MIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers
True to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the 1960s. But this ...
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Solving the puzzle: Cubic silicon carbide wafer demonstrates high thermal conductivity, second only to diamond
A team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Material Science and Engineering researchers have solved a long-standing puzzle about lower measured ...
Silicon nanochip could treat traumatic muscle loss
INDIANAPOLIS — Technology developed by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine that can change skin tissue into blood ...
Silicon photonic MEMS take a step forward
In recent years, global digitalization has seen unprecedented acceleration. Video streaming and video conferencing in home office and remote learning ...
Miniaturized, energy efficient, and faster than silicon: this new computer chip is ideal for AI
Artificial intelligence presents a major challenge to conventional computing architecture. In standard models, memory storage and computing take place in ...
Full control of a six-qubit quantum processor in silicon
Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the Delft University of Technology and TNO—have engineered a record number of six, silicon-based, spin ...
Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication
“Silicon and single-photon sources in the telecommunication field have long been the missing link in speeding up the development of ...
Silicon image sensor that computes
As any driver knows, accidents can happen in the blink of an eye — so when it comes to the ...
Researchers demonstrate error correction in a silicon qubit system
Researchers from RIKEN in Japan have achieved a major step toward large-scale quantum computing by demonstrating error correction in a ...
Q-CTRL names Silicon Valley tech veteran to lead product management
SYDNEY, August 23, 2022 – Q-CTRL, a global leader in developing useful quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, today announced ...
Topology and machine learning reveal hidden relationship in amorphous silicon
Theoretical scientists have used topological mathematics and machine learning to identify a hidden relationship between nano-scale structures and thermal conductivity ...
Complete photonic bandgap comes to silicon nitride slabs
Silicon nitride (SixNy) is a very promising platform for CMOS-compatible integrated photonics, owing to significantly lower nonlinear losses, a broader ...
Secret to treating ‘Achilles’ heel’ of alternatives to silicon solar panels revealed
A team of researchers from the UK and Japan has found that the tiny defects which limit the efficiency of ...
New silicon nanowires can really take the heat
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. ...
Researchers use light for thermomagnetic recording on silicon waveguide
WASHINGTON — Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, light-induced thermomagnetic recording in a magnetic thin-film on silicon waveguides. The ...
In race to build quantum computing hardware, silicon begins to shine
Research conducted by Princeton University physicists is paving the way for the use of silicon-based technologies in quantum computing, especially ...
Ring my string: Building silicon nano-strings
Tightening a string, e.g. when tuning a guitar, makes it vibrate faster. But when strings are nano-sized, increased tension also ...
Scientists achieve key elements for fault-tolerant quantum computation in silicon spin qubits
Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)— have achieved ...
Quantum computing in silicon hits 99% accuracy
Australian researchers have proven that near error-free quantum computing is possible, paving the way to build silicon-based quantum devices compatible ...
Groundbreaking research produces record levels of strain in single-crystal silicon, which could lead to phones with smoke detector technology
University of Surrey researchers have developed a single-step procedure to put single-crystal silicon under more strain than has been achieved ...