Quantum computer article featured in the Metro
Dr Anthony Laing talks about the reality of quantum computers with the Metro.
News in 2012
African themes and martial combat in a new ballet
In November, past and present University of Bristol students staged a full-scale ballet production – the first of its kind to be held in the city.
Bristol articles chosen as highlights of 2011
Articles by two University of Bristol professors have been selected for a special collection.
Mo Bros from CQP grow moustaches for Movember.
Two PhD students from the Centre for Quantum Photonics suspended their facial-grooming routines this month to raise cash for Movember.
Jacques Carolan wins the Welsh regional final of FameLab
Jacques Carolan, a PhD student in the Centre of Quantum Photonics, has won the Welsh regional final of an international science communication competition called FameLab.
Balazs L Gyorffy Memorial
A memorial for Balazs Gyorffy, Emeritus Professor of Physics, will take place on Saturday 17 November 2012.
A new way to make glass
Dr Paddy Royall and colleagues build on work by Professor Sir Charles Frank sixty years ago.
Quantum paper published in Science
Our paper, 'A Quantum Delayed Choice Experiment', is published in Science.
What is light made of: waves or particles?
Bristol scientists perform new experiment to solve the ‘one real mystery’ of quantum mechanics
Quantum photonics publications
Two new publications from the Centre for Quantum Photonics.
Beautiful physics: tying knots in light
New research seeks to push the discovery that light can be tied in knots to the next level.
CQP in The Quantum Pontiff blog
CQP's recently published paper, 'Experimental realisation of Shor's quantum factoring algorithm using qubit recycling', receives attention from the quantum blog, The Quantum Pontiff.
Professor Balazs Gyorffy
With great sadness we report the death of Professor Balazs Gyorffy.
Bristol leads the way in international science investigation
Bristol is spearheading a nationwide schools project to shed light on the origin of millions of cosmic rays that crash into the Earth’s atmosphere from outer space.
Particle physics: beyond the Higgs boson
University of Bristol physicists have been awarded £5 million to search for new laws of nature at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Astronomers discover look-alike galaxies
An international team of astronomers, including Professor Steve Phillipps from Bristol, has reported the discovery of two groups of galaxies with very similar properties to the local group containing our own Milky Way Galaxy.
Bristol hosts the 16th triennial International Conference on Positron Annihilation (ICPA-16)
This summer saw the University of Bristol hold the 16th triennial International Conference on Positron Annihilation (ICPA-16) with attendance from over 200 people from 28 different countries. Bristol has a rich history in positron physics; Paul Dirac, who predicted the existence of the positron in 1928, lived here in his childhood and studied in Bristol as an undergraduate.
High temperature superconductors show new type of electronic order
The results of a collaboration between Bristol's Stephen Hayden and colleagues based in Birmingham, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Vancouver, and Villigen were published in October by Nature Physics. The results show that high temperature superconductivity in layered cuprates can develop from an electronically ordered state called a charge density wave.
Quantum calculation sets new record.
An article 'Recycled photons set fresh quantum computing record' has been published in the New Scientist following research published in Nature Photonics.
Quantum computing with recycled particles
A research team from the University of Bristol’s Centre for Quantum Photonics (CQP) have brought the reality of a quantum computer one step closer by experimentally demonstrating a technique for significantly reducing the physical resources required for quantum factoring.
Vacancy for 5 PhD Studentships in Materials Science
Applications are invited for 5 PhD Studentships in Materials Science
Vacancy for PhD studentship
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship based at the University of Bristol's Interface Analysis Centre
Dr Mark Thompson secures EPSRC Bright IDEAS Award
Dr Mark Thompson has secured funding worth over £245,000 from the EPSRC following a successful 'Big Pitch' application.
Bristol researcher is strictly the best
A research assistant at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information (NSQI) has won the British Science Association’s Strictly Engineering challenge.
Jeremy O'Brien delivers talk at the WEF's Annual Meeting of the New Champions
Professor Jeremy O'Brien gave an invited talk on the future of information and communications technology (ICT) and the impact the quantum technologies revolution will have on the future of society and economics at the the WEF in China.
Dr Alberto Peruzzo awarded PG Commendation.
Dr Alberto Peruzzo has been awarded a Postgraduate Commendation for his thesis.
Research Associate (vacancy ref. 17508)
Applications are invited for a 15 month EPSRC-funded post-doctoral position in the Schools of Physics and Chemistry at the University of Bristol (UK) starting from 1 November 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter. (vacancy ref. 17508)
CQP make headlines in the Daily Mail
Professor Jeremy O'Brien and Dr Mark Thompson are featured in an article describing the possible applications of their breakthrough silicon quantum chip.
CQP make the headlines in the Financial Times
Professor Jeremy O'Brien and Dr Mark Thompson appear in an article in the Financial Times prior to their appearance at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen.
Vacancy for Research Manager (vacancy ref. 17440)
Applications are invited for a three-year Research Manager position in the Centre for Quantum Photonics (CQP) of the School of Physics (vacancy ref. 17440)
Vacancy for Research Associate (vacancy ref. 17463)
Applications are invited for a Research Assistant or Associate with the Particle Physics Group of the School of Physics to work on precision flavour physics at the LHCb experiment. (vacancy ref. 17463)
Vacancy for Teaching Laboratory Technician (vacancy ref. 17472)
The School of Physics is looking to recruit a technician to help run our state-of-the-art undergraduate teaching laboratories. (vacancy ref. 17472)
CQP RA awarded prestigious Leverhulme Trust Fellowship
Dr Jonathan Matthews from the Centre for Quantum Photonics has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship.
Professor Worrall made President of High Energies and Fundamental Physics Division of International Astronomical Union
Professor Diana Worrall has become President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Division for High Energies and Fundamental Physics.
Honorary doctorate awarded to Professor Berry
Professor Berry was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University.
A billion years of missing antimatter
Dr Jonas Rademacker, Bristol’s particle physics group, has been awarded a €1.4M start-up grant to make precision measurements of the subtle differences between matter and anti-matter.
Physicists take to the skies at Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
Bristol students helped to recreate a Nobel prize-winning experiment at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta recently.
Vacancy for Research Assistant (vacancy ref. 17414)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Quantum Dot Spin Physics for Experimental Quantum Information Science at the Centre for Quantum Photonics, School of Physics and Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering.
Vacancy for Research Assistant (vacancy ref. 17418)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant based within the Interface Analysis Centre, School of Physics.
CQP student wins prize at prestigious conference
Enrique Martin-Lopez, a PhD student in the Centre for Quantum Photonics, has taken third prize for his poster at the prestigious QCMC 2012 conference in Vienna.