Academics have created devices capable of manipulating sound in the same way as light – creating exciting new opportunities in entertainment and public communication. Researchers at the universities of Sussex and Bristol have unveiled how the practical laws used to design optical systems can also be applied to sound through acoustic metamaterials at the ACM…
Scientists One Step Closer to a Clock That Could Replace GPS and Galileo
Scientists in the Emergent Photonics Lab (EPic Lab) at the University of Sussex have made a breakthrough to a crucial element of an atomic clock—devices which could reduce our reliance on satellite mapping in the future—using cutting-edge laser beam technology. Their development greatly improves the efficiency of the lancet (which in a traditional clock is…
Scientists ‘Tame’ Some Disruptive Environmental Effects on Quantum Computers
A team of scientists, led by Professor Winfried Hensinger at the University of Sussex, have made a major breakthrough concerning one of the biggest problems facing quantum computing: how to reduce the disruptive effects of environmental “noise” on the highly sensitive function of a large-scale quantum computer. In the real-world, technological developments need to operate…