Science

Toward quantum chips: Packing single-photon detectors on an optical chip is a crucial step toward quantum-computational circuits

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One of the researchers' new photon detectors, deposited athwart a light channel — or "waveguide" (horizontal black band) — on a silicon...

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Iranian Researchers Prolong Life of Steel Armatures in Concrete Structures

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DARPA virtal lab allows researchers from Navy and Air Force to investigate vulnerabilities inserted intentionally or unintentionally throughout components’ life cycle

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Researchers are collaborating in powerful new ways to determine the reliability and integrity of microchips embedded in the some...

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NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission

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A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air...

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Compact batteries enhanced by spontaneous silver matrix formations: Scientists use x-rays to map internal atomic transformations and advance promising lithium-based batteries

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These are optical images of the non-discharged cathodes.

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Eight New Planets Found in "Goldilocks" Zone

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Quantum optical hard drive breakthrough

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This image shows quantum information being written on to the nuclear spins of a europium ion.

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New Instrument Reveals Recipe for Other Earths

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