Four universities chosen as hubs for developing quantum technologies
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028470
Nature : On 26 November Greg Clark , UK minister of state for universities, science, and cities, announced that his ministry had chosen the Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow, Oxford, and York to receive funding to move their research on quantum technologies from the lab into industry. The four universities will split £120 million ($190 million) over the next two years from the UK National Quantum Technologies Program and an additional £35 million to fund fellowships and PhD programs. Each of the “quantum hubs” will focus on specific applications: quantum computers and communications at Oxford, quantum sensing and imaging for medicine and security at Glasgow, improving quantum measurement tools such as atomic clocks and gravity sensors at Birmingham, and quantum encryption at York.
