The #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics paving the way for a new generation of very powerful computers Some of our FoNS academics working in this exciting area share their reactions⬇️

Dr Malcolm Connolly's lab at Imperial is using these discoveries, and the decades of research they set in motion, to unlock quantum-enhanced AI and to gain deeper insights into advanced electronic materials

He explains quantum tunnelling to BBC World Service (listen from 49.17) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Professor Lesley Cohen, in the Department of Physics said "Their work has laid the foundations for superconducting Qubits - one of the main hardware technologies for quantum technologies." Read her comments on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dr Niladri Banerjee, in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London, said: "This year’s Nobel Prize highlights the link between the microscopic world and electrical circuits."

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