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Luminescent Wood Could Light Up Homes of the Future

Nov. 4, 2020 — The right indoor lighting can help set the mood, from a soft romantic glow to bright, stimulating colors. But some materials used for lighting, such as plastics, are not eco-friendly. Now, ...

A New Spin on Atoms Gives Scientists a Closer Look at Quantum Weirdness

Oct. 30, 2020 — A team of researchers has developed a new way to control and measure atoms that are so close together no optical lens can distinguish ...

Breakthrough Quantum-Dot Transistors Create a Flexible Alternative to Conventional Electronics

Oct. 29, 2020 — Researchers have created fundamental electronic building blocks out of tiny structures known as quantum dots and used them to assemble functional ...

Physicists Circumvent Centuries-Old Theory to Cancel Magnetic Fields

Oct. 28, 2020 — Physicists have found a way to circumvent a 178-year old theory which means they can effectively cancel magnetic fields at a distance. They are the first to be able to do so in a way which has ...

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Know When to Unfold 'Em: Applying Particle Physics Methods to Quantum Computing

Nov. 5, 2020 — Borrowing a page from high-energy physics and astronomy textbooks, a team of physicists and computer scientists has successfully adapted and applied ...

Building a Quantum Network One Node at a Time

Nov. 4, 2020 — Researchers create 'optically active spin arrays' within a device that could serve as a node for exchanging photons with distant ...

3D Print Experts Discover How to Make Tomorrow's Technology Using Ink-Jet Printed Graphene

Nov. 4, 2020 — Researchers have cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability to convert ...

On-Surface Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons Could Advance Quantum Devices

Oct. 26, 2020 — Scientists have synthesized graphene nanoribbons -- ultrathin strips of carbon atoms -- on a titanium dioxide surface using an atomically precise method that removes a barrier for custom-designed ...

Odds Are Good for Unique 2D Compound

Oct. 26, 2020 — Engineers make 2D materials for valleytronics, a platform for information processing and storage that relies on the manipulation of electrons' positions in energetic ...

Extreme Events in Quantum Cascade Lasers

Oct. 23, 2020 — Based on a quantum cascade laser (QCL) emitting mid-infrared light, the researchers developed a basic optical neuron system operating 10,000× faster than biological ...

Timekeeping Theory Combines Quantum Clocks and Einstein's Relativity

Oct. 23, 2020 — Cool research story with connections to atomic clocks, Einstein and quantum mechanics. The research shows the 'spooky' interference that can impact even the most sophisticated ...

Do the Twist: Making Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials Using Curved Surfaces

Oct. 22, 2020 — Scientists have discovered a way to control the growth of twisting, microscopic spirals of materials just one atom thick. The continuously twisting ...

Simplified Method to Modify Disease Signaling With Light

Oct. 22, 2020 — Cellular optogenetics is a technique that allows researchers to use light to precisely control cell signaling and function in space and time enabling the investigation of mechanisms involved in ...

Optical Wiring for Large Quantum Computers

Oct. 22, 2020 — Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for carrying out sensitive quantum operations on atoms. In this technique, the control laser light is delivered directly inside a chip. This should make ...