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Developing quantum software with a grant of 18.8 million euros04 May 2017The first larger quantum computers will soon be available. These computers need new software. Researchers at Leiden University have been awarded a Gra...
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Students are programming with qubits14 March 2017Students of the Leiden University master Computer Science are the first students in the world that have been educated in programming with a quantum co...
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Light on the quantum computer17 November 2016Physicist Martin van Exter works with light at nanoscale, at the forefront of nanocomputer research. But as Director of Education he also has a vision...
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Bernard van Heck Wins Christiaan Huygens Prize 201604 October 2016Bernard van Heck has won the Christiaan Huygens Prize 2016 for his Leiden PhD research on electrical circuits for quantum computers. On behalf of the ...
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Light manipulated with large artificial atom29 August 2016Physicists have manipulated light with large artificial atoms, so-called quantum dots. Before, this has only been done so well with actual atoms. It i...
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Single Molecule Detected for Use in Quantum Network01 April 2016Leiden physicists have managed to detect a single molecule called dibenzoterrylene in a new crystal, and found that it is a candidate component for a ...
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Upper Limit Found for Quantum World24 February 2016The small quantum world and our world of perception obey different laws of nature. Leiden physicists search for the border between both worlds. In an ...
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Major NWO subsidies for research on dark matter and quantum experiments10 February 2016Astronomer Koen Kuijken and physicist Tjerk Oosterkamp have each been awarded a major subsidy by NWO. The funding will allow them to construct new res...
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Breakthrough in uncrackable quantum encryption01 February 2016An important discovery makes it possible to communicate complex information among multiple people without the message being cracked. The communicatio...
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Quantum optics for asylum seekers29 January 2016The Clinical Epidemiology department at the LUMC has set up a series of lectures for asylum seekers. The series has become a huge success.
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FOM Grant for Theoretical Model Majorana Gun12 January 2016
Professor Carlo Beenakker has been awarded a FOM Projectruimte subsidy to build a theoretical model of a majorana gun, a very promising instrument for...
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Interview Richard Gill about quantum experiment16 September 2015In the weekly magazine “Mare” from Leiden University, an interview with the Leiden statistics prof. dr. Richard Gill has been published recently about...
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Richard Gill member of FQXi18 June 2015Prof. Dr. Richard Gill has recently joined as a member of the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi). FQXi is an international association of scienti...
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A new building block for the quantum computer09 June 2015The race to build the first quantum computer is still ongoing, but Morten Bakker has made big step forward in that process with qubits. A qubit is a u...
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Dirk Bouwmeester and Corinne Hofman receive NWO Spinoza Prize09 September 2014On 9 September, in the presence of King Willem Alexander, Secretary of State Sander Dekker presented the Spinoza Prize to four researchers, including ...