How quantum physics could ‘revolutionise everything’

Liam Hall’s career has taken him from diesel mechanic to quantum biotechnology [CSIRO] Growing up on a farm in Australia, Liam Hall was a mechanic “getting greasy, scraped knuckles”, but in recent years his career has taken a more technical turn. He’s now the head of quantum biotechnology at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. “I’ve got a bit of a weird background. I always wanted to be a diesel mechanic. Doing that for a while led to wanting to do engineering at university. That introduced me to the physics, and then to the quantum physics. A rollercoaster ride is a…