June 10, 2020

Many worlds flash fiction wins Quantum Shorts competition!

Three short stories that give their characters access to other timelines have claimed prizes in the 2019-20 edition of the Quantum Shorts flash fiction competition. The stories explore the many worlds idea from quantum physics, in which every event is understood to have all possible outcomes, each happening in its own branch of the universe. […]

June 1, 2020

Quantum City has joined Twitter!

Quantum City, a multi-partner public engagement initiative funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, has launched its Twitter feed with the handle @Quantum_City, as of 1 June 2020. The Quantum City Twitter feed aims to appeal to a wide range of audiences: from interested audiences with no technical background to science enthusiasts, and from […]

May 4, 2020

International Quantum Shorts Competition announces finalists!

The Quantum Shorts 2019 flash fiction competition has announced its ten finalists! The annual, international competition, which aims to produce quantum inspired artistic outputs, either short videos (as in the 2018 round) or short stories (as in this round), received over 640 stories – an unprecedented number, submitted by enthusiastic writers all around the world. […]

March 31, 2020

Quantum Communications Hub Phase 2.0 Launch Video

Hub Director Prof Tim Spiller gives video address to Launch Phase 2.0 of the Quantum Communications Hub Hub Director, Professor Tim Spiller has given a video address in lieu of the Launch Event for Phase 2.0 of the Quantum Communications Hub. The Launch Event was due to take place on 18 March 2020, but unfortunately had […]

March 24, 2020

Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics UK 2020

The Quantum Communications Hub was delighted to support the Conference for Undergraduate Women UK 2020 (CUWiP UK) between 12 and 15 March 2020, at the University of York. The conference was attended by over 100 undergraduate students, who identify as women, and had a schedule packed with interesting and inspiring activities. The conference included trips […]

March 17, 2020

British Science Week 2020: The Annual Holgate Science Lecture

As part of British Science Week 2020, the Quantum Communication Hub was asked to give a talk to students (aged 11-18) and parents, at the Annual Holgate Science Lecture at the National STEM Learning Centre, York. Hub Investigator, Dr Roger Colbeck, gave the talk which included an introduction to quantum communications and quantum cryptography. After the […]

December 10, 2019

The international Quantum Shorts competition is back!

Quantum Shorts is an annual, international competition aiming to produce quantum inspired artistic outputs in the form of either short videos (as in the 2018 round) or short stories (flash fiction) as is the theme this year. Along with other stakeholders of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (UKNQTP), our Quantum Communications Hub is again […]

October 31, 2019

Our final year report for the first phase of the programme is now published!

Thanks to all the Hub colleagues, partners and collaborators who have contributed to our fifth year report, published today on our website. The report provides a summary of all our achievements over the last five years and outlines future directions for the Hub in the second stage of the national quantum technologies programme. To download […]

October 11, 2019

Hub partner Bristol demonstrates first QKD over 5G network application

Bristol, 3 September 2019 The completion of the UK’s Quantum Network (UKQN) came one step closer earlier this month with the launch of Bristol’s metropolitan quantum network. Establishing the country’s first quantum network to be used as a national testbed facility for the emerging technologies is a major Hub aim, and one that hands the […]

July 11, 2019

New phase of UK quantum secure communications research and development announced

11 July 2019 The UK Quantum Communications Hub has been awarded further funding of approximately £24M to deliver its vision of integrated quantum secured communications. Funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme as part of a national network of four quantum technology hub consortia, the Quantum Communications Hub is currently completing the first phase […]