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New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers

“In a major step toward making a quantum computer using everyday materials, a team led by researchers at Princeton University has constructed a key piece of silicon hardware capable of controlling quantum behavior between two electrons with extremely high precision …

Not Your Grandpa’s Robot: Russian Robot ‘FEDOR’ May Become Self-Learning

“F.E.D.O.R., which stands for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research is the first Russian humanoid robot, created within the framework of the Foundation of Advanced Studies. The robot is designed to replace humans in high-risk situations for …

Rapid SATNAV accuracy down to the palm of your hand

“A new technique combining Galileo and other satnav constellations to rapidly deliver smaller than hand-sized positioning accuracy has been proven using signals from all over Earth. Developed by a Spanish research team with ESA, this Fast Precise Point Positioning, or …

Researchers Create Ultra-stretchable and Deformable Bioprobes with Kirigami Designs

“Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) at Toyohashi University of Technology have created an ultra-stretchable bioprobe using Kirigami designs. The Kirigami-based bioprobe allows the user to follow the shape …

Scientists sug­gested using titanium nitride instead of gold in optoelectronics

“An international team of scientists from Russia, Sweden and the USA suggested replacing gold and silver, which are used in optoelectronic devices, with an inexpensive material of titanium nitride. The results of the study are published in the journal Applied …

STMicroelectronics Acquires Atollic, an Embedded-Systems Company Engineering Integrated Development Environments for Arm® -core-based Microcontrollers

“STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) , a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced its acquisition of software-development tools specialist Atollic. Atollic is the supplier of TrueSTUDIO ® , a professionally-recognized and highly regarded Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for …

The quantum waltz of electrons hints at the next generation of chips

“A group of spintronics researchers at EPFL is using new materials to reveal more of the many capabilities of electrons. The field of spintronics seeks to tap the quantum properties of “spin,” the term often used to describe one of …

A ‘holy grail’ of computing hidden in human speech

“Imagine all 30,557 words of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” being written simultaneously by tens of thousands of people. To maintain the elegance of the prose, there is a necessary interplay between words. Each line has to coordinate with the next …

New Algorithm Repairs Corrupted Digital Images in One Step

“Technique uses the power of artificial neural networks to address several types of flaws and degradations in a single image at once From phone camera snapshots to lifesaving medical scans, digital images play an important role in the way humans …

NUS scientist develops “toolboxes” for quantum cybersecurity

“Novel combination of security proof techniques and protocols help solve the puzzle of high speed quantum key distribution for secure communication A quantum information scientist from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed efficient “toolboxes” comprising theoretical tools and …