In a bold challenge to silicon s long-held dominance in electronics, Penn State researchers have built the world s first ...

Take one atom of the element antimony, use an ion beam to shoot it into a silicon substrate, and you just may be on your way to building a working quantum computer. That’s according to ...

Now, researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have brought a twist to the famous Schrödinger’s cat thought ...

video: Building a silicon quantum computer chip atom by atom. view more Credit: University of Melbourne. Quantum computers could be constructed cheaply and reliably using a new technique perfected ...

Researchers have created silicon wire four atoms wide and one atom tall, capable of carrying current equivalent to copper wires 20 times as thick.

Physicists have observed a new kind of interaction that can arise between electrons in a single-atom silicon transistor, offering a more complete understanding of the mechanisms that govern ...

The general manager of Intel's mobile group says the company's next-generation Netbook technology is not delayed, refuting a flurry of reports earlier this week.

The donor atom—in this case, antimony (Sb) —carries one more electron (five) than a silicon atom (four). Because electrons pair up, the odd Sb electron remains free.

A team of Australian engineers is claiming it has made the first working quantum bit (qubit) fashioned out of a single phosphorous atom, embedded on a conventional silicon chip. This breakthrough ...

Step aside, graphene, "silicene" is the trendy new nano-material in town that could one day supercharge future tech. Scientists have created the world's first transistor out of the silicon-based ...

Take one atom of the element antimony, use an ion beam to shoot it into a silicon substrate, and you just may be on your way to building a working quantum computer.