Theoretical physicist Uwe Thumm and his colleagues Feng He and Andreas Becker not only work with some of the smallest molecules in the universe, but...
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 - 12:38:49 - Anuradha Menon
McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three-dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much alike those...
Controlling Quantum States Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 - Anuradha Menon An international team of researchers has demonstrated that it can manipulate the quantum state of a single electron in a...
For 5,000 years the only way to shape metal has been by the "heat and beat" technique. Even with modern nanotechnology, metalworking involves carving...
Electron Traps that Compute Friday, June 13th, 2008 - Anuradha Menon The “Quantum Photonics Group” researchers at ETH Zurich, Switzerland have created superimposed quantum dots, which are able...
ETH Zurich physicists have used a semiconductor material to create superimposed quantum dots that “trap” single electrons. Not only can these dots be...