A team of researchers from the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) at Paderborn University has taken a decisive step towards universal photonic quantum computers.

With the aim of strengthening cross-border cooperation in quantum technologies, the European Commission has launched the 2025 “QuantERA” call for proposals. Supported by 34 funding organisations from 29 countries, the total funding package amounts to around 53 million euros. Out of more than 1,400 research teams and 287 applications, exactly 39 projects have been recommended for funding. With their project ‘Semidefinite Foundations for Quantum…

Collaborative Research Centre brings together expertise from the Paderborn University and Bielefeld University

Hawking radiation is a form of radiation emitted by black holes, as theoretically predicted by Stephen Hawking. It describes how black holes not only swallow matter, but also emit very faint radiation themselves. This radiation has not yet been observed in space; instead, researchers are using models in the laboratory that mimic the behaviour of black holes. Although the effect of Hawking radiation is well known in astrophysics, the mechanism by…

ChatGPT, Claude and others: Paderborn University, with the support of the Westfalen Foundation, has investigated how generative artificial intelligence (AI) influences human creativity and learning processes as part of the ‘GenAI4PC’1 research project.