This serves as the backbone of the system. It allows users to build unit price breakdowns (matrices) where every construction item (e.g., pouring a cubic meter of concrete) is systematically evaluated based on:
Why it’s interesting: The maser (microwave laser) was invented in 1954, but until 2010 it required cryogenic temperatures or vacuum systems. This team made a solid-state maser that works at room temperature using pentacene-doped p-terphenyl crystals, pumped by a simple flash lamp. It opened possibilities for ultra-low-noise amplifiers in medicine (MRI), deep-space communications, and quantum computing — without liquid helium. Opus 2010 Mega