Rice Researchers Unlock Powerful Form of Quantum Interference
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Just as overlapping ripples on a pond can amplify or cancel each other out, waves of many kinds — including light, sound and atomic vibrations — can interfere with one another. At the quantum level, this kind of interference powers high-precision sensors and could be harnessed for quantum computing. In […]
Scientists Say Quantum’s Ultimate Advantages May Yet to be Imagined
Insider Brief The quantum industry is intently focusing on proving that quantum technology can add value to solving real-world problems. That’s led to a flurry of research into use cases in a spectrum of diverse fields, from drug discovery to package delivery. A team of researchers argues that quantum advantage is far from straightforward — […]
Survey: Wide Gap Between QEC Awareness And QEC Capabilities
Insider Brief Quantum error correction has shifted from long-term aspiration to immediate priority, according to a new global survey from Riverlane. Nearly all quantum professionals now see it as essential for scaling the technology, but the field faces a shortage of training, clear guidelines and access to resources that could slow progress toward fault-tolerant machines. […]
The Quantum Economy Podcast: Experimenting with Reality with Simone Severini and Anders Indset
Insider Brief: In this week’s episode of The Quantum Economy Podcast, host Anders Indset is joined by Simone Severini, Distinguished Engineer at Google and Professor of Physics of Information at University College London, for a far-reaching discussion on the real state and deeper purpose of quantum computing. At the time of the conversation, Severini was […]
What is Germany’s High-Tech Agenda — And What Does it Mean For Quantum?
Insider Brief Germany is expected to release a draft of its High-Tech Agenda soon, a plan that may place quantum technologies closer to the heart of this new national innovation plan. It’s a bet — which Handelsblatt newspaper is reporting to be part of Germany’s €5.5 billion bet on frontier technologies — that the mastery […]
Quantum Reservoir Computing Could Give Drug Discovery a Boost — Especially When Data Is Scarce
Insider Brief A group of researchers has found that a lesser-known branch of quantum machine learning could help drug developers get more reliable predictions from small, hard-to-collect datasets. This lack of data is a situation that frustrates scientists in everything from rare-disease research to early-stage pharmaceutical development. Published in the Journal of Chemical Information and […]
DARPA’s QuANET Demonstrates Rapid Progress in Quantum–Classical Network Integration
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Can the strengths of classical and quantum communications be combined to create a resilient and secure networking infrastructure? This is the challenge that DARPA is tackling through its Quantum-Augmented Network (QuANET) program. So far, signs point to yes. Quantum networking offers the potential for private, secure and resilient high-speed information […]
Tal David, Co-Founder and CEO, Quantum Art
Tal David, CEO and co-founder of Quantum Art, is Yuval’s guest on this week’s Superposition Guy’s Podcast. We delve into Quantum Art’s focus on full-stack quantum computing using trapped ions. Tal and I explore their unique architecture, which emphasizes sophisticated multi-qubit gate operations, the use of optical tweezers for segmenting ion chains, and dynamic reconfigurability […]
Guest Post: Quantum Wasn’t Magic—It Was a Plan
Guest Post from Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) In 2017, the Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) launched its second chapter with an ambitious goal: to engineer not just quantum devices, but an entire ecosystem — one that linked discovery, application, and community. Seven years on, the impact of that approach is clear. EQUS […]
Japan Launches Quantum Computer With Homegrown Components And Software
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A Japanese superconducting quantum computer, fully designed and built with homegrown components and software, went live on July 28th at The University of Osaka’s Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology (QIQB). This achievement signifies Japan’s technological prowess in quantum computing, demonstrating the nation’s capacity to design, manufacture, and integrate […]