“The two-qubit processor is the first solid-state quantum processor that resembles a conventional computer chip and is able to run simple algorithms.”
A team of researchers led by Yale University has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer.
They also used the two-qubit superconducting chip [...]

European researchers have collaborated to develop artificial skin for robots. This is part of a project involving researchers at the University of Hertfordshire so that it can be used in their work investigating how robots can help children with autism to learn about social interaction. This is the first time that this approach has been [...]

The next generation of instruments for ground-based telescopes took a leap forward with the development of a new ultra-fast camera that can take 1500 finely exposed images per second even when observing extremely faint objects. The first 240×240 pixel images with the world’s fastest high precision faint light camera were obtained through a collaborative effort [...]

Scientists at the University of Granada’s Department of Optics have designed a new optical technique to differentiate between original and “bootleg” compact discs (CDs) and DVDs by using light diffraction. This indeed good since this is economical, fast and effective, and it also allows to detect illegal CD copies. Optical CDs are at present [...]

Throughout history, military medical personnel have been involved in providing care for their comrades in arms, often at the expense of their own lives. Researchers in the US are working on a project that could replace army medics on a battlefield with robotic surgeons and nurses.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon research [...]

Electronic memory chips that bend and twist could soon power medical implants as a result of work by engineers at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). The work is detailed on the July 2009 issue of IEEE Electron Device Letters. The engineers have found a way to build a flexible memory component out of [...]