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Cum laude physicist Tom O’Brien to research quantum chemistry by quantum computers20 June 2019With defending his thesis ‘Applications of topology to Weyl semimetals and quantum computing’, the Leiden theoretical physicist Tom O'Brien has gained...
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The scent of the universe14 May 2019Former PhD student Cameron Mackie will been awarded not one, but two dissertation prizes for his thesis on the aromatic universe. His work could provi...
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The most stable microscope in the world07 May 2019Making the most vibration-free, cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope in the world. A bold mission, but one that PhD candidate Irene Battisti succes...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Carlo Beenakker to ‘braid’ Majorana fermions29 March 2019Theoretical physicist Carlo Beenakker has been awarded a €2m Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). He will use this to try to create ...
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How suspicious parties can work together safely19 March 2019Cryptographer Max Fillinger developed new methods to analyse a group of algorithms called commitments schemes. These schemes are building blocks for c...
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PNAS Paper Prize for quantum machine learning14 March 2019‘We hope our paper highlights the possibilities and benefits of including artificial intelligence in quantum physics to do new discoveries.’ Vedran Du...
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Lieuwe Vinkhuijzen third in VERSEN Master Thesis Award22 February 2019PhD candidate Lieuwe Vinkhuijzen received the VERSEN Master Thesis Award 3rd prize for his master’s thesis on quantum computing. ‘A forward-looking th...
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Chemical bond versus electromagnetic waves21 December 2018Vibrating carbon monoxide molecules adsorbed at the surface of a salt crystal stop moving after a few milliseconds. Scientists now discovered this is ...
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Prominent physicist Maldacena gives Ehrenfest Colloquium19 November 2018On November 21, theoretical physicist Juan Maldacena gives the Ehrenfest Colloquium. Maldacena is known worldwide as the inventor of AdS/CFT correspon...
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Livestream: Sean Carroll gives Ehrenfest Colloquium25 September 2018On Wednesday September 26th, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll will give an Ehrenfest colloquium. It is part of a lecture series that has been runnin...
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Where does the quantum world end?30 August 2018With his ice-cold nano force sensor, Tjerk Oosterkamp searches for the boundary between the quantum world and the everyday world. The Leiden physicist...
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Physicists demonstrate new method to make single photons23 July 2018Scientists need individual photons for quantum cryptography and quantum computers. Leiden physicists have now experimentally demonstrated a new produc...
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Sense Jan van der Molen appointed as Professor Physics of Condensed Matter11 June 2018As of 1 June, Leiden University has appointed Sense Jan van der Molen as Professor Physics of Condensed matter. He investigates the unique electronic ...
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Serge Fehr appointed as Professor Quantum information theory08 June 2018As of 1 June, Serge Fehr has been appointed as Professor Quantum information theory at the Leiden Mathematical Institute (MI). Fehr is employed by Cen...
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New quantum computer design to predict molecule properties28 May 2018The standard approach to build a quantum computer with Majoranas as building blocks is to convert them into qubits. However, a promising application o...