Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:54:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Is Quantum Engineering the Key for Taking Solar Energy to the Next Level? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/is-quantum-engineering-the-key-for-taking-solar-energy-to-the-next-level-20130108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/is-quantum-engineering-the-key-for-taking-solar-energy-to-the-next-level-20130108/#respond Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:54:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30926 It is quite possible that understanding biological systems that have evolved from quantum scale photosynthesis may lead to better designs for solar energy and nanoscale devices. Scientists have determined that biological systems that live in low light conditions develop unique protein structures for photosynthesis that use quantum dynamics to convert 100% of absorbed light into […]

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