Science Public Lectures

The quirky features of the quantum realm have puzzled scientists for a century. Microscopic particles can be in superpositions of two states at once -- say heads and tails -- and share entanglement, a correlation that defies their separation in space and time. Efforts in unmasking and controlling these features triggered a technological overhaul rivalling last century’s industrial revolutions. This talk will venture into the foundations of quantum mechanics and illustrate recent progress in exploiting its most elusive signatures as resources for disruptive information and communication tasks.

The Schools of Biosciences, Physics and Astronomy, Pharmacy and Chemistry have been jointly hosting a series of public science lectures for many years, following on from the successful lectures organised for the International Year of Astronomy (2009), Int. Year of Chemistry (2011), and the series organised by the East Midlands British Science Association.