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Study by National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Samsung Institute Offers New Insights on Improving Blue OLED Performance for Displays and Lighting

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have collaborated with the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) on a ground-breaking new study to better understand the degradation of blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The study has been published in the online journal Nature Communications.

16 Feb 2024

From Quarks to Gluons - A Journey Into the Heart of Proton Mass

Nuclear and particle physics are fundamentally puzzled by the distribution of mass in protons. The three valence quarks that make up a proton's core contribute very little to the proton's mass.

15 Feb 2024

The Impact of Transmitting Quantum Information for High-Speed Information

The field of quantum electronics will be very different from traditional electronics. In the former, memory is stored as qubits, which can be in many different forms, including trapped electrons in nanostructures called quantum dots.

14 Feb 2024

Semiconductor Defects: A Catalyst for Quantum Technology

Defects are a quantum sensor’s best friend in diamonds and other semiconducting materials.

14 Feb 2024

Tracing the Trail of Water in Space

Scientists at Southwest Research Institute have found water molecules on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, using data from the decommissioned Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a collaborative project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR.

13 Feb 2024

Can Classical Computers Keep Up With the Latest Technology?

Quantum computing assures that it can perform faster and use less memory than classical computing, which could lead to previously unthinkable predictions about physical phenomena.

12 Feb 2024

Leveraging Quantum Chemical Insights for Genome Editing

CRISPR-Cas is a tool that allows scientists to make targeted changes to an organism's DNA. This tool consists of two parts. The first is a microscopic substance called a nuclease Cas protein (e.g., Cas9) that can cleave DNA.

12 Feb 2024

Breakthrough in Close-to-Atom Scale Laser Manufacturing

Since the advent of femtosecond laser in the early 1990s, ultrafast laser processing has been considered a promising nanofabrication approach, which is unique in manufacturing hard-processing materials and realizing fine three-dimensional structures.

12 Feb 2024

Precision Control of Atomic-Scale Defects for Enhanced Quantum Sensing

In quantum sensing, atomic-scale quantum systems are used to measure electromagnetic fields, as well as properties like rotation, acceleration, and distance, far more precisely than classical sensors can.

12 Feb 2024

New Technique Revolutionizes Ion Cooling for Quantum Computing

A new cooling technique that utilizes a single species of trapped ion for both computing and cooling could simplify the use of quantum charge-coupled devices (QCCDs), potentially moving quantum computing closer to practical applications.

9 Feb 2024

Room-Temperature Breakthrough: Scientists Advance Quantum Internet Development

A team of Stony Brook University physicists and their collaborators have taken a significant step toward the building of a quantum internet testbed by demonstrating a foundational quantum network measurement that employs room-temperature quantum memories.

9 Feb 2024