Hardware

Physicists manipulate energy valleys in tungsten disulfide, with potential applications in quantum computingCredit: Credit: Douglas Levere / University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New research on two-dimensional tungsten…

Rice University engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light sourceCredit: The Naik Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 19, 2019) - What may be viewed as the world's smallest incandescent lightbulb is shining in a Rice…

Credit: Virginia Tech Information latency is a measure of how quickly or slowly networked devices transmit information. When the information being transmitted is for the military, understanding latency may be the deciding factor in the…

Researchers develop a spectrally efficient signal technology, which involves changing the shape of the transmitted signalsCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Scientists around the world are conducting…

Credit: Talieh Ghiasi et al. Physicists from the University of Groningen constructed a two-dimensional spin transistor, in which spin currents were generated by an electric current through graphene. A monolayer of a transition…

Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sept. 16, 2019--Three researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will lead or participate in…

Experiment with MIT marks important step in development of more precise qubit systems HANOVER, N.H. - September 16, 2019 - A team from Dartmouth College and MIT has designed and conducted the first lab test to successfully detect and…

Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - To help solve the world's grand challenges, researchers often rely on powerful computer systems and people that provide advanced capabilities to store, transfer and process large amounts…

Dynamic data routing could make for faster photonic chips that use their entire footprintCredit: University of Pennsylvania Topological insulators are a game-changing class of materials; charged particles can flow freely on their edges and…

Two faculty teams at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have received awards in phase 1 of the National Science Foundation's Convergence Accelerator program, a major new research investment by the agency, designed to "accelerate…