As proclaimed by the United Nations, 2025 is the <a href="https://quantum2025.org/en/">International Year of Quantum Science and Technology</a>, or IYQ for short. This year was chosen because it marks the 100th anniversary of <a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/return-to-helgoland-celebrating-100-years-of-quantum-mechanics/">Werner Heisenberg’s development of matrix mechanics</a> – the first consistent mathematical description of quantum physics.

Our guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is the Turkish quantum physicist <a href="https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/ataturem">Mete Atatüre</a>, who heads up the Cavendish Laboratory at the UK’s University of Cambridge.
In a conversation with Physics World’s Katherine Skipper, Atatüre talks about hosting <a href="https://www.quantum2025.de/en/quantum2025/quanten-in-der-forschung-und-quantentechnologien/quantour">Quantour</a>, the quantum light source that is IYQ’s version of the Olympic torch. He also talks about his group’s research on quantum sensors and quantum networks.
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<li>There is much more about Heisenberg’s mathematical breakthrough in quantum physics here: “<a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/return-to-helgoland-celebrating-100-years-of-quantum-mechanics/">Return to Helgoland: celebrating 100 years of quantum mechanics</a>”.</li>
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This article forms part of Physics World&#8216;s contribution to the <a title="https://quantum2025.org/en/about/" href="https://quantum2025.org/en/about/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology</a> (IYQ), which aims to raise global awareness of quantum physics and its applications.
Stayed tuned to Physics World and our international partners throughout the next 12 months for more coverage of the IYQ.
<a href="https://physicsworld.com/c/quantum/">Find out more on our quantum channel.</a>

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