Feb 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Computers are an indispensable part of our daily lives, and the need for ones that can work faster, solve complex problems more efficiently, and leave smaller environmental footprints by minimizing the required energy for computation is increasingly urgent. Recent progress in photonics has shown that...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Entanglement unlocks scaling for quantum machine learning: New No-Free-Lunch theorem for quantum neural networks gives hope for quantum speedup
Home > Press > Entanglement unlocks scaling for quantum machine learning: New No-Free-Lunch theorem for quantum neural networks gives hope for quantum speedup The No-Free-Lunch theorem for quantum data sets demonstrates that quantum entanglement, along with big data, allows for scaling up quantum machine learning. CREDIT Shutterstock Abstract:The field...
Graphene sensor rapidly detects opioids in wastewater
Feb 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The unique properties of the atom-thick sheet of carbon, known as graphene, enabled a new penny-sized, multiplexed bio-sensor that’s the first to detect opioid byproducts in wastewater, a team of researchers from Boston College, Boston University, and Giner Labs report in the journal ACS Nano...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Cutting through the noise: Berkeley Lab error mitigation approach helps quantum computers level up
Home > Press > Cutting through the noise: Berkeley Lab error mitigation approach helps quantum computers level up The researchers demonstrated this new error mitigation approach by simulating the evolution of a chain of six spins (top). Simulating for the longest time requires a circuit that contains 210 CNOT gates....
Stronger materials could bloom with new images of plastic flow
Feb 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Imagine dropping a tennis ball onto a bedroom mattress. The tennis ball will bend the mattress a bit, but not permanently – pick the ball back up, and the mattress returns to its original position and strength. Scientists call this an elastic state. On the...
Cosmic web orchestrates the progression of galaxies
Feb 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Across the Universe, galaxies are distributed along what’s called the cosmic web, a complex network of filaments made up of ordinary and dark matter. And where those filaments intersect, galaxy clusters – collections of hundreds or even thousands of galaxies bound to each other by...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Workhorse of photovoltaics combined with perovskite in tandem for the first time
Home > Press > Workhorse of photovoltaics combined with perovskite in tandem for the first time A standard silicon solar cell is combined with a perovskite top cell. This tandem solar cell could reach high efficiencies. CREDIT Silvia Mariotti / HZB Abstract:Tandem cells made of silicon and perovskite are...
Colorful, magnetic Janus balls could help foil counterfeiters (w/video)
Feb 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Counterfeiters who sell knockoffs of popular shoes, handbags and other items are becoming increasingly sophisticated, forcing manufacturers to find new technologies to stay one step ahead. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano ("Photonic Janus Balls with Controlled Magnetic Moment and Density Asymmetry") have developed tiny...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Development of a diamond transistor with high hole mobility: Unconventional removal of acceptors enhanced performance
Home > Press > Development of a diamond transistor with high hole mobility: Unconventional removal of acceptors enhanced performance Figure. (a) Structure of the diamond field-effect transistor (FET) fabricated in this research. The design of this FET allows Hall measurements to be performed while applying a gate voltage, enabling evaluation...
A boost for CRISPR research
Feb 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For many diseases, the tools of medicine are reaching their limits. CRISPR technologies open new avenues for diagnostics and therapies, although the natural source of CRISPR remains largely untapped. Scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg, a joint venture of...