While several building blocks for a quantum computer have already been successfully tested in the laboratory, a network requires one additonal component: a reliable interface between computers and information channels. In the current issue of the journal Nature, physicists at the University of Innsbruck report the construction of an efficient and tunable interface for quantum networks.
May 23rd, 2012
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New inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar cell shines with potential.
May 23rd, 2012
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Researchers at Penn State have applied a combination of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride to produce improved transistor performance at an industrially relevant scale.
May 23rd, 2012
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New design eliminates need for complex, expensive cooling systems.
May 23rd, 2012
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Researchers report the development and demonstration of a novel probe for atomic quantum matter.
May 23rd, 2012
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Scientists and researchers from the Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices group from the Universitat Jaume I, led by Professor Juan Bisquert, have developed, using nanotechnology, a device with semiconductor materials which generate hydrogen independently in water using only sunlight.
May 23rd, 2012
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A team from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) has developed a technique to measure internal cell temperatures without altering their metabolism. This finding could be useful when distinguishing healthy cells from cancerous ones, as well as learning more about cellular processes.
May 23rd, 2012
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Researchers from A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and their commercial partners have developed a new plastic that reflects just 0.09 - 0.2% of the visible light hitting its surface.
May 23rd, 2012
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'Tractor beams' of light that pull objects towards them are no longer science fiction.
May 23rd, 2012
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A novel approach to designing artificial materials could enable magnetic devices with a wider range of properties than those now available.
May 23rd, 2012
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Patented droplet microarray technology allows medical researchers to come to grips with rare cells.
May 23rd, 2012
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Informationspflichten von Seiten der Landesbehoerden fuer besonders besorgniserregende Stoffe im Rahmen der europaeischen Chemikalienrichtlinie REACH werden momentan nur unzureichend erfuellt. Das geht aus einer Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine Kleine Anfrage der Fraktion Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen hervor.
May 23rd, 2012
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Ion bombardment of metal surfaces is an important, but poorly understood, nanomanufacturing technique. New research using sophisticated supercomputer simulations has shown what goes on in trillionths of a second. The advance could lead to better ways to predict the phenomenon and more uses of the technique to make new nanoscale products.
May 23rd, 2012
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A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers shows a new way to precisely detect a single chemical at extremely low concentrations and high contamination.
May 22nd, 2012
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A special feature in this week's issue of the journal Science highlights protein array technology, touching on research conducted by Joshua LaBaer, director of the Biodesign Institute's Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics.
May 22nd, 2012
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Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual's medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome's 3 billion nucleotide bases.
May 22nd, 2012
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