The Doors of Misperception: Quantum Field Theory Clarifies Single-Photon Behavior at Beam Splitters
Insider Brief Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both, the poet lamented. But not the photon, which seemingly can choose both paths — spreading its field across them, while revealing itself on only one. Now, in a modern twist on a classic quantum optics experiment, a new study […]
IonQ and Kipu Quantum Break New Performance Records For Protein Folding And Optimization Problems
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Kipu Quantum, a leader in application and hardware-specific quantum computing solutions, and IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, proudly announced a record achievement: the successful solution of the most complex protein folding problem ever executed on a quantum computer. This joint effort is the largest […]
India Takes Significant Step in Quantum Communication With One-Kilometer Entanglement Test
Insider Brief India has taken a major step toward secure quantum communication by demonstrating entanglement-based quantum key distribution over a free-space link spanning more than one kilometer, according to a statement from the country’s Ministry of Defense. The experiment, conducted by the DRDO-Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) at IIT Delhi, achieved a secure key rate […]
Quandela, AdvanThink Partnership Targets Real-Time Payment Fraud
Insider Brief AdvanThink and Quandela are teaming up to build fraud detection systems that combine the speed of artificial intelligence with the power of quantum computing. As reported in Finextra, the two European firms — AdvanThink, known for its AI-based fraud solutions, and Quandela, a quantum computing hardware and software company — have entered a […]
UBC Scientists Propose Blueprint For ‘Universal Translator’ in Quantum Networks
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — UBC researchers are proposing a solution to a key hurdle in quantum networking: a device that can “translate” microwave to optical signals and vice versa. The technology could serve as a universal translator for quantum computers—enabling them to talk to each other over long distances and converting up to 95 […]
Joint Statement from the International Council of Quantum Industry Associations (ICQIA) and UKQuantum on the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Quantum Technologies
For the first time, quantum technologies have been formally recognized as a priority topic at the G7 Leaders’ level — a clear signal of how far this conversation has progressed, and of the growing strategic relevance of quantum across economies, industries, and national security. The inclusion of quantum at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit in […]
TQI Exclusive: Microsoft’s Krysta Svore Says Geometric Error-Correcting Codes Are a Step Toward Practical Applications
Insider Brief Microsoft has unveiled a new family of quantum error-correcting codes that could dramatically reduce the number of physical qubits required to run reliable quantum computations. The approach uses high-dimensional geometry to boost code performance—offering a path toward practical, fault-tolerant quantum computing on emerging hardware platforms. The findings, published on a pre-print server arXiv […]
Microsoft’s 4D Quantum Codes Promise Reduction in Error Rates, Boost in Prospects of Fault-Tolerant Computing
Insider Brief Microsoft researchers have proposed a new family of quantum error correction codes that could dramatically reduce the overhead required to build scalable quantum computers. The study, posted to the pre-print server arXiv and discussed on a company blog post, describes the design and performance of “4D geometric codes” that use four-dimensional mathematical structures […]
Project Eleven Raises $6 Million to Secure Digital Assets Against Quantum Threats
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Project Eleven, an applied lab of builders and technologists at the intersection of quantum computing and cryptography, today announced it has closed a $6 million fundraising round. The round was co-led by leading Web3 investor Variant Fund and Quantonation, the global leading quantum technology fund making its first crypto investment, with participation from Castle […]
OTI Lumionics Says Algorithms Can Improve Quantum Chemistry Simulations on Classical Computers
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — OTI Lumionics, a leader in advanced quantum simulations and solutions for next-generation materials discovery, announces the publication of its scientific paper, “Optimization of the Qubit Coupled Cluster Ansatz on classical computers,” in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (JCTC). The results mark a major advancement in the quantum computing […]