The humble light bulb proves a source of transverse spin
Almost a hundred years on from its first proposal, a number of questions remain around what spin is. While understood to be a basic property characterizing and distinguishing fundamental particles just as charge or mass do, it is still not clear what exactly spin...
Professor Sir Michael Pepper receives the 2019 Issac Newton Medal and Prize from the IoP
The Isaac Newton Medal and Prize is for world-leading contributions to physics by an individual of any nationality. Professor Sir Michael Pepper’s work led to the creation of the new, important field of semiconductor nanoelectronics and discovery of new,...
The LCN collaborates with the University of Toronto to understand transport machinery in cells
The London Centre for Nanotechnology and Toronto researchers are collaborating to inform better therapies for illnesses such as motor neurone disease and cancer and to identify anti-viral therapies In 2017, Professor Bart Hoogenboom (London Centre for Nanotechnology,...