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Topological quantum simulation unlocks new potential in quantum computers
August 30, 2024Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully simulated higher-order topological (HOT) lattices with unprecedented accuracy using digital…
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Towards ultrathin sources of entangled photons
August 19, 2024Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have shown that excitonic resonances and transitions between excitons can significantly increase…
Read More![Data-driven discovery of NbOI<sub>2</sub> as a high performance layered piezoelectric](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/317._Quek_SY_PHY_20220616.jpg)
Data-driven discovery of NbOI2 as a high performance layered piezoelectric
August 05, 2022NUS scientists have identified two-dimensional (2D) materials that exhibit large piezoelectric effects for potential use in wearable sensors.
Read More![Learning motifs and their hierarchies in atomic-resolution microscopy](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/312._DL_DBS_20220513.jpg)
Learning motifs and their hierarchies in atomic-resolution microscopy
June 21, 2022NUS researchers have developed a human-explainable machine learning scheme that rapidly identifies previously unseen novel structures in disordered materials without…
Read More![Alignment of quantized levels in valleytronic materials](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/313._Quek_SY_PHY_20220523.jpg)
Alignment of quantized levels in valleytronic materials
June 13, 2022NUS researchers have predicted that Landau levels belonging to different valleys in a two-dimensional (2D) valleytronic material, monolayer tungsten diselenide…
Read More![Looking inside ephemeral ultrabright x-ray laser pulses](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/277._DLoh_PHY_20210421.jpg)
Looking inside ephemeral ultrabright x-ray laser pulses
November 09, 2021NUS scientists co-lead an international collaboration to resolve the elusive wavefronts of x-ray free-electron lasers, paving the way towards high-throughput,…
Read More![Modelling nonequilibrium nanoscale junctions with steady-state density functional theory (DFT)](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/292._ZhangC_PHY_20210928.jpg)
Modelling nonequilibrium nanoscale junctions with steady-state density functional theory (DFT)
October 06, 2021NUS scientists have predicted a new type of nonequilibrium effects that could generally exist in nanoscale electronic devices, and successfully…
Read More![Modelling rare events in complex systems](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/105._Ren_WQ_MAT_20170806.jpg)
Modelling rare events in complex systems
August 23, 201723 Aug 2017. NUS mathematicians have developed efficient methods to study complex energy landscapes and thermally activated events. Many problems…
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Steady-state density functional theory
May 31, 201731 May 2017. NUS computational scientists have developed a new version of the density functional theory (DFT) to study nanoscale…
Read More![A new spin on graphene electronics](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/72._Quek_SY_PHY_20170302_a.jpg)
A new spin on graphene electronics
May 18, 201718 May 2017. NUS physicists have discovered that controlling electron spin can lower contact resistance in graphene electronics for high performance…
Read More![Parallelised computation lens goes open-source](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/34._Duane_Loh_PHY_20160812.jpg)
Parallelised computation lens goes open-source
October 27, 201627 Oct 2016. NUS scientists have developed the first scalable robust, open-sourced reconstruction algorithm targeted specifically for lens-less imaging with x-ray…
Read More![Wetting transition on patterned surfaces](https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/renwq_feb2016.jpg)
Wetting transition on patterned surfaces
February 10, 201610 Feb 2016 NUS mathematicians investigate liquid-vapour transition on patterned surfaces in shear flow using the minimum action method (MAM)…
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