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Researchers have found that purple bacteria use quantum coherence to harvest light during photosynthesis.

In a scientific first, a team of researchers from Macquarie University and the University of Vienna  have developed a new technique to measure molecular properties – forming the basis for improvements in scientific instruments like telescopes, and with the potential to speed up the development of pharmaceuticals.

Quantum Shorts 2016 invites submissions for its short film festival. Films should be inspired by or related to the themes and ideas of quantum physics, using the field’s science, history, philosophy or technology as a springboard for narrative or abstract films of no more than 5 minutes in length.

The Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham announced today the latest round of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Excellence scheme. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS) has been awarded $31.9 million.

Research by an international team from Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany has shown that the gap between quantum phenomena and classical intuition is even bigger than previously thought.

Australian researchers use 3-D printing to create a resonant microwave cavity via an aluminum-silicon alloy that boasts superconductivity when cooled below the critical temperature of aluminum.

ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS) Node Manager and chief investigator Professor Warwick Bowen said the one-tonne $500,000 dilution refrigerator allowed ultra-low temperature experiments in photonics, which is the science of light generation, detection and manipulation.

EQuS Chief Investigator Professor Halina-Rubinsztein-Dunlop has been named among the 21 new Australia Academy of Science Fellows announced in Canberra this morning. 

An international consortium comprising European groups and EQuS Chief Investigator Michael Biercuk's Quantum Control Laboratory at the University of Sydney has been awarded a multimillion-dollar grant from the United States Office of the Director of National Intelligence for research in quantum technology.

Australia’s first hub for nano science and quantum tech opened yesterday (April 20) at the University of Sydney.