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- Beyond qubits: Next big step to scale up quantum computing 23/02/2021 Researchers have invented a device that operates at 40 times colder than deep space to directly control thousands of qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers.
- Scientists manipulate magnets at the atomic scale 19/02/2021 Fast and energy-efficient future data processing technologies are on the horizon after an international team of scientists successfully manipulated magnets at the atomic level.
- Vibrating 2D materials 18/02/2021 Two-dimensional materials hold out hope for many technical applications. An international research team now has determined for the first time how strongly 2D materials vibrate when electronically excited with light.
- A magnetic twist to graphene 16/02/2021 By combining ferromagnets and two rotated layers of graphene, researchers open up a new platform for strongly interacting states using graphene's unique quantum degree of freedom.
- Physicists Discover Important and Unexpected Electronic Property of Graphene – Could Power Next-Generation Computers 15/02/2021 Unconventional form of ferroelectricity could impact next-generation computing.
- Researchers create powerful unipolar carbon nanotube muscles 12/02/2021 For more than 15 years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and their collaborators in the U.S., Australia, South Korea and China have fabricated artificial muscles by twisting and coiling carbon nanotube or polymer yarns. When thermally powered, these muscles actuate by contracting their length when heated and returning to their initial length when cooled. Such thermally driven artificial muscles, however, have limitations.
- An optical coating like no other 11/02/2021 For more than a century, optical coatings have been used to better reflect certain wavelengths of light from lenses and other devices or, conversely, to better transmit certain wavelengths through them. For example, the coatings on tinted eyeglasses reflect, or "block out," harmful blue light and ultraviolet rays.
- Newly discovered graphene property could impact next-generation computing 10/02/2021 MIT researchers and colleagues have discovered an important—and unexpected—electronic property of graphene, a material discovered only about 17 years ago that continues to surprise scientists with its interesting physics. The work, which involves structures composed of atomically thin layers of materials that are also biocompatible, could usher in new, faster information-processing paradigms. One potential application is in neuromorphic computing, which aims to replicate the neuronal cells in the body responsible for everything from behavior to memories.
- Breakthrough for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy 09/02/2021 Overcoming limitations inherent in other LIBS techniques, plasma-grating-induced breakdown spectroscopy enhances signal intensity by more than three times.
- A magnetic twist to graphene 08/02/2021 Electrons in materials have a property known as 'spin," which is responsible for a variety of properties, the most well-known of which is magnetism. Permanent magnets, like the ones used for refrigerator doors, have all the spins in their electrons aligned in the same direction. Scientists refer to this behavior as ferromagnetism, and the research field of trying to manipulate spin as spintronics.
- Ultracold atoms reveal a new type of quantum magnetic behavior 05/02/2021 The findings may help researchers design “spintronic” devices and novel magnetic materials.