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“I want to debunk the mystery of quantum physics”

10 May 2022

Meet quantum physicist PhD student Poppy Joshi, one of the speakers at Brighton's Soapbox Science.

Sussex Experimental Particle Physics (EPP) research group stand at the Festival of Tomorrow science fair

Experimental Particle Physicists inspire at Festival of Tomorrow science fair

26 April 2022

Physicists from Experimental Particle Physics (EPP) research group attended the recent science, technology and engineering Festival of Tomorrow in...

Current flow in an electric vehicle battery

Quantum physicists develop sensors to assess the safety of electric vehicle batteries

25 April 2022

Quantum physicists at the University of Sussex have used magnetic imaging for assessing electric vehicle batteries.

Prof Winfried Hensinger explains his team's work to Mims Davies MP

Mims Davies MP learns about quantum leaps being made at University of Sussex

8 April 2022

The employment Minister visited the quantum computer laboratory and heard about the potential for a “quantum Silicon Valley” in her constituency.

Illustration of a black hole with nebula

Stephen Hawking’s famous black hole paradox solved after hair-raising discovery

17 March 2022

Sussex scientists help show that black holes are more complex than previously thought and resolve Hawking’s 46-year-old Black Hole Information Paradox

New website unveiled for Quantum Systems and Devices

16 March 2022

Take a virtual meander through the Quantum System and Devices group's new website to find out more about their fascinating research and news.

Graphene-wrapped emulsion droplets deposited onto electrodes for single-droplet thin-film electronic devices

The University of Sussex scientists advancing liquid electronics

15 February 2022

University of Sussex physicists have coated droplets in atomically-thin graphene that can be used to wrap any liquid, in liquid tech advance.

Lead author of the paper, Dr Thomas Barrett, in the Quantum Systems and Devices laboratory at the University of Sussex

Quantum tech in space? Sussex scientists design remote monitoring system for inaccessible quantum devices

11 February 2022

Operating quantum technology in challenging environments, such as space, has moved a significant step forward after physicists working at the...

Artist's impression of a trapped ion quantum computer

Sussex scientists reveal how quantum computing can break Bitcoin and help tackle world hunger

25 January 2022

Sussex spin-out, Universal Quantum identifies how big a quantum computer needs to be to solve some of the world's most pressing challenges

University of Sussex Professor of Photonics, Marco Peccianti in his laboratory

University of Sussex physics professor recognised for excellence in advancing the science of light

20 December 2021

University of Sussex Professor of Photonics Marco Peccianti made a 2022 Optica Fellow.

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