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Quantum longitude - keeping track of qubits in the quantum sea

Quantum computing depends exquisitely on the parts of a quantum system remaining coherent long enough---even in the face of environmental noise---for the computation to be performed. A proposed scheme should be helpful in sustaining coherence by carefully making mid-calculation corrections.

Sep 11th, 2012

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DNA origami for assembling nanomachines

In cooperation with his research group at the University of Kyoto and his partners in Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Osamu Tabata, microengineer and External Senior Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is working on the development of a new generation of micromachines based on folded DNA molecules that is smaller, more intelligent and better than the previous generation.

Sep 11th, 2012

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Built-in germanium lasers could make computer chips faster

As a laser material, Germanium together with Silicon could form the basis for innovative computer chips in which information would be transferred partially in the form of light. This technology would revolutionise data streaming within chips and give a boost to the performance of electronics.

Sep 10th, 2012

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Researchers make first all-optical nanowire switch

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have made an important advance in this frontier of photonics, fashioning the first all-optical photonic switch out of cadmium sulfide nanowires. Moreover, they combined these photonic switches into a logic gate, a fundamental component of computer chips that process information.

Sep 10th, 2012

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Semiconductors grown on graphene

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have patented and are commercializing GaAs nanowires grown on graphene, a hybrid material with competitive properties.

Sep 10th, 2012

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