News in brief
Safer drinking water and access to medical school: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Safer drinking water and access to medical school: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Cell division and quantum leadership: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Research, enterprise and education excellence recognised by Institute of Physics
Three academics and one team have been honoured in this year’s Institute of Physics Awards.
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Imperial professor to co-lead new Network in Materials for Quantum Technologies
The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced funding for a new Network in Materials for Quantum Technologies.
Imperial researchers scoop £1.75m of funding for quantum physics projects
New funding for quantum science will support researchers exploring dark energy and dark matter, quantum states of sound, and the Universe’s constants.
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White City startup secures $15m to advance quantum computing
ORCA Computing has won the confidence of investors and the Ministry of Defence with its photonic approach to quantum computing.
Two outstanding researchers awarded quantum technology fellowships
Dr Joseph Cotter and Dr Max Attwood have been awarded fellowships funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
£3m research grant for collaboration at the quantum computing and ICT interface
Researchers have been awarded an EPSRC grant to bring together expertise in quantum computing and ICT to develop distributed quantum computing.
Quantum versus conventional computing: a closer race than you think
A new method using conventional computing can reduce simulation time from 600 million years to months, challenging a claim of ‘quantum advantage’.
How to test the limits of quantum mechanics
Future experiments at low temperature offer a route to test the limits of applicability of quantum mechanics.