quantum mechanics Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 05:56:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Zero-Point Energy Nanomagnet Stores Data In Small Spaces https://www.greenoptimistic.com/zero-point-energy-nanomagnet-data/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/zero-point-energy-nanomagnet-data/#respond Mon, 11 Jul 2016 05:56:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60210 The European research institution Jülich just released new information on “zero-point energy” and its effect on the stability of nanomagnets. If scientists can determine how to magnetically store data, information can be stored in extremely small spaces. Quantum mechanics becomes important when we’re talking about small spaces, such as nanometers. Magnetic moments are difficult to […]

The post Zero-Point Energy Nanomagnet Stores Data In Small Spaces appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/zero-point-energy-nanomagnet-data/feed/ 0 60210 New Theoretical Model Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-theoretical-model-boost-solar-cell-efficiency-20140130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-theoretical-model-boost-solar-cell-efficiency-20140130/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:53:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45508 In order for solar to become a financially viable alternative to fossil fuels, the efficiency must increase greatly. This mean breaking through the theoretical limit of 10% efficiency (the Shockley-Quiesser limit) and creating solar cells that offer cost-effective clean energy. Scientists up to this point have struggled with truly understanding the materials that make up […]

The post New Theoretical Model Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-theoretical-model-boost-solar-cell-efficiency-20140130/feed/ 0 45508 Quantum Batteries Nearly Perfect, Theory Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantum-batteries-20121108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantum-batteries-20121108/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:26:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27832 Entanglement, or the quantum link that happens when separate particles share a wave function, may make quantum batteries almost perfect. Engines and refrigerators have often been the subjects physicists have amused themselves with in the quest to calculate the properties of quantum machines. However, the primary question is how efficient and useful these devices actually […]

The post Quantum Batteries Nearly Perfect, Theory Says appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantum-batteries-20121108/feed/ 1 27832 Astounding Discovery: Marine Algae Using Quantum Mechanics Principles for Light Harvesting https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-quantum-mechanics-20100204/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-quantum-mechanics-20100204/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:34:42 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6467 Professor Greg Scholes, the lead author of the study published recently in Nature, says: "There's been a lot of excitement and speculation that nature may be using quantum mechanical practices. Our latest experiments show that normally functioning biological systems have the capacity to use quantum mechanics in order to optimize a process as essential to their survival as photosynthesis."

The post Astounding Discovery: Marine Algae Using Quantum Mechanics Principles for Light Harvesting appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/algae-quantum-mechanics-20100204/feed/ 1 6467