News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/amopp/news-viewer/rss admin 2008-11-13T19:04:30Z UCL team develops laser accelerator for neutral particles http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/pb_21_05_12 Precise control of the motion of atoms and molecules is extremely difficult, yet important for a large spectrum of scientific and industrial processes. Applications range from surface growth and deposition, to elucidating the details of chemical reactions through controlled collisions. News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2012-05-23T15:18:44Z In Memoriam: Dr Godfrey 'George' Heyland http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/george_heyland George Heyland, who died on 6 February 2012 aged 89, was one of the longest serving members of the Physics and Astronomy Department at UCL. News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2012-03-01T15:27:03Z The Quantum Workshop http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/millen_17.11.11 Dr James Millen (AMOPP) has been awarded £9400 by the Beacon Innovation Seed fund to deliver 'The Quantum Workshop'. News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2011-11-17T12:24:33Z Carey Foster Prize for Tahir Shaaran http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/amopp/articles/shaaran_foster_prize Tahir Shaaran has just been awarded the CAREY FOSTER PRIZE for Outstanding Postgraduate Research Physics AMOPP. Tahir's PhD work, on theoretical strong-field and attosecond physics, was developed from 2007 to the end of Jonathan G Underwood 2011-10-11T12:18:01Z Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/aoc_10_10_11 Solar power could be harvested more efficiently and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research inspired by new insights into natural photosynthesis. News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2011-10-11T10:16:51Z Prof. Jonathan Tennyson FRS- recipient of the Wolfson Research Merit Award http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/jt_22_09_11 Prof. Jonathan Tennyson FRS (AMOPP) has been awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award for "Molecular line lists for extra solar planet and other hot bodies" News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2011-09-22T13:16:32Z Quantum Physics Gets Better At Arithmetic http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/db_09_11 The Bell inequality is a mathematical expression that was first derived by John Bell in 1964 and has been central to the discussion of the foundations of quantum physics ever since. In a world described by classical physics, data from an experiment will always satisfy such an inequality. However, quantum mechanics predicts that the inequalities can be violated. Testing Bell inequalities is therefore an important experimental verification of quantum mechanics. News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2011-09-16T15:28:35Z Special Issue of Journal of Modern Optics -- Advances in Strong Field and Attosecond Physics http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/cf_09_11 The Journal of Modern Optics has published a special issue highlighting the UCL international conference 'Advances in Strong Field and Attosecond Physics'. News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2011-09-14T15:23:36Z Alessio Serafini honoured as a 'Overseas Famous Teacher' at the Hunan University of Arts and Science http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/as_09_11 Dr Alessio Serafini has been awarded a visiting position at the Hunan University of Arts and Science of Changde, China as their 'Overseas Famous Teacher'. News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2011-09-01T11:21:01Z Thermal States as Universal Resources for Quantum Computation with Always-On Interactions http://www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/news/physics-news-publications/db_08_11 A quantum computer can efficiently solve certain problems considered exponentially hard for a classical computer. The challenge is building one: quantum information is fragile and must be handled delicately. In new results to be published in Physical Review Letters, together with colleagues at National University of Singapore and University of British Columbia, Dr Dan Browne  proposes a scheme for quantum computing that relaxes some of the stringent conditions, originally thought to be necessary. News and Events Katherine A Wilson-Heyworth 2011-08-08T13:37:59Z