Roger Highfield
@rogerhighfield.bsky.social
Museum exec, MRC, visiting prof at the Dunn School, Oxford, and UCL Chemistry. Ex Editor of New Scientist, and Science Editor of the Telegraph. Co-author #VirtualYou and more books. Neutron bouncer
The computers that run on human brain cells www.nature.com/articles/d41... Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
The computers that run on human brain cells
Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The computers that run on human brain cells www.nature.com/articles/d41... Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
Good morning!
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Good morning!
Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Expert reaction www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Expert reaction www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments
The plan follows up on a manifesto promise to work towards the phasing out the practice.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Expert reaction www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Expert reaction www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Another fascinating insight into the links between water and life: proof of binding force inherent in cavity water , www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Chemistry: First proof of binding force inherent in cavity water
Water is everywhere – it covers the major part of Earth, circulates in the human body, and is found even in the smallest molecular clefts. However, what happens if water cannot flow freely, but ...
www.eurekalert.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Another fascinating insight into the links between water and life: proof of binding force inherent in cavity water , www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Good morning!
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Good morning!
Good morning!
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good morning!
Reposted by Roger Highfield
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation - Science Museum Blog
At the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director Roger Highfield discovers how atoms wrangled by laser beams are powering a remarkable new kind of computer—one that ‘thinks’ in quantum proba...
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
Reposted by Roger Highfield
Following a visit to the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director @RogerHighfield looks into how lasers and atoms could change the future of computation.
Find out more on our blog: https://bit.ly/47tDYi7
Find out more on our blog: https://bit.ly/47tDYi7
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Following a visit to the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director @RogerHighfield looks into how lasers and atoms could change the future of computation.
Find out more on our blog: https://bit.ly/47tDYi7
Find out more on our blog: https://bit.ly/47tDYi7
Jim Watson RIP- sad to hear he’s died blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/jim-watson-f...
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Jim Watson RIP- sad to hear he’s died blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/jim-watson-f...
Hugely enjoyed MI5: Official Secrets at the @UkNatArchives - on until the 23rd, do go!
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
MI5: Official Secrets – Free exhibition, visit now
Step inside the hidden world of MI5 and explore the extraordinary stories behind the security of a nation.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hugely enjoyed MI5: Official Secrets at the @UkNatArchives - on until the 23rd, do go!
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation - Science Museum Blog
At the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director Roger Highfield discovers how atoms wrangled by laser beams are powering a remarkable new kind of computer—one that ‘thinks’ in quantum proba...
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix. Nice review of Matthew Cobb's brilliant Crick bio by Georgina Ferry in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix
A thoroughly researched account of the history and relationships that shaped the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA.
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix. Nice review of Matthew Cobb's brilliant Crick bio by Georgina Ferry in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why space needs explaining, by my colleague @libbyjackson.com blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/why-space-ne...
Why Space Needs Explaining - Science Museum Blog
Rockets grab attention, but satellites keep Britain running. Libby Jackson, Head of Space, agrees with the conclusions of a new House of Lords report: understanding space is not a luxury — it’s critic...
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Why space needs explaining, by my colleague @libbyjackson.com blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/why-space-ne...
UK’s failure to retain and scale science and technology causing economy to 'bleed out', warns Lords Committee committees.parliament.uk/committee/19...
UK’s failure to retain and scale science and technology causing economy to bleed out, warns Lords Committee - Committees - UK Parliament
The Committee’s report warns the Government that the UK’s failure to retain and scale its science and technology companies has now reached crisis point and is causing the UK economy to ble...
committees.parliament.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
UK’s failure to retain and scale science and technology causing economy to 'bleed out', warns Lords Committee committees.parliament.uk/committee/19...
“Never dreamt my book would win a prize.” Congratulations to Helen Garner for winning the Baillie Gifford prize with How To End a Story! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“Never dreamt my book would win a prize.” Congratulations to Helen Garner for winning the Baillie Gifford prize with How To End a Story! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Huzzah for @markmiodownik.bsky.social! Bring your broken or damaged possessions to the UCL Repair Café event at UCL East Marshgate in Stratford on Friday, 7th November! www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
Repair Café
Bring your broken or damaged possessions to our UCL Repair Café event at UCL East Marshgate on Friday, 7th November.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Huzzah for @markmiodownik.bsky.social! Bring your broken or damaged possessions to the UCL Repair Café event at UCL East Marshgate in Stratford on Friday, 7th November! www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
In just a few hours’ time, the winner of the excellent Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 will be announced, @bailliegifford.bsky.social - I will be there but you can join us online after 9.25 here: www.youtube.com/live/bNq7q0X...
The 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize Winner Announcement
YouTube video by The Baillie Gifford Prize
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November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In just a few hours’ time, the winner of the excellent Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 will be announced, @bailliegifford.bsky.social - I will be there but you can join us online after 9.25 here: www.youtube.com/live/bNq7q0X...
University of Surrey researchers mimic brain wiring to improve AI www.bbc.com/news/article...
University of Surrey researchers mimic brain wiring to improve AI
Researchers say this new method rethinks how AI systems are wired at their most fundamental level.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
University of Surrey researchers mimic brain wiring to improve AI www.bbc.com/news/article...
