by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2022 | Computer Sciences, Machine learning & AI, TECHXPLORE
Ising machines are unconventional computer architectures based on physics principles, named after the German physicist Ernst Ising. In recent years, they have been found to be particularly promising tools for solving combinatorial optimization (CO) problems and create...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2022 | Computer Sciences, Electronics & Semiconductors, TECHXPLORE
The idea of creating a spin-based quantum computer using quantum dots was first introduced by Daniel Loss and David Di Vincenzo in 1998. Since then, countless engineers and physicists worldwide have been trying to realize their vision using existing and newly...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2022 | Condensed Matter, PHYS.ORG, Superperconductivity
In recent years, physicists and material scientists have uncovered several new platforms for studying correlated phases of matter, such as superconductivity and the correlated insulator phase. Among them is magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene, a superconductor...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2022 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
The human brain and the brain of other mammals contain numerous populations of specialized cells with unique functions, molecular structures and characteristics. These cells originate from a thin layer of neuroepithelial progenitor cells, cells that can divide...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2022 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
Attoclocks, or attosecond clocks, are instruments that can measure time intervals on the attosecond scale by measuring the time it takes for electrons to tunnel out of atoms. The attosecond procedure was first introduced by a research team led by Ursula Keller in...