On June 7, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly, on the 100th anniversary of the development of Quantum Mechanics, officially declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ2025). 

The United Nations resolution “recommends that the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology be celebrated through activities at all levels designed to increase public awareness of the importance of quantum science and its applications - to promote international, multilateral and interdisciplinary scientific cooperation among research institutions, researchers and innovators in the field of quantum science and technology - to ensure a focus on the application of quantum science and technology for sustainable development.”

The initiative will celebrate the impact of quantum science on technology, culture, and our understanding of the natural world, as well as celebrate a century since the postulation of the famous Schrödinger equation, and the development of matrix mechanics by Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Pascual Jordan. Since Planck, Einstein, Bohr and early European scientists laid the foundation for the First Quantum Revolution in the early 1900s, quantum mechanics has contributed to many advances in physics, chemistry, materials science, biology and information science. The United Nations considers quantum science and technology research and development relevant to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals with the ability to advance health and well-being, inequality reduction, industry and infrastructure, economic growth, climate action and clean energy

Thematic showcase with related texts at the MFN Science Library, edited by Serena Ratti and Roberta Scordamaglia (CAeB)