Researchers resolve a long-standing challenge in quantum optics: optimal Bell-state measurement of time-bin encoded qubits, to enhance the key rate of secure quantum communication.
Nov 1st, 2021
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A team of physicists has discovered how DNA molecules self-organize into adhesive patches between particles in response to assembly instructions. Its findings offer a 'proof of concept' for an innovative way to produce materials with a well-defined connectivity between the particles.
Nov 1st, 2021
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Scientists discovered unexpectedly familiar behavior in the antiferroelectric material known as zirconium dioxide, or zirconia. They show that as the microstructure of the material is reduced in size, it behaves similarly to much better understood materials known as ferroelectrics.
Nov 1st, 2021
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An international team has detected an unusual ferromagnetic property in a two-dimensional system, known as 'easy-plane anisotropy'. This could foster new energy efficient information technologies based on spintronics for data storage, among other things.
Nov 1st, 2021
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Important step in heterogenous catalysis: Scientists succeed in linking microscopic and macroscopic approaches - and thus solve an old puzzle.
Nov 1st, 2021
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The study analyzes results of a community effort and determines that machine learning greatly improves the estimation of the properties of diffusing particles.
Nov 1st, 2021
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Machine learning can help explore the interaction between thermal and quantum effects in many-body systems.
Nov 1st, 2021
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Researchers reveal a cause for the stable coupling of ultrashort light flashes and found a way to control their spacing both very precisely and rapidly.
Oct 31st, 2021
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Scientists have created thin, paper-like crystalline sheets using a synthetic, protein-like molecule called a polypeptoid. These nanosheets are only one molecule thick, with the molecules arranged in very specific ways. Scientists take images of these nanosheets using electron microscopes under cryogenic conditions.
Oct 30th, 2021
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Combining experiment, theory, and simulation, scientists from around the world discovered basic chemical properties of molecules are imprinted in atomic force microscope images - a step in the ongoing quest to identify unknown molecules based on such images.
Oct 30th, 2021
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Numerical study points to exotic quantum ground state in heavy rare earth.
Oct 30th, 2021
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Researchers unlocked the technology to produce next-generation composite glass for lighting LEDs and smartphone, television and computer screens.
Oct 29th, 2021
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Advances make high-density, 5D optical storage practical for long-term data archiving.
Oct 28th, 2021
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A team of scientists has developed a free, open-access VR program that allows anyone to interact with single-cell datasets using a headset costing less than $10.
Oct 28th, 2021
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Spontaneous wide-area spreading of oil on water inspires a facile energy-saving route of crafting electrically conductive nanostructures for future sensor/energy devices.
Oct 28th, 2021
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Researchers obtain boron monosulfide nanosheets for the first time and demonstrate unique electronic functionality that can be controlled by changing the number of layers in the stack.
Oct 28th, 2021
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