Graphene 'nano-origami' creates tiniest microchips yet
The tiniest microchips yet can be made from graphene and other 2-D-materials, using a form of "nano-origami," physicists at the University of Sussex have found.
The tiniest microchips yet can be made from graphene and other 2-D-materials, using a form of "nano-origami," physicists at the University of Sussex have found.
Nanomaterials
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A team of researchers from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Tsukuba filmed the ultrafast motion of electrons with sub-nanoscale spatial resolution. This work provides a powerful tool for studying ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 21, 2021
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The digital age has seen electronics, including computer chips, shrink in size at an amazing rate, with ever tinier chips powering devices like smartphones, laptops and even autonomous drones. In the wake of this progress, ...
Optics & Photonics
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Superconducting devices such as SQUIDS (Superconducting Quantum Interferometry Device) can perform ultra-sensitive measurements of magnetic fields. Leiden physicsts invented a method to 3-D-print these and other superconducting ...
Nanophysics
Nov 27, 2020
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Researchers at ETH have demonstrated a new technique for carrying out sensitive quantum operations on atoms. In this technique, the control laser light is delivered directly inside a chip. This should make it possible to ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 22, 2020
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As computer chips and other electronic devices continue to shrink in size, they become ever more sensitive to contamination. However, detecting the nanoscale equivalent of a water spot on a window is incredibly challenging. ...
Nanophysics
Oct 20, 2020
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According to current estimates, the amount of data produced by humans and machines is rising at an exponential rate, with the digital universe doubling in size every two years. Very likely, the magnetic and optical data-storage ...
Biotechnology
Oct 16, 2020
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Researchers from EPFL's Photonics Systems Lab have come up with a way of reconfiguring microwave photonic filters without the need for an external device. This paves the way for more compact, environmentally friendly filters ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 7, 2020
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Last year, Google produced a 53-qubit quantum computer that could perform a specific calculation significantly faster than the world's fastest supercomputer. Like most of today's largest quantum computers, this system boasts ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 3, 2020
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"Beam me up" is one of the most famous catchphrases from the Star Trek series. It is the command issued when a character wishes to teleport from a remote location back to the Starship Enterprise.
Quantum Physics
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