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The Impact of Transmitting Quantum Information for High-Speed Information

The field of quantum electronics will be very different from traditional electronics. In the former, memory is stored as qubits, which can be in many different forms, including trapped electrons in nanostructures called quantum dots.

14 Feb 2024

Semiconductor Defects: A Catalyst for Quantum Technology

Defects are a quantum sensor’s best friend in diamonds and other semiconducting materials.

14 Feb 2024

Tracing the Trail of Water in Space

Scientists at Southwest Research Institute have found water molecules on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, using data from the decommissioned Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a collaborative project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR.

13 Feb 2024

Leveraging Quantum Chemical Insights for Genome Editing

CRISPR-Cas is a tool that allows scientists to make targeted changes to an organism's DNA. This tool consists of two parts. The first is a microscopic substance called a nuclease Cas protein (e.g., Cas9) that can cleave DNA.

12 Feb 2024

Exploring the Possibilities of Combining Materials for Unique Superconductivity

A novel combination of materials, each possessing distinct electrical characteristics, possesses all the elements necessary for a special kind of superconductivity that might serve as the foundation for more reliable quantum computing.

9 Feb 2024

SNO+ Delves Deep to Unravel Secrets of Neutrinos

It may be snowy outside, but the water in the SNO+ experiment isn’t for building snowmen. SNO+ is short for the Sudbury Neutrino Observation+, a neutrino experiment 2 kilometers underground in a mine in Ontario, Canada.

8 Feb 2024

Creating a New “Spark Plug” For Maximum Efficiency

Experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have demonstrated an efficient “spark plug” for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) techniques that use direct drive.

6 Feb 2024

New Insights into Tantalum Oxide's Impact on Quantum Coherence

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have used a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and computational modeling to get a closer look and deeper understanding of tantalum oxide.

6 Feb 2024

Unlocking the Potential of the New Kink in Proton Spectrum

While measuring the spectrum spanning from 50 TeV to just over 1 peta-electron-volt (PeV), the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research’s GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty, India, has found a new feature in the cosmic-ray proton spectrum at roughly 166 TeV energy.

5 Feb 2024

Insights Into Cosmic Star Formation Suppression

Theoretical predictions have been validated with the identification of a molecular gas outflow from a quasar during a period when the Universe was under one billion years old.

2 Feb 2024