Robert Lea

Feature Writer

B.Sc. STEM

Robert is a Freelance Science Journalist with a STEM BSc. He specializes in Physics, Space, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Quantum Physics, and SciComm. Robert is an ABSW member, and aWCSJ 2019 and IOP Fellow.

Articles from Robert

Arches of Chaos Could Enable Super-Fast Space Travel

Astronomers have discovered dynamic channels or ‘aches of chaos’ within the solar system that could enable faster travel to both its inner and outer regions for future space missions.

21 Dec 2020

Quantum Entanglement: How Interaction Happens without Contact

The key to establishing ever more powerful quantum computers, such as Google’s Sycamore, lies in understanding entanglement. New research shows that this phenomenon, once described as ‘spooky action at a distance’ by Einstein, is not a factor of contact, but of identity.

15 Jun 2020

Ruling Out Dark Matter Decay

Sterile neutrinos are currently the leading candidate for dark matter. However, tell-tale signatures of their decay have so far failed to be detected.

26 May 2020

Transmission Electron Microscopy - Seeing Deeper with Quantum Physics

Quantum physics and transmission electron microscopy allow investigation of materials much smaller than optical microscopes.

7 May 2020

Examining the Physics Behind Zeta Potential

The use of nanoparticles represents a significant breakthrough in medicine due to their ability to deliver drugs, light, and heat to specifically targeted cells. For this medical revolution to proceed, researchers need an efficient way to introduce nanoparticles?—particles ?smaller than 100 nanomete

30 Apr 2020

The Exoplanet Where it Rains Iron

Astronomers have discovered that WASP-76b, an exoplanet 390 light years from our own solar system, is a world dominated by an extreme dichotomy.

27 Mar 2020

The Atmospheric Characterization of Exoplanet K2-18b

The discovery of water vapor in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2–18b made it an ideal object of study for scientists seeking to understand the planets that lie within the ‘habitable zone’ of other star systems.

27 Mar 2020

Solving the Mystery of the Expanding Universe

The universe is expanding, and it is doing so at an accelerating rate. However, lingering questions about universal expansion do remain. Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Geneva, Lucas Lombriser, has put forward an extraordinary suggestion.

26 Mar 2020

Massive White Dwarf Created by Star Merger

Astronomers have discovered a massive white dwarf, 1.14 times the mass of our Sun, which they propose is the result of a star merger between two smaller white dwarfs.

26 Mar 2020

A Look at the Biggest Explosion Ever Recorded by Astronomers

A massive cavity found in a distant galactic cluster was punched out by the most powerful explosion ever recorded, reveals new research by astronomers.

10 Mar 2020

Robert Lea

Articles from Robert

Arches of Chaos Could Enable Super-Fast Space Travel

Quantum Entanglement: How Interaction Happens without Contact

Ruling Out Dark Matter Decay

Transmission Electron Microscopy - Seeing Deeper with Quantum Physics

Examining the Physics Behind Zeta Potential

The Exoplanet Where it Rains Iron

The Atmospheric Characterization of Exoplanet K2-18b

Solving the Mystery of the Expanding Universe

Massive White Dwarf Created by Star Merger

A Look at the Biggest Explosion Ever Recorded by Astronomers

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

SideKick QCL Controller: Low-Noise Laser Control Solution

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

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Repeat-Until-Success Algorithm for Quantum Gate Decomposition

Robert Lea

Articles from Robert

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

1New Insights into Quark Dynamics Within Protons

2A Breakthrough in Quantum Error Correction

3Glimpse of the 'Neutrino Fog' Detected in Dark Matter Experiments

4Webb Discovers Persistent Planet-Forming Disks in the Early Universe

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