April 26, 2022

Quantum technology career development fellowship success

Hub researcher Dr Xin Yi, who is based at Heriot-Watt University, is one of just 15 researchers in the UK to have recently been awarded a prestigious EPSRC Quantum Technology Career Development Fellowship. Over the course of his five-year fellowship, for which he has been awarded £747,000, Dr Yi will develop a new class of […]

April 20, 2022

Hub holds QNetworks 2022: an international workshop on Next Generation Quantum Networks

Researchers and members of quantum industry from around the world came together in Cambridge and online, on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 April 2022, at the second instalment of the Hub organised QNetworks international workshop. The workshop, which had over 350 registrations, saw esteemed speakers from Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, the USA and the UK […]

April 13, 2022

Hub PhD opportunity!

Funding is available for a PhD student to undertake a project as part of the Quantum Communications Hub. The project will take place at the University of Strathclyde which is leading modelling and analysis activities as part of the Hub mission to launch and operate a quantum CubeSat. The Computational Nonlinear and Quantum Optics group […]

April 5, 2022

Three stories win prizes in the Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition

The stories offer imaginative takes on the dangers of ignoring equipment warning signs, the quantum Zeno effect and quantum advantage “Helping Hands”, a spooky story about a quantum experiment gone awry, has bagged First Prize in the Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition. The story about mishandled machinery just pipped Runner Up “Quantum et Circenses”, an […]

April 4, 2022

Securing the communications of the UK’s transport sector

Transport is key to society and the economy. From the haulage of food, medicines, and materials around the world, to the transport of people to workplaces, children to schools and of the emergency services, the UK is heavily reliant upon a smooth and resilient transport system. Secure communications are critical to the operability of this […]