Diamonds are a data storers’ best friend? Diamond image via www.shutterstock.com October 26, 2016 Turning diamonds’ defects into long-term 3-D data storage Siddharth Dhomkar, City College of New York and Jacob Henshaw, City College of New York With current modes up against their limits, we need new data storage solutions. Tiny defects in diamonds’ atomic structure might turn them into a new medium for memory.
Spin, liquid – just add quantum. Panom Pensawang/shutterstock.com April 29, 2016 A new state of matter: quantum spin liquids explained Lucy Clark, University of St Andrews Here’s how they could revolutionise science.
levoodoo September 2, 2015 Shift from electronics to spintronics opens up possibilities of faster data Atsufumi Hirohata, University of York When silicon circuits shrink too small to handle electrons, the future of electronics is spintronics.
June 19, 2013 Next step in creation of a quantum computer UNSW Sydney A team of researchers have determined a new way to distinguish quantum bits in the eventual creation of a quantum computer…