New Quantum Science & Technology Institute opens at UCL

UCL is today inaugurating a new Quantum Science & Technology Institute (UCLQ). The new institute will coordinate and support research into quantum science and technology across UCL, helping to develop this fast-advancing field of research. The institute will link researchers across a range of departments and disciplines, including the London Centre for Nanotechnology, and the Departments of Physics & Astronomy, Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Science & Technology Studies, and Chemistry, as well as UCL's new EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Delivering Quantum Technologies. Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost) said: "The UCL Quantum Science & Technology will push the boundaries of our understanding of quantum science and use these insights to deliver disruptive future technologies. Meeting these challenges requires a major interdisciplinary effort, such as that brought together in UCLQ." Quantum science and technology harnesses the special properties of matter on tiny scales, to go beyond the limits of classical physics and conventional technologies. It has potentially revolutionary applications in electronics, computer science, and many other important fields. Key areas of expertise at UCL include: Quantum communication: - Taking advantage of quantum properties of systems, research in quantum aims to develop means of communicating which are completely impervious to eavesdropping - something of crucial importance both to industry and private users.