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Scientists have created a nanoscale video game that can be played with a regular controller

Games

"World's smallest video game:" Nanoscale virtual ship moves real objects

Japanese scientists have created what may be the world’s smallest video game. Using a regular controller, players can control a tiny digital ship, firing nanoscale bullets to push around a physical polystyrene ball just a few microns wide.

Computing

Twisted light makes for breakthrough quantum computer chip

For now, quantum computers are mostly limited to labs and big experimental setups. But Japanese researchers have now made a step towards more accessible quantum computing devices, finding a way to “twist” light at room temperature.

Concrete walls at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant were found to have become stronger over their lifetime

Materials

Ancient Roman concrete mineral found strengthening nuclear reactor walls

Researchers have found that the concrete walls in a decommissioned power plant in Japan have not only kept their strength over the decades but have actually gotten stronger with use, thanks to a rare mineral also found in ancient Roman concrete.

Scientists at Nagoya University have come up with a new technology to remove toxic metals from water

Materials

Electrified nanocarbon cleanses polluted water of toxic heavy metals

Scientists at Japan's Nagoya University have come up with a new technology to treat contaminated water, using electrically charged nanocarbons to more effectively filter heavy metal ions from the mix.