University of Michigan Researchers Win $9 Million Grant for Distributed Quantum Sensing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Networks of distributed sensors are commonplace in today’s society, from the security systems that monitor motion or the sound of glass breaking at a single home to the global network of seismological and geophysical sensors monitoring earthquake activity around the world. A new US Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multidisciplinary University Research […]
TQI’s Predictions For The Quantum Industry in 2026
As 2025 just has hours remaining and New Year festivities are revving up, it’s time for the traditional peering into the dropping crystal ball to discern what 2026 might hold. First, let’s take a look at how we fared with last year’s predictions. We would probably give ourselves an A-. We were spot on in […]
Manifold Markets’ 2026 Quantum Computing Predictions: Industry Heads Into 2026 With Hype Tempered by Reality
Insider Brief As the calendar turns to 2026, expectations for quantum computing are sharpening — and cooling. A review of more than 100-or-so prediction markets hosted on Manifold Markets suggests that the community most closely tracking quantum progress now anticipates steady engineering gains rather than dramatic breakthroughs next year. The collective judgment of researchers, technologists […]
TQI’s Expert Predictions on Quantum Technology in 2026
Each year, we like to peer into the immediate future by tapping into the collective wisdom of the smartest people we know — our readers and the thought leaders who deeply understand the industry. The following is a collection of quotes, thoughts and excerpts about the immediate future of the quantum industry from readers and […]
Royal Navy Carries Out Arctic Trial on Quantum-enhanced GPS-free Navigation
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Royal Navy has continued to trial quantum technology aimed at satellite-free navigation – this time in the Arctic with Imperial College London. The test, carried out in collaboration with Imperial, is the latest step in a year-long effort to turn quantum-enhanced inertial sensors from a physics experiment into a […]
Quantum Computing Trends in 2025: Data Reveals Hardware Bets, Cloud Growth And Security Focus
Insider Brief 2025 may be looked at as a watershed year for the quantum industry. A surge of late-stage funding and partnerships reshapted the global quantum industry in 2025, with investors concentrating capital on specific hardware architectures, cloud software platforms and security technologies that promise nearer-term commercial returns, according to analysis from The Quantum Insider’s […]
Innovative Techniques Enable Italy’s First Imaging of Individual Trapped Atoms
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers at the ArQuS Laboratory of the University of Trieste (Italy) and the National Institute of Optics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-INO) have achieved the first imaging of individual trapped cold atoms in Italy, introducing techniques that push single-atom detection into new performance regimes. By combining intense, microsecond-scale fluorescence […]
Elevating Quantum Women’s Voices
My guests today are Biliana Rajevic, Head of External Communications at Quantum Brilliance and co‑founder of Quantum Women, Rachel Rayner, a science communicator and comedian, and Alison Goldingay, a quantum researcher at UNSW. We discuss the “Elevating Quantum Women’s Voices” program, an initiative designed to empower women in the quantum industry to communicate effectively and […]
Russian Researchers Test 72-Qubit Atom-Based Quantum Computer
Insider Brief According to TASS reporting, researchers from the Physics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed and tested a prototype quantum computer based on single neutral rubidium atoms, reaching 72 qubits. Rosatom Quantum Technologies said this marks the third Russian quantum computer to surpass the 70-qubit threshold. As TASS reports, Yekaterina Solntseva, Director […]
Guest Post — Chile and Quantum Technologies: When Strategy Is Built on Real Capabilities
By Paulina Assmann, CEO and co-founder of Sequre Quantum and expert member of Chile’s Advisory Commission on Quantum Technologies Chile’s National Quantum Technologies Strategy arrives at a pivotal moment. Not only does it consolidate years of scientific research, it also brings an urgent discussion to the forefront: how we protect our data, our critical infrastructure, […]