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New form of matter may hold the key to developing quantum machines
Apr 19, 2017 (SPX)
Traditionally speaking, crystals - like salt, sugar or even diamonds - are simply periodic arrangements of atoms in a three-dimensional lattice. Time crystals, ...
Method improves semiconductor fiber optics, paves way for developing devices
Apr 18, 2017 (SPX)
This requires external electronic devices that are expensive and consume enormous amounts of electricity. Semiconductor fibers, however, can transmit both light...
Top chipmaker TSMC says forex fluctuation hits Q1 earnings
Apr 13, 2017 (AFP)
Analysts said TSMC, a key supplier for Apple although it has never officially confirmed the connection, would likely get a boost from the launch of the iPhone 8...
'Indistinguishable photons' key to advancing quantum technologies
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
While many types of single-photon emitters such as semiconductor quantum dots have already demonstrated generation of indistinguishable photons, a group of rese...
Flexible processors with atomically thin materials
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
With the drive towards smart objects and the Internet of Things, the microprocessors hold promise for integrating computational power into everyday objects and ...
Semiconducting properties of Si-III might lead to unpredictable technological advancement
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
The most-common form of silicon crystallizes in the same structure as diamond. But other forms can be created using different processing techniques. New work le...
'Virtual' interferometers may overcome scale issues for optical quantum computers
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
It's not the size of the interferometer that matters; it's how you use it. So claim a team of researchers from RMIT University, the University of Sydney and Uni...
Jumping droplets whisk away hotspots in electronics
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
Engineers have developed a technology to cool hotspots in high-performance electronics using the same physical phenomenon that cleans the wings of cicadas. When...
Researchers find a way to scale production of printable electronics
Apr 04, 2017 (UPI)
Scientists have developed a new way to produce printable electronics. Researchers combined 3D and ink-jet printing to create an immensely scalable production me...
Ultrafast flexible and transparent memory devices
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
An innovative new technique to produce the quickest, smallest, highest-capacity memories for flexible and transparent applications could pave the way for a futu...
Advances make reduced graphene oxide electronics feasible
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique for converting positively charged (p-type) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) into negativel...
Quantum communication: How to outwit noise
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
Nowadays we communicate via radio signals and send electrical pulses through long cables. This could change soon, however: Scientists have been working intensel...
A big leap toward tinier lines
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
For the last few decades, microchip manufacturers have been on a quest to find ways to make the patterns of wires and components in their microchips ever smalle...
Information storage with a nanoscale twist
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
Swirling objects known as magnetic vortices and skyrmions can be miniaturized without sacrificing mobility, a KAUST-led international research team has found. T...
A robust, 2-ion quantum logic gate that operates in a microsecond is designed
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is conducting this work alongside the Boulder group, led by the Nobel laureate David Wineland. The theory group led...
Organic electronics can use power from socket
Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)
Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can be connected to a socket in the wall by way of a small, inexpensive organic converter, developed in a...
Ultrafast measurements explain quantum dot voltage drop
Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)
Solar cells and photodetectors could soon be made from new types of materials based on semiconductor quantum dots, thanks to new insights based on ultrafast mea...
Unexpected, star-spangled find may lead to advanced electronics
Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)
For several years, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has investigated various materials in search of those whose electrical properties ...
Liquid fuel for future computers
Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at ETH Zurich and IBM Research Zurich have built a tiny redox flow battery. This means that future computer chip stacks - in which individual chips ...
Bushwhacking into Unexplored Transistor Territories
Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)
Since the advent of microelectronics in the mid-20th century, humanity has been on a nonstop sprint to eke more speed, power efficiency, and computational power...
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