A team of international scientists has demonstrated an initial prototype of a photonic processor using tiny rays of light confined inside silicon chips that can process information much more rapidly than electronic chips and also in parallel - something traditional chips are incapable of doing.
Most biodegradable plastics only degrade in specific environments and should only be used in line with new recommendations from the European Commission\u2019s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA), led by Oxford Professor Nicole Grobert.
For the first time, researchers from Oxford\u2019s Departments of Physics and Materials have managed to image hybrid metal halide perovskites with atomic-scale resolution providing new insights into these wonder-materials.
Natalia Ares from the Department of Materials talks to the Science Blog about how rapid breakthroughs in the fabrication and measurement of devices at the nanoscale are now presenting us with the opportunity to explore new physics in the laboratory.
Researchers at Oxford University, in collaboration with DeepMind, University of Basel and Lancaster University, have created a machine learning algorithm that interfaces with a quantum device and \u2018tunes\u2019 it faster than human experts, without any human input. They are dubbing it \u2018Minecraft explorer for quantum devices\u2019.
Professor Bryan Birch (Mathematical Institute), Professor Ben Davis (Department of Chemistry) and Professor George Smith (Department of Materials) have all received Royal Society 2020 medals or prizes.
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