November ...
