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Optics & Photonics Apr 6, 2022

Tailored single photons: Optical control of photons as the key to new technologies

Physicists from Paderborn University have developed a novel concept for generating individual photons—tiny particles of light that make up electromagnetic radiation—with tailored properties, the controlled manipulation ...

Quantum Physics Mar 28, 2022

Growing quantum dots in a regular arrangement

Quantum dots could one day constitute the basic information units of quantum computers. In collaboration with colleagues from Copenhagen and Basel, researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the Technical University ...

Materials Science Mar 25, 2022

Stabilizing emulsion research improves firefighting operations and more

Researchers at Texas A&M University have found a way to control the charge of nanoparticles on a two-fluid interface to create a more stable system in which its charge can also be switched and controlled. The ability to change ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 22, 2022

Quantum dots shine bright to help scientists see inflammatory cells in fat

To accurately diagnose and treat diseases, doctors and researchers need to see inside bodies. Medical imaging tools have come a long way since the humble X-ray, but most existing tools remain too coarse to quantify numbers ...

Nanomaterials Mar 21, 2022

Electrochemical biosensor for interference-free detection of organophosphorus pesticides

Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs), a class of lethal nerve agents widely used in agriculture, pose an extreme threat to human health and the environment.

Nanophysics Mar 16, 2022

'Self-driving' lab speeds up research, synthesis of energy materials

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University at Buffalo have developed and demonstrated a "self-driving lab" that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and fluidic systems to advance our understanding of ...

Quantum Physics Feb 14, 2022

A useful application for a quantum processor: The improvement of spectroscopy measurements

Several years ago, physicists from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies and the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw designed and built the first quantum memory in Poland, which was further developed into ...

Quantum Physics Jan 19, 2022

Semiconductor spin qubits gain further credibility as leading platform for quantum computing

Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the Delft University of Technology and TNO—have taken an important step for semiconductor spin qubits by surpassing the 99% barrier for two-qubit gate fidelity. They report ...

Quantum Physics Jan 19, 2022

Gate set tomography: How physicists are revealing the inner workings of quantum computers

A precision diagnostic developed at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories is emerging as a gold standard for detecting and describing problems inside quantum computing hardware.

Quantum Physics Jan 19, 2022

Scientists achieve key elements for fault-tolerant quantum computation in silicon spin qubits

Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)— have achieved a key milestone toward the development of a fault-tolerant quantum ...

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