Quantum laboratories of Russian Quantum Centre to be created in Kazan
24 July 2013, Wednesday
On July 24 at their meeting in Kazan Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Chairman of the Board of Guardians of Russian Quantum Centre Sergey Belousov discussed an opportunity of locating several laboratories in Kazan at Nanotechnological Centre and Kazan Federal University. Rustam Minnikhanov was told about activity of Russian Quantum Centre and its mission.
Experimental laboratories created under the auspices of Russian Quantum Centre will enable inviting world-famous scientists, generating publications and realising reserve research activity.
Rector of Kazan Federal University Ilshat Gafurov said that the groundwork for such laboratories has been laid and research work is underway.
Rustam Minnikhanov highly estimated the idea of creating laboratories of Russian Quantum Centre in Kazan, and asked to decide on oragnisational and legal framework of the project, work out objectives of Kazan Federal University and Nanotechnological Centre, determine the number of laboratories and their budgets.
It was suggested to hold an international conference on quantum technologies in Kazan in 2014.
Professor of Physics, Director of the Centre of Quantum Optics at Harvard University Mikhail Lukin, German physicist, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics Wolfgang Ketterle, Director of Russian Quantum Centre Ruslan Yunusov took part in the meeting.
Read more about activity of Russian Quantum Centre here http://rqc.ru/
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