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Updated automaticallyHamish Johnston speaks with iGii co-founder Marco Caffio about Gii, a porous three-dimensional carbon nanomaterial. They discuss how it retains useful electronic, structural and chemical properties associated with graphene while offering different manufacturing and integration options. Applications include chemical sensors, batteries and heaters. The conversation also covers the company’s origins and career advice for physicists entering materials technology.
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Katia Moskvitch joins Hamish Johnston to discuss The Quantum Kid, the video channel she co-hosts with her son Kai. Their child-led interviews and laboratory visits encourage researchers to explain quantum ideas to wider audiences. The conversation examines whether early exposure to counterintuitive concepts can inspire future science study and participation in quantum technology. The episode is supported by American Elements.
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Hamish Johnston interviews Yonatan Cohen, co-founder and chief technology officer of Quantum Machines, about control systems linking quantum computers to classical computation. Topics include the increasing importance of hybrid control as qubit counts grow, support for superconducting circuits, trapped ions, neutral atoms, spins and nitrogen-vacancy centers, industry collaborations and careers in quantum technology.
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Margaret Harris talks with Scott Waitukaitis of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria about unresolved questions in contact electrification. The discussion connects his earlier research in granular physics with current investigations of how objects exchange charge, including the role of molecules adsorbed on their surfaces.
Hosted by Margaret Harris
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