Anybody can join the peer-to-peer bitcoin network and use their computer’s processing power to validate transactions and add them to the blockchain.
By Ben Pilkington
5 Feb 2020
We’re going to look at how spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) is used in very different circles to conventional Raman spectroscopy.
By Liam Critchley
24 Jan 2020
A comprehensive quantum theory for the phenomenon of quantum friction was put forward in 2014 by Mário Silveirinha. Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal, Silveirinha based his approach on a theory of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics
By Sarah Moore
23 Jan 2020
Quantum computing is the research focus of many scientists working in information technology today. This exponentially greater computing power will have numerous applications in many fields, including robotics.
By Ben Pilkington
20 Dec 2019
Understanding of quantum ceramics falls under the new field of research labeled “quantum materials”. Quantum materials is a very recent coinage that has arisen largely due to a 2016 article in Nature Physics.
By Ben Pilkington
20 Dec 2019
The free-electron laser was developed in 1971 and has slightly different operating mechanisms to other lasers. A free-electron laser utilizes a laser beam which is composed of high-speed electrons and photons.
By Liam Critchley
20 Dec 2019
Nestle began working on a solution that would enable them to develop foods with optimal levels of stability, nutrients, flavor and aroma release. The solution focusses on the use of quantum mechanics to analyze food products.
By Sarah Moore
20 Dec 2019
Polymers are large or macromolecules consisting of the same subunit repeating itself. However, in one area of quantum materials, quantum tunneling composites (QTCs), quantum polymers are being studied and applied today.
By Ben Pilkington
20 Dec 2019
Researchers at IBM have recently made a breakthrough in quantum computing that will soon have an impact on many of the technologies defined as “clean technology”, or cleantech.
By Ben Pilkington
20 Dec 2019
A breakthrough was made when scientists successfully connected quantum circuits to acoustic waves. The team built a mechanical system that can control sound waves at the quantum level.
By Sarah Moore
20 Dec 2019