Left: This scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) image of a tantalum (Ta) film surface shows an amorphous oxide above the regularly arrayed atoms of crystalline Ta metal. Right: The STEM…
Category: Physics
A physical qubit with built-in error correction
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There has been significant progress in the field of quantum computing. Big global players, such as Google and IBM, are already offering cloud-based quantum computing services.…
Device could jumpstart work toward quantum internet
Microscope photograph of a device that could jumpstart work toward the quantum internet. The horizontal lines are diamond waveguides, each about 1,000 times smaller than a human hair. Credit: Atatüre…
Lab Repurposes a Former Particle Accelerator to Become a Scientific Data Center Facility
Newswise — We’re all about finding new ways to save energy and money at the Department of Energy (DOE), especially when it comes to our facilities. But it’s not usually…
Excavation of colossal caverns for Fermilab’s DUNE experiment completed
Newswise — Excavation workers have finished carving out the future home of the gigantic particle detectors for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. Located a mile below the surface, the…
First tetratomic supermolecules realized at nanokelvin temperatures
Two diatomic molecules sit in an intermolecular potential, here represented by iron powder indicating the field lines through which two molecules are bound. Credit: © Christoph Hohmann, MCQST A team…
Physicists present new way to predict magnetic alloy properties with machine learning
Magnetic structure of a material. The colored spheres represent atoms and the arrows stand for their magnetic moments. The curved surface illustrates how the atoms assume the most energetically favorable…
