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New Single Electron Reader May Help Develop Quantum Computer

A team led by engineers and physicists at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, have developed one of the key building blocks needed to make a quantum computer using silicon: a "single elect...

28 Sep 2010

Wafer Foundry Industry Witnesses Prosperous Development in 2010

ResearchInChina, the vertical portal for Chinese business intelligence, announces the release of a new report - Global and China Wafer Foundry Industry Report 2010. The year of 2010 has been the best year for wafer fo...

28 Sep 2010

Scientists Develop New Technique to Isolate and Capture Fast-Moving Neutral Atom

In a major physics breakthrough, University of Otago scientists in New Zealand have developed a technique to consistently isolate and capture a fast-moving neutral atom -- and have also seen and photographed this atom for the first time.

27 Sep 2010

Rice Researchers Develop New Nano Antenna that Captures Light

Everybody who's ever used a TV, radio or cell phone knows what an antenna does: It captures the aerial signals that make those devices practical. A lab at Rice University has built an antenna that captures light i...

27 Sep 2010

Caliopa to Develop Optical Transceivers for Data and Telecommunications Markets

Silicon photonics allows for small, highly integrated & low power optical transceivers for data and telecommunication. Ghent University (UGent) and imec today announced the creation of Caliopa, a spin-off from the...

27 Sep 2010

Researchers Make Advancements in Quantum Information Systems

Using optically dense, ultra-cold clouds of rubidium atoms, researchers have made advances in three key elements needed for quantum information systems – including a technique for converting photons carrying quantum data to wavelengths that can be transmitted long distances on optical fiber telecom networks.

27 Sep 2010