Quantum Base has become the first ever Lancaster University spin out to float on the London Stock Exchange following its successful fundraising and admission to trading.

Quantum Base’s ordinary shares are now trading on the LSE AIM market under the ticker “QUBE”. https://www.lse.co.uk/SharePrice.html?shareprice=QUBE&share=Quantum-Base

The successful listing on AIM follows £4.8 million fundraising.

Counterfeiting is estimated to cost businesses and tax authorities $2.8 trillion in lost revenue annually. Quantum Base’s atomic-level anti-counterfeit Q-ID solution can be utilised in a vast number of end markets without requiring a change of existing consumer behaviour, or any further hardware or infrastructure.

A new study in Engineering offers a carbon-coupled network charge-guided bi-level interactive optimization method. It focuses on optimal peer-to-peer (P2P) coupled electricity and carbon trading among prosumers in distribution networks. The method aims to address the challenges from distributed renewable energy and has been proven effective in a case study, bringing potential benefits to network operation and the energy transition.

In the ever-evolving landscape of the platform economy, logistics service strategies in platform supply chains (PSCs) are crucial for efficient operations. A new study published in Engineering delves into self-built logistics (SBL), third-party logistics (3PL), and logistics service sharing (LSS) in PSCs. It uncovers key research topics, influencing factors, and offers insights into future research directions, providing valuable guidance for both academic research and industry decision-making.