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Pick up a pencil. Make a mark on a piece of paper. Congratulations: you are doing cutting-edge condensed matter physics. You might even be making the first mark on the road to quantum computers, according to new Perimeter research.

Introducing graphene

One of the hottest materials in condensed matter research today is graphene.

Eight IQC researchers received Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) awards‎ including a prestigious NSERC Discovery Accelerator grant.

A masters and a PhD student at the Institute for Quantum Computing have each received thesis honours at the 2014 University of Waterloo convocation.

The Institute for Quantum Computing presented five students with awards for excellent research and outreach activity.

A form of quantum weirdness is a key ingredient for building quantum computers according to new research from a team at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).

In a new study published in the journal Nature today researchers have shown that a weird aspect of quantum theory called contextuality is a necessary resource to achieve the so-called magic required for universal quantum computation.

IQC researchers, led by Thomas Jennewein, have been awarded $250,000 by the Canadian Space Agency to train and develop Canadian grad students through a space science and technology project.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) funding will support Thomas Jennewein (Physics and Astronomy) and his QEYSSat team in conducting a demonstration of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) between a receiver payload on an airborne platform and a transmitter on the ground.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, May 1, 2014) – The Province of Ontario renewed its investment in world leading quantum technology research today allotting $25 million to the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo over five years.

“We are extremely grateful that the Province of Ontario continues to create the conditions for Ontario, and Canada, to lead the world in quantum information research," said Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of Waterloo.

The quantum revolution is poised to move out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. Technologies that exploit the laws of quantum mechanics will outperform their classical counterparts providing advantages we are only beginning to capitalize on. These technologies will be one step closer with the development of a new method for linking small quantum processors.

Audience received an insider’s view of space from astronaut and former president of the Canadian Space Agency, Steve MacLean, following Gravity screening.

The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) Graduate Student Associate (GSA) presented a screening of the Oscar-winning film Gravity for IQC and University of Waterloo students.

The Institute for Quantum Computing congratulates faculty members Matteo Mariantoni and Christopher Wilson on receiving Early Researcher Awards.