Pennsylvania Group Pushes $40 Million Quantum Initiative to Catch Up in High-Stakes Technology Race
Insider Brief Pennsylvania lawmakers are being urged to consider a $40 million-plus, two-year quantum technology initiative aimed at restoring the state’s competitiveness after missing out on major federal funding rounds and watching rival states move more quickly into the emerging field. The proposal, circulated this month on social media by the Pennsylvania Quantum Public Lobby […]
Quantum Design Acquires Oxford NanoScience Joining Two Historic CryogenicCompanies
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Design (QD) is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of the Oxford NanoScience division of Oxford Instruments. This acquisition unites two industry leaders with a combined legacy of more than 100 years of experience and innovation in cryogenics, materials science, and microscopy. The shared product catalog provides […]
Central Bank of Jordan Releases Road Map to Prepare for Quantum Transition
Insider Brief The Central Bank of Jordan has published a sector-wide roadmap to move the country’s financial and banking system toward quantum-resistant encryption, positioning the financial sector to withstand future cyber risks tied to advances in computing power. According to the Jordan News Agency, the plan is intended to prepare banks and financial institutions for […]
Even Black Holes May Not Fully Hide Quantum Entanglement
Insider Brief Quantum theory suggests entanglement may leave a detectable trace even when one particle vanishes behind a black hole’s event horizon, according to a new theoretical study that challenges long-standing assumptions about what information is truly lost to gravity. In a paper posted to arXiv, physicists Patryk Michalski and Andrzej Dragan, both of the […]
Researchers Map How Quantum Computing Could Accelerate Single-Cell Biology
Insider Brief Quantum computers could eventually help researchers make sense of the overwhelming complexity of single-cell biology, offering new ways to model disease and design cell-based therapies that strain today’s computing systems, according to a new roadmap study published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology by researchers affiliated with IBM and the Quantum for Healthcare […]
Black Hoodie Quantum Announces Updated Qiskit v2.x Certification Prep Course
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Black Hoodie Quantum has released an updated edition of its IBM Qiskit v2.x Certification – Complete Prep Course, aligning the program with IBM’s newest Qiskit v2.x developer certification requirements. The update reflects changes to the Qiskit software stack and the structure of the current certification exam, which emphasizes hands-on development […]
French National Quantum Update: December 2025
Executive Summary France’s quantum sector closed 2025 with a shift toward standard-setting, industrial integration and post-quantum security, reinforcing its role as both a European coordinator and a manufacturing anchor. December activity reinforced France’s position as a maturing ecosystem increasingly focused on interoperability, sovereign infrastructure and scalable deployment rather than isolated technical milestones. Policy momentum centered […]
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 […]