Atoms lie at the foundation of everything around us, so what could we build if we could manipulate them like Lego®?

Come to Tūhura for a talk by Professor Mikkel Andersen of Te Whai Ao – Dodd-Walls Centre at the University of Otago where he will share the inspiration for his work in this area – from Ernest Rutherford’s earliest experiments into atomic structure to key quantum principles required for controlling individual atoms using lasers – as well as explore capabilities he and his team have developed at the University of Otago and the possibilities these developments hold for the future!