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Nanophysics Dec 13, 2017

Researchers develop silicon chip-based quantum photonic devices

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has presented a core technology for quantum photonic devices used in quantum information processing. They have proposed combining of quantum dots for generating ...

Business Nov 29, 2017

Semiconductor grab: Silicon Valley chip companies making tasty acquisitions

Winter may be on the way, but Silicon Valley chipmakers are having their moment in the sun.

Quantum Physics Nov 8, 2017

New architecture could prove essential for high-performance quantum photonic circuits

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have taken a new step forward in the quest to build quantum photonic circuits—chip-based devices that rely on the quantum properties ...

Optics & Photonics Nov 2, 2017

Chip-based sensors with incredible sensitivity

In London's St. Paul's Cathedral, a whisper can be heard far across the circular whispering gallery as the sound curves around the walls. Now, an optical whispering gallery mode resonator developed by Penn State electrical ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 26, 2017

Tiny chip-based methane spectrometer could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The process of extracting natural gas from the earth or transporting it through pipelines can release methane into the atmosphere. Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a greenhouse gas with a warming potential ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 19, 2017

Integrated lab-on-a-chip uses smartphone to quickly detect multiple pathogens

A multidisciplinary group that includes the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Washington at Tacoma has developed a novel platform to diagnose infectious disease at the point-of-care, using a ...

Business Oct 13, 2017

Toshiba, Bain executives join in push for memory-chips sale

At Toshiba's flash-memory chip plant in Yokkaichi, the orderly quiet of the clean room, with its metal boxes zipping around on overhead rails, contrasts sharply with the messy feud between its owners over plans to sell this ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 11, 2017

Researchers fabricate 3-D silicon structures with a focused infrared laser

Physicist Richard Feynman once gave a lecture titled "There is plenty of room at the bottom." This lecture is often quoted to highlight the successes of modern micro- and nano-fabrication techniques, and the value of available ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 5, 2017

Scientists develop 'body-on- a-chip' system to accelerate testing of new drugs

Using the same expertise they've employed to build new organs for patients, scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues have engineered micro hearts, lungs and livers that can potentially ...

Security Oct 4, 2017

Mini Crypto chip is a self-contained encryption engine

The Air Force's new Mini Crypto chip will secure communications and data between systems like unmanned aerial vehicles and explosive ordnance disposal robots, while being "losable."

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