October 23, 2017

Quantum Secured Transmission Demonstration at the University of York

The University of York, lead partner in the Quantum Communications Hub partnership, is taking part in an EPSRC-commissioned public dialogue on quantum technologies, facilitated by Kantar Public, an independent social research agency. The dialogue consists of two full-day workshops with an interim activity and is rolled out across all lead institutions of the National Network […]

September 5, 2017

Year 2 Hub Annual Report is now out!

The second year annual progress report for our Quantum Communications Hub has just been published! It includes content on progress across all technology themes, as well as news items on user and public engagement activities, outreach, research highlights and a list of outputs for 2016. You can access the report by downloading it from the […]

April 26, 2017

Establishing the boundaries of quantum secure communications

[Reposted from the University of York website www.york.ac.uk on 26 April 2017] Scientists at the University of York’s Centre for Quantum Technologies have made an important breakthrough in the theory of quantum secure communications. Today’s classical communications, such as email or phone, are potentially vulnerable to eavesdroppers as conventional data encryption is based on the […]

April 24, 2017

Quantum Technologies POSTnote

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has published a briefing document today focusing on quantum technologies. POSTnotes are reports designed to provide balanced and impartial advice to MPs and Peers, and today’s briefing includes information on quantum technologies from stakeholders from across the spectrum of academia, industry, government and the third sector. The result is […]