Japan Channels Almost $900 Million (U.S.) Into Quantum Push
Insider Brief Japan is preparing a major funding surge for quantum technology, artificial intelligence and nuclear fusion as it tries to secure an edge in fields that governments view as central to future economic and national security, according to reporting from The Japan News. The government plans to allocate roughly ¥400 billion — about $2.6 […]
WisdomTree Launches Quantum Computing Fund
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — WisdomTree, Inc. (NYSE: WT), a global financial innovator, today announced the launch of the WisdomTree Quantum Computing Fund (WQTM) on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), with an expense ratio of 0.45%. WQTM seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Classiq Quantum […]
Scientists Create New Type of Semiconductor that Holds Superconducting Promise
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — According to the NYU — Scientists have long sought to make semiconductors – vital components in computer chips and solar cells—that are also superconducting, thereby enhancing their speed and energy efficiency and enabling new quantum technologies. However, achieving superconductivity in semiconductor materials such as silicon and germanium has proved challenging […]
Diamond Defects, Now in Pairs, Reveal Hidden Fluctuations in the Quantum World
Insider Brief According to the Princeton University — In spaces smaller than a wavelength of light, electric currents jump from point to point and magnetic fields corkscrew through atomic lattices in ways that defy intuition. Scientists have only ever dreamed of observing these marvels directly. Now Princeton researchers have developed a diamond-based quantum sensor that […]
VU Physicist Receives 2025 Baltic Women in Science Fellowship
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Dr Mažena Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, a scientist from the Faculty of Physics at Vilnius University (VU), has been awarded the Baltic Women in Science fellowship, within a programme co-organised by the Baltic National Academies of Sciences and National Commissions for UNESCO. A researcher has been awarded a 2025 fellowship in the category […]
Sydney Team Blocks Noise in Chip-Scale Lasers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers at the University of Sydney have cracked a long-standing problem in microchip-scale lasers by carving ‘tiny speed bumps’ into the devices’ optical cavity in their quest to produce exceptionally ‘clean’ light. This exquisitely narrow spectrum light could be used in future quantum computers, advanced navigation systems, ultra-fast communications networks […]
Shop-Bought Cable Powers Quantum Networks Research Advance
Insider Brief A U.K.-funded quantum research program has produced a prototype network that links two smaller quantum networks into a single reconfigurable, eight-user system, according to Hariot-Watt University. The demonstration is detailed in Nature Photonics and is touted as one of the most flexible quantum networking experiments to date. The project sits within the UK’s […]
IBM Backs Startups That Fit Its AI-and-Quantum Playbook
Insider Brief Could your startup be the next IBM investment? IBM is looking for businesses in the quantum space as it sharpens its investment strategy around startups that can plug directly into the company’s growing focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, according to Emily Fontaine, the company’s global head of venture capital. Fontaine […]
Germany opens INQUBATOR to support quantum adoption in industry
Insider Brief Germany has launched INQUBATOR, a new Fraunhofer-led initiative designed to help industry prepare for practical quantum computing and strengthen the country’s long-term technological competitiveness. The four-year project is coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF and is supported by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). Participating […]
U.K. Budget Leaves Quantum Out—But Builds the Infrastructure the Sector Will Rely On
Insider Brief The U.K. government — in a bit of a surprise — unveiled a new budget, but if the nation’s quantum community members were expecting something specifically for them, the budget contained no pleasant surprises. The U.K.’s Autumn 2025 budget contains little direct reference to quantum computing, quantum sensing or quantum materials. However, while […]