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Apply now for the Quantum Future Academy 2024!
The Quantum Future Academy is entering the next round. In Quantum Valley Lower Saxony, 30 students will gain unique insights into the world of applied quantum technologies and explore career paths and the latest technologies. The academy will take place from September...

Girl´s Day 2024: A day as a physicist at QuantumFrontiers
At the QuantumFrontiers Cluster of Excellence, female physicists and other scientists are researching questions of quantum metrology. What is quantum metrology? Metrology is the technical term for the art of measurement and quanta are the smallest particles in our...

A week full of quantum
All about quantum physics in Braunschweig on World Quantum Day on April 14 From April 8 to 14, Braunschweig and the region will be focusing on the fascinating world of quanta - from a scientific symposium to a captivating Science Watch Party. The colorful supporting...

European Quantum Technologies Conference 2023: Book of Abstracts published
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NDR TV reports on Volkswagen Foundation and QVLS
Find out more about the work on Germany's most powerful quantum computer and how this is being made possible with funding from the BMBF's Future Agenda and the Volkswagen Foundation in this TV feature: Watch the Video (online until Mar. 25, 2026)

Computing with ions
The Quantum Valley Lower Saxony's quantum computer is on schedule for completion by 2025. In this case, completed means that dozens of ions are available for computing operations, while optimisation continues in the background. Scientists in Hanover and Braunschweig...

Integrated light as a key to future computers
Braunschweig und Jena arbeiten gemeinsam an optoelektronischen Bauteilen
Radio report: Qudora´s research on the “quantum computer to go”
Deutschlandfunk reported on the research of our member Qudora in "Forschung aktuell" on February 2, 2024: The start-up also relies on ion traps, but on microwaves instead of lasers to control qubits and store...

Successfully integrated qubit control in quantum computers
TU Braunschweig researches scaling solution for Quantum Valley Lower Saxony

QVLS as a driving force at productronica 2023
productronica is regarded as the world's leading trade fair for electronics development and production, making it the sector's most important biannual meeting place and source of inspiration. At the invitation of the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA),...

Minister President Weil visits Nitride Technology Center NTC at TU Braunschweig
When the headlight starts thinking The Nitride Technology Center (NTC) presents itself: During his visit to TU Braunschweig, Minister President Weil dived into the world of microelectronics on 23 October 2023. Nitride semiconductors are becoming the second innovative...

EQTC 2023: Europe’s Quantum Sector to Showcase Research & Business Successes and Its Roadmap for Global Leadership
European Quantum Technologies Conference will gather ecosystem together for a 360-degree update on research breakthroughs, business-opportunity insights and connecting with key stakeholders. Energised by the growing momentum in Europe’s quantum technology sector,...

QVLS at the premiere of Quantum Effects
QVLS presented the progress made in Lower Saxony’s growing quantum science and quantum economy.

The “family of ion-trappers” gathered in Bückeburg
The Seventh European Conference on Trapped Ions (ECTI) 2023 took place at Schloss Bückeburg, from 25-29 September. The event, co-organised by the Collaborative Research Center DQ-mat, the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers and the Quantum Valley Lower Saxony QVLS,...

How to launch successfully: Startup Roundtable “Quantum Edition”
"The quantum computer is our moon landing," predicts Professor Andreas Waag from the Institute of Semiconductor Technology at TU Braunschweig. In order to transfer quantum technology into practice, two spin-offs have already emerged from the university's research...

On sabbatical in Braunschweig’s microelectronics
US Professor Fa Foster Dai visits TU Braunschweig When Bell lab researchers invented the first transistors over 70 years ago, they could not have imagined the profound impact this technology would generate on our way of living. Today, billions of transistors on...

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Braunschweig
Germany's highest research award granted to Daniel Prades from Barcelona TU Braunschweig welcomes Daniel Prades as their first Alexander von Humboldt Professor. The Spanish expert for nanophotonics receives Germany’s highest-doted research award with five million...

Industry meets Quantum at the HANNOVER MESSE 2023
With the joint stand Quantum Technologies, the Future Hub at Hannover Messe 2023 became the central point of contact for the latest industrial applications of quantum technologies. From 17 to 21 April 2023, various start-ups presented the innovative power of quantum...

Quantum sensors on the road to application
With unprecedented precision, quantum sensors are viewed as a technological leap for biomedicine. More and more start-ups are working to bring this potential out of the research lab into medical application. But it is often difficult to predict the success of...

Tickets are now available for the European Quantum Technologies Conference 2023
Celebrate the World Quantum Day and benefit from super early bird rates!

Spearheading tomorrow’s technology at MWC Barcelona
This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is all about velocity with the theme: “Unleashing tomorrow’s technology – today”. Quantum Valley Lower Saxony is part of the most visionary spearhead of tomorrow’s technology: The joint stand of Europe’s Quantum Flagship....

Europe-wide network for quantum training kicked off
Quantum technologies enable completely new applications for numerous industrial sectors. In order to tap the enormous potential and put it into practice, skilled workers are needed. There is a lack of qualified personnel, especially for the transfer from the...

Join in bringing quantum technologies to life at the HANNOVER MESSE
What innovative power lies in quantum technologies? What role do quantum technologies play for the trade guests and the thousands of participating exhibitors who will gather at the HANNOVER MESSE from 17 to 21 April 2023? Quantum Valley Lower Saxony (QVLS) invites you...

Neuromorphic Computing based on LEDs
For humans, driving a car in an unfamiliar environment is a comparatively simple exercise. For a computer, on the other hand, this task is extremely demanding and requires a lot of energy. Together, Professor Christian Werner from the OST Eastern Switzerland...

More expertise for quantum sensing in QVLS
Professor Nabeel Aslam researches diamond quantum sensors in Braunschweig Nabeel Aslam became a junior professor at the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics at TU Braunschweig at the beginning of October 2022. For the last four years, Professor Aslam was researching...