PHYSICS Quantum Tunneling in Graphene Advances the Age of Terahertz Wireless Communications (Physics) 3 Feb 2021 Scientists from MIPT, Moscow Pedagogical State University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz detector based on the effect of quantum-mechanical tunneling in graphene. The sensitivity…
Engineering NIST Sensor Experts Invent Supercool Mini Thermometer (Engineering) 17 Nov 2020 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a miniature thermometer with big potential applications such as monitoring the temperature of processor chips in superconductor-based quantum…
Quantum Mechanics Quantum Tunneling Pushes The Limits of Self-powered Sensors (Quantum) 17 Nov 2020 With just a 50-million-electron jumpstart, sensors can power themselves for more than a year. Shantanu Chakrabartty's laboratory has been working to create sensors that can run on the least amount…
