Hot qubits break one of the biggest constraints to practical quantum computers
Credit: Picture: UNSW Sydney Most quantum computers being developed around the world will only work at fractions of a degree ...
Tag: Nanotechnology/Micromachines
Breaking the size and speed limit of modulators: The workhorses of the internet
GW researchers develop fast, micrometer-size electro-optical modulatorCredit: Mario Miscuglio and Rubab Amin SUMMARY Researchers developed and demonstrated for the first ...
Future Army vehicles could see an improvement in structural materials
Credit: Master Sgt. Matt Hecht ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Materials used for a Soldier's personal protection gear may be ...
UCI-led team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds
Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performanceCredit: Cameron Crook and Jens Bauer / UCI Irvine, Calif., April 13, 2020 ...
Science snapshots from Berkeley Lab: 3D nanoparticles and magnetic spin
Scientists capture 3D images of nanoparticles, atom by atom, with unprecedented precisionCredit: Courtesy of IBS Since their invention in the ...
3D-printed corals provide more fertile ground for algae growth
Credit: Nature Communications Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the University of Cambridge have 3D printed coral-inspired ...
What do soap bubbles and butterflies have in common?
Butterfly breeding gives insight into evolution of iridescenceCredit: Aaron Pomerantz Edith Smith bred a bluer and shinier Common Buckeye at ...
Harnessing the power of electricity-producing bacteria for programmable ‘biohybrids’
Credit: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b22116 Someday, microbial cyborgs -- bacteria combined with electronic devices -- could ...
Eindhoven researchers present revolutionary light-emitting silicon
Breakthrough after 50 years of work paves the way for photonic chipsCredit: Nando Harmsen, TU/e Emitting light from silicon has ...
Using nano-scale spintronics, researchers aim to build novel artificial brain
New research project to develop novel AI hardware; a completely new kind of computer system that mimics how the human ...
UCF scientists seek novel material to kill COVID-19
Researchers say nanoparticle film would 'catch' and kill virus, better protect healthcare providersCredit: UCF College of Medicine Masks that protect ...
Making plant protein look and feel more like whole meat
UMass Amherst food scientists awarded grant for innovative approach to improving sensory qualities of plant-based foodCredit: UMass Amherst A team ...
Turning cells into computers with protein logic gates
Biochemists have created "smart" proteins that function inside human cells by turning genes on and offCredit: MolGraphics/UW Medicine Institute for ...
Fatty acid in triglycerides proves an effective platform for biological drug delivery
Credit: Haifa Shen, Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(April 1, 2020)-We've all been warned about the dangers of triglycerides, the fat stored in ...
Plant protection: Communication instead of poison
Sustainable: KIT-coordinated transnational network studies chemical signals between pathogen and plant -- EU funding in the amount of EUR 500,000Credit: ...
New materials: Brilliant white without pigments
Nanostructured polymer foil appears white without environmentally hazardous titanium dioxide -- Beetle's chitin scales used as a modelCredit: Julia Syurik, ...
To tune up your quantum computer, better call an AI mechanic
New paradigm for "auto-tuning" quantum bits could overcome major engineering hurdle.Credit: B. Hayes / NIST A high-end race car engine ...
Scalable algorithms for many applications
European Research Council funds Peter Sanders' 'ScAlBox' project by an Advanced GrantCredit: Heidi Offterdinger Within his "ScAlBox" project, computer scientist ...
On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn carbon dioxide into new products
Bacteria on nanowires convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to organic building blocksCredit: UC Berkeley photo by Peidong Yang If ...
The ERC funds CIC biomaGUNE’s e-DOTS project with a 2.5-million-euro grant
The ERC has awarded one of its prestigious Advanced Grants to the leader of the Carbon Bionanotechnology group and Ikerbasque ...
