Pivotal discovery in quantum and classical information processing
Scientists tame photon-magnon interaction. Working with theorists in the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering...
Flashing plastic ash completes recycling
Rice lab's turns pyrolyzed ash into graphene for improving concrete, other compounds Pyrolyzed plastic ash is worthless, but perhaps not ...
Shine on: Avalanching nanoparticles break barriers to imaging cells in real time
Study co-led by Berkeley Lab and Columbia Engineering could lead to simple, high-resolution bioimaging in real time by overcoming a funda...
UCI scientists measure local vibrational modes at individual crystalline faults
Breakthrough research made possible by advanced microscopic techniques Often admired for their flawless appearance to the naked eye, crys...
Nanosheet-based electronics could be one drop away
Scientists at Japan's Nagoya University and the National Institute for Materials Science have found that a simple one-drop approach is ch...
Exciting times for efficient heavy-atom-free OLEDs
An international team including researchers from Osaka University reports a novel hybrid emitter that could revolutionize the design of O...
University at Buffalo researchers report quantum-limit-approaching chemical sensing chip
Study shows improvements to chemical sensing chip that aims to quickly and accurately identify drugs and other trace chemicals BUFFALO, N...
2D compound shows unique versatility
Multifunctional nanomaterial proposed by Rice could enhance solar energy, quantum computing HOUSTON - (Jan. 11, 2021) - An atypical two-d...
A Pioneer of Nanophotonics
Nanophotonics is a field poised to revolutionize the manner in which we interact with light. Everything from smart sensors to holographic...
Electrically switchable qubit can tune between storage and fast calculation modes
re to keep the sensitive qubits stable over a prolonged period of time, while at the same time finding ways to perform rapid quantum oper...
A bit too much: reducing the bit width of Ising models for quantum annealing
Scientists find a way to make Ising models easier to implement physically for solving combinatorial optimization problems Given a list of...
Advanced materials in a snap
Sandia Labs shows machine learning could lop a year off technology design cycle ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- If everything moved 40,000 times fas...
Heat treatment may make chemotherapy more effective
Heating up cancer cells while targeting them with chemotherapy is a highly effective way of killing them, according to a new study led by...
Rice 'flashes' new 2D materials
Rice University scientists have extended their technique to produce graphene in a flash to tailor the properties of other 2D materials. T...
Catalyst transforms plastic waste to valuable ingredients at low temperature
For the first time, researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of plastic found in everything from grocery bags and...
Researchers develop new one-step process for creating self-assembled metamaterials
A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has discovered a groundbreaking one-step process for creating materials wit...
Light-carrying chips advance machine learning
International team of researchers uses photonic networks for pattern recognition In the digital age, data traffic is growing at an expone...
Researchers turn coal powder into graphite in microwave oven
Using copper foil, glass containers and a conventional household microwave oven, University of Wyoming researchers have demonstrated that...