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Fast Quantum Computer Building Block Created
August 20, 2008 — The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated. The scientists used lasers to create an initialized quantum state of ... > full story -
New Speed Record For Magnetic Memories
August 18, 2008 — An experiment carried out at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has realized spin torque switching of a nanomagnet as fast as the fundamental speed limit allows. Using this so-called ... > full story -
Toward Plastic Spin Transistors: Ultrafast Computers And Electronics On The Horizon?
August 17, 2008 — Physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons -- a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": A plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast ... > full story -
Meta-Materials Mimic Ice And Illuminate Why Water-Ice Doesn't Fully Conform To Third Law Of Thermodynamics
August 7, 2008 — Researchers are using meta-materials, which mimic the behavior of ice, but are created out of completely different substances, to and figure out why water ice doesn't completely conform to the Third ... > full story -
New Class Of Glassy Material Discovered
July 28, 2008 — Scientists are dealing with an entirely new type of frustration, but it's not stressing them out. Dynamic frustration has been found to be the cause of glassy behavior in materials that previously ... > full story -
Phonon Floodgate In Monolayer Carbon: Unexpected Gap-Like Feature Found In Energy Spectrum Of Electrons Tunneling Into Graphene's Single Layer Of Atoms
July 21, 2008 — The first scanning tunneling spectroscopy of graphene flakes equipped with a "gate" electrode has found an unexpected gap-like feature in the energy spectrum of electrons tunneling into graphene's ... > full story -
New Logic: The Attraction Of Magnetic Computation
July 8, 2008 — Researchers have demonstrated functional components that exploit the magnetic properties of electrons to perform logic operations. Compatible with existing microtechnology, the new approach heralds ... > full story -
Quantum Computing Breakthrough Arises From Unknown Molecule
June 27, 2008 — The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors. Researchers describe how they have created a ... > full story -
Accidental Discovery Could Enable Development Of Faster Computers
June 23, 2008 — Physicists have made an accidental discovery in the lab that has potential to change how information in computers can be transported or stored. Dependent on the "spin" of electrons, a property ... > full story -
Untangled Quantum Quirk Is Significant Step Toward Quantum Computing
June 11, 2008 — Quantum computing has been hailed as the next leap forward for computers, promising to catapult memory capacity and processing speeds well beyond current limits. Several challenging problems need to ... > full story
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