QUBIC researchers work with partners across health, environment and industry to turn quantum science into practical tools and solutions. The examples below show how just a sample of our technologies are creating real impact. Explore what’s possible – and if you can see potential links to your own challenges, sign up for updates or contact us to start a conversation.
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19 Jul, 2026
Unlocking the Hidden Brain with Quantum Technology: A New Era of Brain Measurement
When Curiosity Meets Brain Science When Sophie Lin talks about the brain, her tone is equal parts wonder and humility. “The more you study the brain, the less you feel like you really understand it, ...
Read10 Jul, 2026
Seeing Dementia Unfold
Dementia: a growing challenge, with limited answers Dementia is one of Australia’s most pressing health challenges, and the second leading cause of death in Australia. Beyond the statistics lies a d ...
Read25 Jun, 2026
Reading biology in many dimensions
How mixOmics, an open-source framework turns the complexity of multi-omics data into biological insight – from dairy farms to coral reefs to the clinic. A paradox sits at the heart of modern bio ...
Read05 Jun, 2026
Seeing and Controlling the Molecular Engines of Life
Imagine a future where medical treatments are more responsive, biological systems are easier to control, and disease can be detected earlier and more precisely. Reaching this future depends on underst ...
Read09 May, 2026
Photonic molecular fingerprinting for fairer sports
Quantum assays for anti-doping control The challenge Erythropoietin (EPO) is a natural hormone that stimulates red-blood-cell production. Synthetic EPO closely mimics the natural form, making it hard ...
Read02 Apr, 2026
Applying Quantum to the Brain Frontier
QUBIC CI Professor Marta Garrido brings expertise and infrastructure to enable next-generation quantum-enabled brain measurement. The appointment of Professor Marta Garrido to QUBIC in 2025 marks a si ...
Read06 Mar, 2026
Reshaping How Scientists Explore the Physical Behaviour of Living Systems
Optical trapping and manipulation, which is the use of precisely shaped laser beams to hold, rotate, and measure microscopic structures, is reshaping how scientists explore the physical behaviour of l ...
Read09 Dec, 2025
Quantum Breakthrough Could Transform Heart Disease Diagnosis in Australia
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and early, accurate diagnosis is critical to saving lives. Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology (QUBIC) have ...
Read30 Oct, 2025
Engineering Surfaces to Unlock Reliable Quantum Sensing
Quantum sensing promises measurement capabilities that far exceed classical technologies. Using quantum properties of matter, quantum sensors can detect extremely small magnetic, electrical and therma ...
Read03 Jun, 2025
Heat-Activated Imaging: New NIR-II Material Glows for a Longer Lifetime
Seeing deep into the brain without harming delicate tissue is one of the biggest challenges in medical imaging. Researchers from QUBIC at the University of Technology Sydney have developed a new mater ...
Read20 May, 2025
Harnessing Red Light to Improve Honeybee Health and Honey Production
In 2024 a Translation Facilitation Project was awarded to harness red light to improve Honeybee health and honey production. Honeybees are vital to Australia’s agriculture and economy, supportin ...
Read01 May, 2025
Quantum Microscopy Breakthrough Could Help Detect Hidden Threats in Our Food and Bodies
What if we could see the invisible? For example, the tiny molecules that signal disease or contamination without harming the cells we’re measuring. Centre researchers from The University of Queensla ...
Read01 Mar, 2025
Cracking a Cancer Code: How Simulations Are Guiding Smarter Drug Design
Some of the most important breakthroughs in medicine happen at the tiniest scales, like inside our cells, where proteins quietly control life and disease. One such protein, NHE1, plays a key role in h ...
Read01 Oct, 2024
Queensland to quash carbon emissions under the new Quantum Decarbonisation Alliance
The Queensland government has awarded $10M to the Quantum Decarbonisation Alliance (QDA), a consortium of leading research and industry organisations in a mission to apply quantum technologies to solv ...
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