In 2012, the European Science Foundation launched its Farquest programme, aiming to map out a pan-European quantumresearch structure in which quantum biology plays a big role.
Research scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a process to pair quantum dots with fullerenes in photovoltaic cells in order to improve the effectiveness of solar panels on the nanoscale.
They stole information from a research version of a system made by ID Quantique, a Swiss firm that is trying to commercialise quantum cryptography, by taking advantage of synchronisation signals that pass between Alice and Bob.