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A diamond as a quantum sensor.

The UNI NOVA 'New Beginnings' issue features an article by Andreas Lorenz-Meyer about our spin-off company, QNAMI.  With a high-precision quantum sensor, the Basel-based startup Qnami is opening up new insights into matter and computer…

Nationaler Zukunftstag 2025
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Nationaler Zukunftstag 2025

It was great to be part of Nationaler Zukunftstag 2025, witnessing and fostering girls' fascination with physics. In collaboration with the Physics Department and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, we presented a varied programme comprising…

Team YQuantum
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Quantum startup YQuantum receives seed funding

The startup YQuantum aims to develop miniaturized hardware components for next-generation quantum computers. The company has now received CHF 150,000 in startup funding from the Venture Kick initiative.

Richard Warburton
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ERC Synergy Grant for research into quantum-based light

Congratulations to BQC Prof. Richard Warburton and his team! They have been awarded a prestigious Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Together with partners in Bochum and Copenhagen, the team is developing scalable…

SPS Award
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Jodok Happacher wins SPG Prize for his doctoral thesis

Jodok Happacher receives an SPG Prize for his outstanding research on individual nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond at low temperatures, which is of significance for quantum sensing.

profil Smolenski
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Tomasz Smoleński received one of the seven highly sought-after ERC starting grants

Professor Tomasz Smoleński at the Department of Physics is also investigating exotics. Or more precisely, exotic states of matter in a new class of materials known as moiré materials. These consist of stacks of ultra-thin crystal layers…

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Tomasz Smoleński studies simple rules that create quantum wonders

In this video from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, Tomasz Smoleński, assistant professor of the BQC, takes us inside his Quantum Opto-Electronics lab. From peeling off atomic layers of van der Waals crystals to studying electrons under…

Nanowire
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Smartes Gaspedal für Quanten-Bits

Researchers at Basel Quantum Center and the SNI network have made a quantum bit both faster and more robust at the same time. This could help advance the development of quantum computers in the future.

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World Quantum Day 2025: Quantum needs Nano

To mark the World Quantum Day on April 14, researchers from the Department of Physics at the University of Basel share insights into their work in quantum science. They explain the areas of quantum science in which they work and why this…

 

 

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