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Nature published Google’s groundbreaking results on a 54-qubit quantum computer in October, effectively declaring that quantum supremacy had been achieved. A few weeks later, however, a team of researchers from Irig and the US-based Flatiron Institute produced very similar calculations on a common laptop computer. Google did reach an impressive milestone when it successfully operated […] >>

Étienne Perret was not able to receive his IMT Espoir award from the French Academy of Sciences under the hallowed dome of the historic Institut de France building. The December 1 award ceremony had to be held remotely due to the ongoing pandemic. This award is not the first one that LCIS* researcher Perret has […] >>

When it comes to imaging human organs, ESRF’s new EBS accelerator is much more sensitive and offers far higher resolution than even the best medical imagers. Proof-of-concept testing was recently completed by an international team led by University College London and ESRF. The results were impressive enough to secure $1 million in funding from the […] >>

Not even the powerful beamlines at ESRF and ILL can accurately ascertain the multi-scale (nanometer to centimeter) structure of Nafion as a function of water content, one of the keys to PEMFC performance. Researchers at Irig found a workaround in the form of a convolutional neural network. They used nanostructure/water content data on ionic surfactants, […] >>

Blockchain, best-known for its use in cryptocurrency, is garnering interest from industrial companies. And CEA-Leti is currently very active on the topic, with IRT Nanoelec and EU projects in progress. Both projects are exploring how to embed cryptographic functions on a physical system like a robot. The idea is to certify the data produced by […] >>