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Nanophysics Nov 29, 2012

X-rays illuminate nitrogen's role in single-layer graphene

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº)—Researchers using x-rays to study a single-atom-thick layer of carbon, called graphene, have learned new information about its atomic bonding and electronic properties when the material is "doped" with nitrogen ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Nov 15, 2012

Researchers entangle a single electron spin to a single photon in a quantum dot

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº)—Two teams working independently have succeeded in entangling a single electron spin with a single photon in a solid-state platform. Both teams describe their process and results in papers they've had published ...

Materials Science Aug 15, 2012

Finding that nitrogen can combine with oxygen in zirconia to form NO may lead to safer materials for nuclear reactors

The understanding of oxidation and corrosion processes is essential for a wide range of applications, particularly those related to the nuclear industry. Zhi Gen Yu at the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing and ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jul 3, 2012

Researchers create room-temperature quantum bits that store data for nearly two seconds

It’s a challenge that’s long been one of the holy grails of quantum computing: how to create the key building blocks known as quantum bits, or qubits, that exist in a solid-state system at room temperature.

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jun 19, 2012

Quantum storage system with long-term memory

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) -- Credit cards which are completely fraud-proof and passports which cannot be forged: quantum physics could make both of these possible. This is explained by the fact that the quantum mechanical state of a particle, ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics May 16, 2012

Towards hybrid quantum systems

EU-funded scientists made advances in the development of a hybrid quantum system (HQS) by combining different quantum technologies.

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Feb 23, 2012

New study may lead to MRIs on a nanoscale

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored by a UC Santa ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Feb 15, 2012

$8.5 million research initiative will study best approaches for quantum memories

The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has awarded $8.5 million to a consortium of seven U.S. universities that will work together to determine the best approach for generating quantum memories based on ...

Nanophysics Dec 20, 2011

A new spin in diamonds for quantum technologies

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔºOrg.com) -- To explore the future potential of diamonds in quantum devices, researchers from Macquarie University have collaborated with the University of Stuttgart and University of Ulm in Germany towards developing ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Nov 2, 2011

Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists identify room temperature quantum bits in silicon carbide - widely used semiconductor

A discovery by physicists at UC Santa Barbara may earn silicon carbide -- a semiconductor commonly used by the electronics industry -- a role at the center of a new generation of information technologies designed to exploit ...

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