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Cambridge launches major strategic partnership with IonQ to ‘supercharge’ quantum research in the UK

The UK’s most powerful quantum computer, which will accelerate research and discovery in quantum science, engineering, and a range of other applications, will be based at the University of Cambridge...

11 March 2026

New applied quantum initiative to advance research translation at Cambridge

Quantum technology research at the Cavendish Laboratory will benefit from a new collaboration with FormationQ, an independent platform for quantum adoption and application, to help speed translation of the University...

3 February 2026

ERC Synergy Grant for nanomachinery project using light to manipulate DNA nanostructures

Being able to build nanomachinery has been a persistent dream across science fiction. With a new European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant, Cavendish researchers and their collaborators in Munich and...

6 November 2025

Cambridge team receives major boost to revolutionise optical metamaterials

Cambridge researchers have secured funding to create materials with radically new optical and mechanical properties, that can be produced at scale and low cost. The new funding, comprising of a...

28 October 2025

Cavendish researchers awarded funding to advance quantum science combined with chemistry

A team of researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, has been awarded a £500,000 Research and Innovation’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant to show evidence of quantum entanglement...

4 July 2025

BRIGHTS future for quantum objects

Professor Sir Richard Friend is one of the leading researchers to win a European Research Council’s (ERC) award in its latest round of Advanced Grant competition. The funding, worth €2.5...

17 June 2025

New Quantum Hub to support national security and critical infrastructure

A new quantum technology hub launched to ensure the UK benefits from resilient position, navigation and timing (PNT) advancements. This initiative will play a pivotal role in supporting national security...

6 December 2024

Sustainable responsive materials to transform industry, buildings and medicine

How would the future look if buildings were to dynamically adapt to environmental conditions? If threads could show users how tightly they are stretched for optimal suturing after a surgery?...

6 November 2024