Cellular biocomputer diagnoses and zaps cancer

Researchers led by ETH Zurich professor Yaakov Benenson and MIT professor Ron Weiss have incorporated a diagnostic biological “computer” network in

Good vibrations for future quantum computers

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) physicists have developed a new theory that shows that dot symmetry in quantum dots (semiconductors that

Breakthrough could double wireless capacity with no new towers

The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless phone companies to double throughput on their networks without adding a single cell tower.

Novel magnetic, superconducting material opens new possibilities in electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have reached a crucial milestone that could lead to a new class of materials with useful electronic properties. In research reported in the Sept. 5 issue of Nature Physics, the team sandwiched two nonmagnetic insulators together and discovered a startling result: The layer where the two materials meet has both magnetic and superconducting regions – two properties that normally can’t co-exist.

Digital quantum simulator developed

Physicists in Austria have come considerably closer to their goal to investigate complex phenomena in a model system: They have developed a digital, and therefore, universal quantum simulator in their laboratory, which can, in principle, simulate any physical system efficiently.

Chatty robots go viral on youtube

(PhysOrg.com) -- An online chat between two robots set up by Cornell students is entertaining the nation.

Graphene's shining light could lead to super-fast internet

Internet connection speeds could be tens of times faster than they currently are, thanks to research by University of Manchester scientists using wonder material graphene.

Nano-thermometers show first temperature response differences within living cells

Using a modern version of open-wide-and-keep-this-under-your-tongue, scientists today reported taking the temperature of individual cells in the human body, and finding for the first time that temperatures inside do not adhere to the familiar 98.6 degree Fahrenheit norm.

IBM builds biggest data drive ever

A data repository almost 10 times bigger than any made before is being built by researchers at IBM

Physicists build first single-photon router

(PhysOrg.com) -- By demonstrating that an artificial atom embedded in a transmission line can route a single photon from an input port to one of two output ports, physicists have built the first router working at the single-photon level. The single-photon router could one day serve as a quantum node in a quantum information network, in which it could provide basic processing and routing of data.

IBM unveils cognitive computing chips, combining digital ‘neurons’ and ‘synapses’

IBM researchers unveiled today a new generation of experimental computer chips designed to emulate the brain’s abilities for perception, action and

Diamond’s quantum memory

Two completely different quantum systems have been successfully joined. This should pave the way to feasible quantum-computer microchips.

Strain and spin may enable ultra-low-energy computing

A new type of integrated circuit may be so energy efficient that it could run simply by harvesting energy from the environment.

Dramatic simplification paves the way for building a quantum computer

Scientists have demonstrated a new technique that dramatically simplifies quantum circuits, bringing quantum computers closer to reality.