DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is using a sophisticated cooling system to keep qubits – the heart of quantum computers – cold enough for scientists…
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Combining Light & Superconductors Could Boost Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
In Applied Physics Letters, researchers propose an approach to large-scale AI that focuses on integrating photonic components with superconducting electronics. Credit: Jeffrey Michael Shainline Optoelectronic…
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DOE Pushes for Aggressive U.S. Investment in Fusion Energy
NIF’s high-energy laser beams converge on a target at the center of the target chamber. Success in achieving fusion ignition would be a major step…
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MagicDNA: Tiny, Complex DNA Robots Designed in Minutes Instead of Days
This “airplane,” made of strands of DNA, is 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Credit: Ohio State University New software will…
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Faster, Larger Quantum Computers, Tricked-Out With Qubits Comprised of Holes
Electron holes could be the solution to operational speed/coherence trade-off. A new study indicates holes the solution to operational speed/coherence trade-off, potential scaling up of…
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Soft, Mechanical Metamaterial That Can “Think” Offers Potential of Helpful “Living” Machines in the Future
New soft, mechanical metamaterials can “think” about how forces are applied to it and respond via preprogrammed reactions. Credit: Elizabeth Flores-Gomez Murray/ Penn State New…
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New Conductive Polymer Ink Paves Way for Next-Generation Printed Electronics
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a stable high-conductivity polymer ink. The new n-type material comes in the form of ink with ethanol as…
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Technology Breakthrough Enables Practical Semiconductor Spintronics
Experimental setup similar to the one the researchers have used. Credit: Thor Balkhed It may be possible in the future to use information technology where…
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Transparent Nanolayers for More Solar Power: Silicon Solar Cells With More Than 26% Efficiency
Prototype of the solar cells in laboratory size (TPC – Transparent Passivating Contact). Four solar cells, each measuring four square centimeters, can be seen on…
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The Whitest Paint Is Here & It’s the Coolest – Could Help Curb Global Warming
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, holds up his lab’s sample of the whitest paint on record. Credit: Purdue University/Jared Pike New…
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