Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Probing the inner workings of high-fidelity quantum processors: Scientists use gate set tomography to discover and validate a silicon qubit breakthrough

Home > Press > Probing the inner workings of high-fidelity quantum processors: Scientists use gate set tomography to discover and validate a silicon qubit breakthrough A silicon quantum processor in which an electron spin qubit (blue) enables communication between two phosphorus nuclear spin qubits (red). Researchers used gate set tomography...

Smart glove to train young surgeons

Mar 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Engineers at Western Sydney University have invented a new surgical glove built around low-cost sensors which can record hand movements in fine detail, giving trainee surgeons and their mentors actionable data to evaluate and improve on intricate surgical procedures. The research team are working closely...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Quantum physics sets a speed limit to electronics: Semiconductor electronics is getting faster and faster

Home > Press > Quantum physics sets a speed limit to electronics: Semiconductor electronics is getting faster and faster - but at some point, physics no longer permits any increase. The shortest possible time scale of optoelectronic phenomena has now been investigated. An ultra short laser pulse (blue) creates free...

How to detect exoplanets’ atmospheres

Mar 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The planetary atmosphere outside the solar system can be revealed by measuring bandpass-dependent transit depths, according to a study by Prof. LIU Jifeng and his PhD student YANG Fan from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC). By comparing the high-precision...