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Andreas Heinrich’s Minister Prize
Andreas Heinrich Awarded Prize from the Minister of Science and ICT for the Smallest Memory Storage Unit in the World Andreas Heinrich, director of the Center for Quantum Nanoscience within the Institute of Basic Science located in Ewha University, received a prize from the Minister of Science and ICT for …
A Two-Atom Quantum Duet
Magnetic atoms on a surface used as building blocks for quantum information processing SEOUL, Korea — Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) achieved a major breakthrough in shielding the quantum properties of single atoms on a surface. The scientists used the …
Breakthrough in Accessing the Tiny Magnet within the Core of a Single Atom
New method enables identification of different isotopes atom by atom SEOUL, South Korea — Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) have made a major scientific breakthrough by detecting the nuclear magnetism, or “nuclear spin” of a single atom. In an international collaboration with IBM Research, the University of …
Fabio Donati receives Max Auwärter-Award!
Achieving Magnetic Stability in Isolated Atoms Fabio Donati, research fellow of the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (Research Professor at Ewha Womans University) won the Max Auwärter Award 2018 from the Austrian Physical Society. Dr. Donati is named as the winner of the award for his outstanding achievements in physics …
A Step Closer to Single-Atom Data Storage
Physicists of EPFL and Ewha Womans University used STM to successfully test the stability of a magnet made up of a single atom Despite the rise of solid-state drives, magnetic storage devices such as conventional hard drives and magnetic tapes are still very common. But as our data-storage needs are …
Andreas Heinrich Awarded the 2018 Feynman Prize
QNS Director Andreas Heinrich awarded the 2018 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology for experimental work in “Manipulating atoms and small molecules for data storage and computation.” Watch A Boy And His Atom: Andreas Heinrich, Director of the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) …
Andreas Heinrich Wins APS Keithley Award
Andreas Heinrich, Director of the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (Distinguished Professor at Ewha Womans University) received the Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science from the American Physical Society (APS) Andreas Heinrich, Director of the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (Distinguished Professor at Ewha Womans University) received …
