A New Way To Build Synthetic Materials Out of Tiny Particles
A new way to build synthetic materials out of tiny glass particles – so-called colloids – has been found by researcher Laura Rossi and her…
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Breakthrough Discovery of the One-Way Superconductor – Thought To Be Impossible
Associate professor Mazhar Ali and his research group at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have discovered one-way superconductivity without magnetic fields, something that was…
What Do Bacteria Sound Like? Bacterial Soundtracks Revealed by Nanotechnology
Have you ever wondered if bacteria make distinctive sounds? If we could listen to bacteria, we would be able to know whether they are alive…
Important Milestone Reached in Quantum Computing With Error Correction
“Until now researchers have encoded and stabilized. We now show that we can compute as well.” Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the TU Delft and…
One of the World’s Most Precise Microchip Sensors Created – Thanks to a Spiderweb
A team of researchers from TU Delft managed to design one of the world’s most precise microchip sensors; the device can function at room temperature…
Shining Light on Two-Dimensional Magnets: New Research Paves the Way to Hyper-Efficient Data Storage
Atomically thin van der Waals magnets are widely seen as the ultimately compact media for future magnetic data storage and fast data processing. Controlling the…
Scientists Overhear Two Atoms Chatting: Magnetic Quantum Interactions
How materials behave depends on the interactions between countless atoms. You could see this as a giant group chat in which atoms are continuously exchanging…
Researchers Establish the First Entanglement-Based Quantum Network
A team of researchers from QuTech in the Netherlands reports realization of the first multi-node quantum network, connecting three quantum processors. In addition, they achieved…
The Surprising “Secret” Lens Making Method Used by the “Father of Microbiology” Discovered After 300 Years
A microscope used by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to conduct pioneering research contains a surprisingly ordinary lens, as new research by Rijksmuseum Boerhaave Leiden and TU…
Crucial Milestone for Scalable Quantum Technology: 2D Array of Semiconductor Qubits That Functions as a Quantum Processor
The heart of any computer, its central processing unit, is built using semiconductor technology, which is capable of putting billions of transistors onto a single…
Dutch Students Develop a “Living Coffin”
The Delft University of Technology student start-up Loop has developed a living coffin made from mycelium. The Living Cocoon helps the body to ‘compost’ more…
Researchers Separate Microparticles Based on Their Shape
Scientists in Delft have developed a technique for selectively separating microparticles in a liquid on the basis of their shape. The technique calculates precisely the…
Magnetic and Electronic Phase Transitions in 2D-Materials Probed by Nanomechanical Resonators
Phase transitions play an important role in materials. However, in two-dimensional materials, the most famous of which is graphene, phase transitions can be very difficult…
Mouse Trap for Magnetic Waves: Researchers Build Sensor Consisting of Only 11 Atoms
Researchers at Delft University of Technology have developed a sensor that is only 11 atoms in size. The sensor is capable of capturing magnetic waves…
New Breakthrough for Connecting Future Quantum Computers Into a Global Network
Researchers, led by the Delft University of Technology, have made two steps in the conversion of quantum states between signals in the microwave and optical…
Tiny Graphene Drums Show Potential to Act as Memory Chips in Quantum Computers
A new study from Delft University reveals that tiny drums of graphene have the potential to act as memory chips in quantum computers. Scientists from…
Researchers Solve a Long Standing Nano Mystery
Researchers solve a long-standing mystery of how superheated nanodroplets vaporize when hit by a pulse of ultrasound, this finding may lead to a localized and…