Technology

Key advance for quantum technologies and the future photonic circuit

Schematic of a laser-illuminated nano-optical probe investigating a tungsten dyselenide-tensioned nanobubble (WSe2; green and yellow balls), a two-dimensional semiconductor. The only layer of WSe2 is sitting on a layer of boron nitride (blue and gray balls). Credit: Nicholas Borys / Montana State University Using sophisticated light microscopy techniques, Columbia engineers …

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Wall Street waves, led by energy and materials

(Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing more than 2% higher when investors bought energy and materials stocks and looked beyond a recent surge in coronavirus cases. In widespread trade, Moderna Inc increased 18% after the biotech company’s experimental vaccine for COVID-19 showed …

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