Computer Science and Technology News

Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots

Researchers from the Cartif Foundation and the University of Valladolid have created full color plans in 3-D of places of cultural interest, using laser scanners and photographic cameras

In an achievement that could help enable fast quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have built a better Rydberg atom trap.

An experimental demonstration of a quantum calculation has shown that a single molecule can perform operations thousands of times faster than any conventional computer

"Keep your eyes on the road!" Scientists have given a completely new meaning to this standard rule for drivers: Using software they developed, they can steer a car with their eyes

Scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor, a sheet of four pairs of molecules less than one nanometer wide

To explore how memories are recorded, researchers showed volunteers three short films and asked them to memorize what they saw

Researchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way

A class of molecules whose size, structure and chemical composition have been optimized for photonic use could provide the demanding combination of properties needed to serve as the foundation for low-power, high-speed all-optical signal processing.

Device Could Lead to New Class of Diamond Nanomaterials Suitable for Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Computing, and Magnetic Field Imaging