News tagged with artificial atoms

Catching electrons in the act: Science on the attosecond scale

(PhysOrg.com) -- Understanding how to create artificial photosynthesis, or tough, flexible high-temperature superconductors, or better solar cells, or a myriad other advances, will only be possible when we ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Physicists lay the groundwork for cooler, faster computing

University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Sajeev John and Xun Ma have discovered new behaviours of light within photonic crystals that could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 5

A (nano-) window that washes itself?

A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, detail ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Pushing quantum mechanics to higher levels

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have devised a new type of superconducting circuit that behaves quantum mechanically -- but has up to five levels of energy instead of the usual two. The findings are published ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals advances their applications

Substantial advances for applications of nanocrystals in the fields requiring a continuous output of photons and high quantum efficiency may soon be realized due to discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Scientists develop a unique approach for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen

The design of efficient systems for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, driven by sunlight is among the most important challenges facing science today, underpinning the long term potential of hydrogen as a clean, sustainable ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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