Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future
26 July 2024A major new research hub led by the University of Cambridge and UCL aims to harness quantum technology to improve early diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Diamonds and rust help unveil ‘impossible’ quasi-particles
05 December 2023Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles – isolated magnetic charges – in a material closely related to rust, a result that could be used to power greener and faster computing technologies.
Two-dimensional material could store quantum information at room temperature
11 February 2022Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be used to store quantum information at room temperature.
Light used to detect quantum information stored in 100,000 nuclear quantum bits
15 February 2021Researchers have found a way to use light and a single electron to communicate with a cloud of quantum bits and sense their behaviour, making it possible to detect a single quantum bit in a dense cloud.
Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding
01 April 2020Four researchers at the University of Cambridge have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding body.
Physicists get thousands of semiconductor nuclei to do ‘quantum dances’ in unison
22 February 2019A team of Cambridge researchers have found a way to control the sea of nuclei in semiconductor quantum dots so they can operate as a quantum memory device.
Cambridge partners in new €1 billion European Quantum Flagship
29 October 2018The University of Cambridge is a partner in the €1 billion Quantum Flagship, an EU-funded initiative to develop quantum technologies across Europe.
Ultra-thin quantum LEDs could accelerate development of quantum networks
07 October 2016Researchers have developed all-electrical ultra-thin quantum LEDs, which have potential as on-chip photon sources in quantum information applications, including quantum networks for quantum computers.
Graphene means business – two-dimensional material moves from the lab to the UK factory floor
06 November 2015A major showcase of companies developing new technologies from graphene and other two-dimensional materials took place this week at the Cambridge Graphene Centre.
Scientists "squeeze" light one particle at a time
01 September 2015A team of scientists have measured a bizarre effect in quantum physics, in which individual particles of light are said to have been “squeezed” – an achievement which at least one textbook had written off as hopeless.
