As renewable energy continues to be a priority, the ability to provide more supercapacitors to meet these demands will subsequently rise. To this end, there has been an increased interest in exploiting quantum mechanical effects to improve the performance of energy storage systems.
By John Allen
12 Mar 2020
A massive cavity found in a distant galactic cluster was punched out by the most powerful explosion ever recorded, reveals new research by astronomers.
By Robert Lea
10 Mar 2020
Without the counter-intuitive nature of quantum tunneling and the randomness at its heart, the stars themselves could not shine and life would not exist.
By Robert Lea
28 Feb 2020
Infrared (IR) microscopy, or IR microspectroscopy, combines techniques of microscopy with processes derived from spectroscopy. Microscopy is the magnification of specimens for observation, and spectroscopy is the study of interactions between matter and radiated energy, usually in the form of light.
By Ben Pilkington
24 Feb 2020
Viscosity provides information on how thick a liquid is and how easily it flows; it is a measure of the fluid’s internal flow resistance. It is often defined as a measure of a fluid’s resistance to deforming at a given rate and is based on the concept of thickness. So, for example, syrup has a highe
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
24 Feb 2020
Particles that are so small they are invisible to the naked eye behave very differently to those that we can see.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
5 Feb 2020
Light can act as both a wave and a particle, and this fact is put to good use in solar power technologies.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
5 Feb 2020
Many have not heard, let alone are excited by the developments in thin-film quantum materials.
In October 2019, Google researchers announced the arrival of “quantum supremacy” in a paper published on NASA’s website (which was later removed).
By Ben Pilkington
6 Feb 2020
Quantum mechanics is concerned with the peculiar ways in which matter behaves at scales of 100 nm (ten-thousandths of a millimeter) and less.
By Ben Pilkington
5 Feb 2020