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QFX leadership team photographed in the Beecroft Building

Physics spin-out receives government boost

A spin-out from the University of Oxford is set to benefit from a share of 拢50 million of government funding, part of a wider goal to make the UK a world leader in quantum sensing by 2030.
22 October 2026
A mix-species atomic entanglement stravaganza

Quantum network entangles several atoms of different elements

Physicists at the University of Oxford have used a quantum network to entangle several atoms across two separate locations; the atoms are two different elements, strontium and calcium.
15 October 2026
A simplified diagram of the four main postulates discussed in the paper and demonstrates their inequivalence.

Quantum uncertainty from addition

Oxford graduate student publishes study showing derivations of quantum probability depend on the same assumption: that the probabilities of mutually exclusive outcomes can be summed.
13 October 2026
Lattice pattern with circular movement in the centre. Bright light shining straight out perpendicular to the pattern.

Hybrid quantum computer observes foundational quantum effect in a new setting

Physicists have used a hybrid quantum computer to observe the Aharonov-Bohm effect in a quantum simulation.
25 September 2026
David McMahon from the Cloq team

Second win for atomic 鈥楥loq鈥� team

Following their success having come second in the University of Oxford鈥檚 annual聽Student Entrepreneurship Programme (StEP), a team of four students went on to win first prize in the Reuben College Entrepreneurship Forum 2026 pitching competition.
21 September 2026
Rachael Harris

Meet...Rachael Harris

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. We meet Rachael, Programme Director for the Oxford Quantum Institute.
4 September 2026
2D MOT apparatus

Scientists observe Einstein鈥檚 gravity in the quantum world

An international team including Professor Sir Roger Penrose has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on a falling quantum object for the first time.
3 September 2026
OQC Winnersh Lab site

OQC raises 拢260 million in largest European quantum funding round

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a spin-out of the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has closed a 拢260 million Series C funding round 鈥� the largest ever raised by a quantum computing company in Europe.
9 June 2026
Oana Bazavan and Sebastian Saner

Oxford physicists create new family of Schr枚dinger's cat states

Researchers generate cat-like superpositions built from highly nonclassical quantum components.
3 June 2026
Single atom in ion trap

Oxford team achieves first-ever 鈥榪uadsqueezing鈥� quantum interaction

Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated a new type of quantum interaction using a single trapped ion.
1 May 2026
Clockwise from top left: Cosmin Andrei, Dr Gabriel Araneda Machuca, Oana Bazavan, Dr Keith Norman and Dr Mustafa Bakr

Quantum physicists: the people behind the future

Having celebrated the International Year of Quantum last year, here we speak to people across the Department of Physics to find out how they found their way into quantum, what their days look like now, and how they see the field changing.
12 February 2026
Professor David Lucas, right, at a laser table

Building the foundations of a quantum internet

Professor David Lucas from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford is to lead one of three new UKRI-funded projects as part of a commitment to deepen the science and tech ties between the UK and Japan.
4 February 2026
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