Margaret Harris

2 weeks ago | physicsworld.com | Margaret Harris

Hannah Earley is the chief technical officer and co-founder of Vaire Computing Vaire Computing is a start-up seeking to commercialize computer chips based on the principles of reversible computing – a topic Earley studied during her PhD in applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge, UK. The central idea behind reversible computing is that reversible operations use much less energy, and thus generate much less waste heat, than those in conventional computers. In...

1 month ago | physicsworld.com | Margaret Harris

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverageFor the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, Physics World is shining a spotlight on quantum effects so “weird” they make superposition and entanglement seem almost ordinary.

1 month ago | physicsworld.com | Margaret Harris

Jim Gates talks to Margaret Harris about the discoveries he can tick off his “theorist’s bucket list”, adds some new ones, and delves into the state of science and society in the US today In 2014 the American mathematical physicist S James Gates Jr shared his “theorist’s bucket list” of physics discoveries he would like to see happen before, as he puts it, he “shuffles off this mortal coil”. A decade later, Physics World’s Margaret Harris caught up once more with Gates, who is now at the...

Dec 29, 2024 | physicsworld.com | Margaret Harris

What makes a physics story popular? The answer is partly hidden in the depths of Internet search algorithms, but it’s possible to discern a few trends in this list of the 10 most read stories published on the Physics World website in 2024. Well, one trend, at least: it seems that many of you really, really like stories about quantum physics. Happily, we’ll be publishing lots more of them in 2025, the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.

Dec 27, 2024 | physicsworld.com | Margaret Harris

With so much fascinating research going on in quantum science and technology, it’s hard to pick just a handful of highlights. Fun, but hard.  Research on entanglement-based imaging and quantum error correction both appear in Physics World’s list of 2024’s top 10 breakthroughs, but beyond that, here are a few other achievements worth remembering as we head into 2025 – the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.