30.10.24

A fascinating panel discussion at our ASPECTS Industry Forum featuring IBM, Horizon Quantum, Sandbox, Research Ireland, Fidelity and Microsoft, expertly chaired by Felix Binder Special thanks to Horizon Quantum for co-hosting and co-funding the event!

08.05.24

In Dr. Ares's talk we learn about the connection between electromechanics and information theory. How do the fundamental laws of thermodynamics take on new complexities at the nanoscale? And how does Dr. Ares' research provide a theoretical framework to understand and harness these unique behaviours?

05.12.23

Dr Tony Apollaro, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics, has joined the ASPECTS (Quantum Thermodynamics of Precision in Electronic Devices) consortium in November 2023. ASPECTS is a €2.7M three-years project (2022-2025) investigating the energetic resources needed for precision measurement in the quantum regime.

28.11.23

A fundamental trade-off between the resolution of a clock and its accuracy could have important implications for quantum computers, which must measure short timescales accurately

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26.11.23

There are different ideas about how quantum computers could be built. But they all have one thing in common: you use a quantum physical system—for example, individual atoms—and change their state by exposing them to very specific forces for a specific time. ..

31.10.23

A study led by Trinity’s Dr Mark Mitchison has found that accurate timing is even more crucial to realising quantum computers than previously thought.

31.10.23

New research from a consortium of quantum physicists, led by Trinity College Dublin's Dr. Mark Mitchison, shows that imperfect timekeeping places a fundamental limit to quantum computers and their applications….

02.05.23

Award-winning physicist Dr Mark Mitchison describes the situation for early-career researchers in Ireland as ‘dire’ because of a lack of support.

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08.03.23

ASPECTS’ PI Natalia Ares joins Miriam Frankel, science editor at The Conversation, and FQxI in a podcast that explores the greatest mysteries facing physicists today – and discuss the radical proposals for solving them.

10.02.23

In the first of a series of short documentaries from FQxI, Professor Natalia Ares shows us her research at Oxford University that uses carbon nanotube machines to investigate how we can use information as a fuel.

02.12.22

Five research groups across Europe are now joining forces in uncovering the ultimate limitations of timekeeping to assess whether precision measurements can become more energy efficient. The €2.9 million project, named ASPECTS, is part of the EU Quantum Technologies Flagship.

01.12.22

Professor Mark Mitchison has won an EU Quantum Technologies Flagship research grant worth €2.9 million. He will lead a team of researchers seeking to understand nature’s timekeeping limitations and querying whether precision measurements can be more energy efficient.