2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (475+ words) The sensors operate at a fraction of a degree above absolute zero. Researchers in the US have accurately measured X-ray emissions from a total of three radioactive elements, including uranium, plutonium and neptunium, with ultrasensitive quantum sensors. The sensors were…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (236+ words) A new optical chip technology from Kyocera and Tohoku University could help solve a growing problem in high-speed data centers by cutting back-reflected light by about 95 percent. That matters because optical isolators prevent light from traveling back toward the laser…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (434+ words) The new partnership aims to adapt powerful pulsed lasers designed for fusion energy into potential military defense systems. RTX Ventures has invested in laser fusion company Xcimer Energy to develop pulsed-laser technology for potential use in US military directed-energy systems....

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (468+ words) A deep-tech startup’s experimental nuclear fusion system has reportedly spotted signatures of a total of 32 elements, including noble gases, rare earths, and uranium. Hyderabad-based Hylenr Technologies, which develops low-energy nuclear reactor (LENR) tech, reported the findings after more than two…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (474+ words) The world’s brightest synchrotron X‑ray source has completed its recent upgrade, and now delivers the brightness of its X-ray beams 500‑fold, enabling researchers to more precisely image atomic structures and track defect formation in real time....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (373+ words) Quantinuum has secured $100 million in U.S. federal funding to work on a problem that could determine how quickly trapped-ion quantum computers can grow. The money will go toward manufacturing research for the hardware behind its quantum processors. Quantinuum will also bring…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (468+ words) The new prototype can run at -456.9 degrees Fahrenheit (-271.6 degrees Celsius). This is roughly 2.8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the -459.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-273.13 degrees Celsius) required by superconducting quantum computers. Fujitsu said that the technology could lead to more powerful quantum computers by…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (582+ words) A 50,000-fold boost in neutrino emission sounded possible on paper, but latest calculations show it won’t happen. Neutrinos are everywhere, passing through planets, stars, and our bodies by the trillions every second. Yet these elusive particles are notoriously difficult to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (360+ words) By embedding tiny dielectric structures inside the semiconductor, researchers created a laser that can control light in a new way. A laser does not always need a perfectly repeating pattern to produce a clean beam. The device produced single-mode lasing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (380+ words) The result comes from a new device built by scientists at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute and collaborators. It allowed the team to control electron interactions in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene more precisely than earlier experiments. Magic-angle graphene…...