Tag Archives: Berkeley Lab

Boron Nitride with a Twist Could Lead to New Way to Make Qubits

Posted on October 6, 2022 by rberkowitz

Easy control over bright emissions from the crystalline material offer a route toward scalable quantum computing and sensing. Continue reading →

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New Ultrathin Capacitor Could Enable Energy-Efficient Microchips

Posted on July 13, 2022 by rberkowitz

Scientists turn century-old material into a thin film for next-gen memory and logic devices. Continue reading →

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Skyrmions on the Rise – New 2D Material Advances Low-Power Computing

Posted on May 7, 2022 by rberkowitz

New materials with exotic magnetic features could enable the next generation of tiny, fast electronic devices. Continue reading →

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Technique Tunes Into Graphene Nanoribbons’ Electronic Potential

Posted on December 22, 2021 by rberkowitz

Breakthrough could lead to high-speed, low-power nanoscale data storage. Continue reading →

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New Technique Improves Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuels

Posted on November 18, 2021 by rberkowitz

A copper surface coated with layered thin films helps to create useful chemicals from a polluting greenhouse gas. Continue reading →

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Research Team Unlocks Path to a Quantum Future

Posted on October 12, 2021 by rberkowitz

Developing new pathways to create and protect quantum coherence will enable exquisitely sensitive measurement and information processing devices that function at ambient or even extreme conditions. Continue reading →

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LED Material Shines Under Strain

Posted on August 26, 2021 by rberkowitz

Researchers devise a simple tactic to increase the efficiency of LED devices Continue reading →

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Speeding Toward Improved Hydrogen Fuel Production

Posted on December 26, 2020 by rberkowitz

A new nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier, in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel source. Continue reading →

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Charges Cascading Along a Molecular Chain

Posted on November 14, 2020 by rberkowitz

Removing one charged molecule from a one-dimensional array causes the others to alternately turn ‘on’ or ‘off,’ paving the way for information transfer in tiny circuits. Continue reading →

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An Electrical Trigger Fires Single, Identical Photons

Posted on October 8, 2020 by rberkowitz

The precisely controlled photon source, made from an atomically thin semiconducting material, could aid the development of advanced quantum communication. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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