News tagged with quantum images

Scientists hone in on size and environmental influence of the quantum dots used in hybrid solar cells

(Phys.org) -- Sometimes to answer big questions, you need to start small-very small. Scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Chemical Imaging Initiative did just that when they analyzed cadmium ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New study may lead to MRIs on a nanoscale

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Extreme imaging wins science praise

A Griffith University PhD candidate has been highly awarded for his innovative image of the shadow of a single atom.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

JQI cool nano loudspeakers could makes for better MRIs, quantum computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Harvard University has developed a theory describing how to both detect weak ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biocompatible quantum dot images tumors in live animals

Quantum dots, small semiconductor nanoparticles that fluoresce brightly with sharply defined colors, have tremendous promise as biomedical imaging agents except for one problem—most are made from potentially hazardous ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New knowledge about 'flawed' diamonds could speed the development of diamond-based quantum computers

A University at Buffalo-led research team has established the presence of a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in defective diamonds, a finding that will help advance the development of diamond-based systems in applications ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing their toxic guts

Quantum dots made from cadmium and selenium degrade in soil, unleashing toxic cadmium and selenium ions into their surroundings, a University at Buffalo study has found.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Sydney are celebrating the 100th anniversary of superconductivity with a discovery of their own.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Physicists describe how to make time-reversed light pulses

(PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the properties of periodic systems, physicists have described how to efficiently time-reverse ultrashort electromagnetic pulses. Since a time-reversed pulse evolves ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 44 | with audio podcast feature

Atom and its quantum mirror image

A team of physicists experimentally produces quantum-superpositions, simply using a mirror.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers create high performance infrared camera based on type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices

Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new infrared camera based on Type-II InAs/GaSb superlattices that produces much higher resolution images than previous infrared cameras.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Radioactive optical imaging and 'quantum dot' nano-imaging at the forefront of molecular medicine

During SNM's 57th Annual Meeting, investigators presented the results of a multidisciplinary study involving the capture of radiation luminescence and radioactive-excited nanoparticles to help detect subtle signs of disease. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Graphane yields new potential: Physicists dig theoretical wells to mine quantum dots

Graphane is the material of choice for physicists on the cutting edge of materials science, and Rice University researchers are right there with the pack - and perhaps a little ahead.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nanotech discovery could lead to breakthrough in infrared satellite imaging technology

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new nanotechnology-based "microlens" that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Quantum dots could boost performance of mobile phone cameras

(PhysOrg.com) -- As it's becoming more and more difficult for silicon alone to improve the sensors used in today's digital cameras, a new material may be emerging from physics labs to provide a large performance ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report