NIST

19:55 November 17, 2009 PST

In a paper recently published on Nature Physics, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) documented the implementation and verification of a two-qubit quantum computer that, according to researchers, is a truly general-purpose machine and could soon be used as a building block for much larger quantum computers. Read More

RESEARCH WATCH

Cell batteries could power nano devices

By Gizmag Team

22:38 October 26, 2009 PDT

Two artificial cells that can act as a tiny battery
(Credit: NIST)

Synthetic cells that act as a battery could one day be used to power nanotech devices. Scientists from Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created a very simple cell model in order to study the way certain real cells generate electric voltages. In the process they produced a minute working battery that converts chemical energy into electrical energy at an efficiency of about 10 per cent - a figure that's high enough to make cell batteries a practical alternative as a nano power source. Read More

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Diamonds could soon be used to probe living cells and drug molecules

By Dario Borghino

18:41 September 30, 2009 PDT

When hit by green light, nitrogen impurities in diamonds become fluorescent and emit a bri...

While working on their long-term goal of achieving a true quantum computer, a team of researchers from Stanford University, the Joint Quantum Institute, MIT and Texas A&M University has recently discovered that tiny nitrogen impurities in diamonds make outstanding magnetic probes in the cellular and molecular scale, with important applications that could truly benefit medical research. Read More

NIST

NIST develops the world's first two-qubit programmable quantum computer

Cell batteries could power nano devices

Diamonds could soon be used to probe living cells and drug molecules