October 5, 2022

Quantum Shorts returns with a new call for films

Since 2012, Quantum Shorts has launched annual calls for creative quantum works of film and short stories. Now the international contest is back. Until 5 December, Quantum Shorts is accepting short films that tell a quantum story in five minutes. The contest is free to enter and offers prizes of up to USD1500.

September 8, 2022

Looking to the future with Quantum City at New Scientist Live

Quantum City is back again – this time at New Scientist Live (NSL), which is taking place in London between 7-9 October 2022. NSL is considered to be one of the UK’s biggest festivals of ideas and discoveries, and this event will mark the third time Quantum City will have had a presence representing all the partners […]

June 16, 2022

Public discovers more about communicating with quantum at York Festival of Ideas

On Sunday 12 June 2022, the Quantum Communications Hub held a stand at the York Festival of Ideas Discovery Zone event, which took place at the newly renovated Guildhall in the city centre. As part of the stand, Hub PhD students based at the University of York’s Experimental Quantum Communications Group, part of the York […]

May 23, 2022

Hub delivers ‘Careers in Quantum Technologies: Communications’ assembly for secondary school students

In an effort to inspire the next generation of quantum technologists and to spread the word regarding the exciting careers available in the field of quantum communications, the Quantum Communications Hub delivered an assembly for secondary schools specifically focused on careers in the field of quantum communications technologies, on Wednesday 18 May 2022. Hosted by […]

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 […]

March 15, 2022

Quantum City exhibits at New Scientist Live Manchester

Between 12 – 14 March 2022, New Scientist held its first ever science festival outside of London, New Scientist Live Manchester. Quantum City was proud to represent the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme at the event, which will hopefully become an annual feature within the New Scientist events calendar. The first two days of the […]

March 9, 2022

First installment of careers in quantum technologies fact sheets released

The Quantum Communications Hub has published a series of fact sheets highlighting some of the many career opportunities in the field of quantum technologies. The suite of fact sheets, which comprises 11 different roles, includes information on what each role entails, the skills, qualifications and work experience that would be beneficial to someone considering taking […]

March 7, 2022

Ten finalists in Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition offer a lot to think about

Public vote opens to award a People’s Choice prize among stories that use quantum inspiration to create many worlds and explore human emotions From just over 400 stories, ten have emerged as finalists in the international Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition. Quantum Shorts opened in October 2021 with a call for writers to think deeply […]

January 28, 2022

Artwork of dreams wins first prize in Quantum Visions competition

On behalf Quantum City, the public engagement arm of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (UKNQTP), we are delighted to announce the winner and runners up from the Quantum Visions art competition. A Brumal Coherence Dream (above), designed by Carlos Sánchez Muñoz, a theoretical quantum physicist at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, represents one of […]