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Researchers demonstrate the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure communication over a quantum network

08 Apr 2025

Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network...

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A peek inside the box that could help solve a quantum mystery

19 Nov 2024

An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense early universe has puzzled physicists for decades. Following its discovery in 2003...

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L-R: Professor John Morton (UCL), Professor Rachel McKendry (UCL), Professor Mete Atatüre (Cambridge), Professor Eleni Nastouli (UCL)

Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future

26 Jul 2024

A major new research hub led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and UCL aims to harness quantum technology to improve early diagnosis and treatment of...

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£11m semiconductor research centre could be key player in UK’s net zero mission

13 Feb 2024

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is a partner in the new £11m Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) REWIRE, set to deliver pioneering semiconductor...

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Magnetic monopoles in hematite

Diamonds and rust help unveil ‘impossible’ quasi-particles

05 Dec 2023

Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles – isolated magnetic charges – in a material closely related to rust, a result that could be used to...

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Simulations of ‘backwards time travel’ can improve scientific experiments

12 Oct 2023

Physicists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using...

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Switching ‘spin’ on and off (and up and down) in quantum materials at room temperature

16 Aug 2023

Researchers have found a way to control the interaction of light and quantum ‘spin’ in organic semiconductors, that works even at room temperature...

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Smart lighting system based on quantum dots more accurately reproduces daylight

03 Aug 2022

Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in...

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Suchitra Sebastian

Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award

30 Jun 2022

Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5...

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Two-dimensional material could store quantum information at room temperature

11 Feb 2022

Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be used to store quantum information at room temperature.

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Stable giant quantum vortices

Giant 'quantum twisters' may form in liquid light

05 Mar 2021

New mechanism found for generating giant vortices in quantum fluids of light.

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Artificial polaritons

Through the looking glass: artificial ‘molecules’ open door to ultrafast devices

03 Mar 2021

Researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and Skoltech in Russia have shown that polaritons, the quirky particles that may end up running the...

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