Canada’s Quantum Community Gathers in Victoria for Quantum Days 2026
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Days 2026, Canada’s flagship quantum technology conference, will be held in Victoria February 18th to 20th at the Victoria Conference Centre. Organized by Deep Tech Canada in partnership with Quantum BC, the three-day event will bring together researchers, companies, startups, students, investors, and policymakers shaping Canada’s quantum future. Now in its sixth year, Quantum Days has become the central gathering for Canada’s […]
Oxford Team Engineer Quantum-enabled Proteins, Opening a New Frontier in Biotechnology
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — In a world first, a research team led by the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science has shown it is possible to engineer a quantum mechanical process inside proteins, opening the door to a new class of quantum-enabled biological technologies. The study, published today (21 January) in Nature, reports the creation of a […]
KAUST Establishes Quantum Foundry for National Quantum Hardware Development in Saudi Arabia
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has established the KAUST Quantum Foundry, a program designed to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s ability to fabricate commercial and reproducible quantum hardware. By enabling structured, shared access to KAUST quantum cleanrooms, the Foundry supports device prototyping and process development, allowing industry and academic partners to collaborate […]
MIT Researchers Demonstrate Faster Cooling Method for Chip-Based Trapped-Ion Quantum Systems
Insider Brief Researchers at MIT and MIT Lincoln Laboratory have demonstrated a faster and more energy-efficient method for cooling trapped ions in chip-based quantum systems, according to MIT News. Quantum computers could solve complex problems more quickly than classical supercomputers, but they require systems that are large and stable enough to perform operations efficiently, MIT […]
Alice & Bob Develops ‘Elevator Codes’ to Slash Error Rates on Cat Qubit Quantum Computers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Alice & Bob, a global leader in fault-tolerant quantum computing, today announced a new way to reduce bit flip errors by “moving” logical ancilla qubits up and down during computation to gain significant performance improvement on the company’s future cat qubit quantum computers. These new “Elevator Codes” would give Alice […]
50 Million Euro European Pilot ‘Photonics For Quantum’ Launched
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Across a dozen European countries, a new European pilot will be started in 2026: Photonics for Quantum (P4Q). In this project, a large consortium is working on ways to make photonic chips for quantum applications more reliable and scalable. The coordinator of P4Q, Pepijn Pinkse (University of Twente, NL): “Ideas […]
Guest Post — AI Launch Lab and Numana Launch Applied Quantum Program for CEGEP Students
Insider Brief Guest Post by Quantum Ready Team at AI Launch Lab At a time when students are questioning the value of traditional education, facing rising tuition costs, and struggling to secure meaningful employment after graduation, AI Launch Lab, in partnership with Numana, is offering Québec college students an applied learning opportunity in quantum technologies. The […]
SpinQ Closes Series C Round as Chinese Quantum Firm Pushes Commercial Expansion
Insider Brief SpinQ Technology has reportedly wrapped up a Series C financing round to raise funds to advance its quantum computing initiatives, according to Investing.com. The round raised “hundreds of millions of RMB”. RMB refers to the renminbi, China’s official currency, with the yuan as its basic unit. At current exchange rates, “hundreds of millions […]
Quantum Machine Learning Is Emerging as a Practical Tool for Drug Discovery
Insider Brief Quantum machine learning is moving from theory into early, targeted use across the drug development pipeline, where it aims to complement classical AI by handling molecular complexity that strains today’s computers. That assessment emerges from Drug Discovery with Quantum Machine Learning, a chapter written by a team of Insilico Medicine scientists, which surveys […]
University of Sydney Appoints Thomas Ohki as Professor of Practice
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The University of Sydney has appointed Thomas Ohki, a leading figure in quantum computing and commercial translation, as a Professor of Practice of Quantum Technologies in the School of Physics, strengthening the University’s links between frontier research and Australia’s rapidly growing quantum industry. Professor Ohki brings deep experience across industry and academia. […]