Quantum, Energy, and the Future of Intelligence: Reflections on Responsibility from ICQE 2025
Insider Brief: Padua is a city where knowledge runs deep. Its quiet streets, lined with centuries-old arcades and echoes of Galileo’s lectures, remind us of both the everlasting and ever-evolving nature of science. For a few days this June, the city welcomed a gathering of physicists, students, founders, policymakers, and researchers–all convened to explore a […]
Guest Post: Are UK Quantum Startups Destined For Acquisition Before They Scale And Deliver For The UK?
Guest Post By Dr Sebastian WeidtCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Quantum The recent news that IonQ has acquired Oxford Ionics should give us pause. On the one hand it is a testament to the world-class foundations the UK has built in quantum computing. On the other it adds to a worrying pattern: Britain’s most […]
Black Hole Physics Meets Quantum Machine Learning in Study Exploring Information Retrieval Limits
Insider Brief A new theoretical study draws a mathematical link between black hole evaporation and a phenomenon in machine learning known as “double descent,” suggesting that insights from quantum gravity could help explain how algorithms recover information, even after extreme data loss. The paper, posted this month to the preprint server arXiv, proposes that the […]
Why Do Quasicrystals Exist? Scientists Offer First Quantum-Mechanical Model For Their Stability
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A rare and bewildering intermediate between crystal and glass can be the most stable arrangement for some combinations of atoms, according to a study from the University of Michigan. The findings come from the first quantum-mechanical simulations of quasicrystals—a type of solid that scientists once thought couldn’t exist. While the […]
Academia Sinica Announces Quantum Chip Fabrication Science Advances, Unveils Two Research Spaces
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Academia Sinica today announced major scientific progress in quantum computing chip fabrication science, including the successful production of high-quality superconducting qubits using eight-inch wafer processing equipment, and the unveiling of Taiwan’s first Quantum Chip Fabrication Space (QC-Fab) and Quantum Computing Test Space (QC-Test). At the unveiling ceremony, President James C. […]
Researchers Use Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer to Tackle Tricky Protein Folding Problems
Insider Brief Scientists are interested in understanding the mechanics of protein folding because a protein’s shape determines its biological function, and misfolding can lead to diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. If researchers can better understand and predict folding, that could significantly improve drug development and boost the ability to tackle complex disorders at the molecular […]
Recycling Is Good for Quantum Error Correction, Too — Scientists Extend Qubit Lifetimes by Reusing and Replacing Atoms Mid-Circuit
Insider Brief We all have heard the motto to recycle, reuse and restore. There may be a quantum computing version now. In a study, quantum scientists report that the repeated reuse and replacement of ancilla qubits — often dubbed “helper qubits” — during computation may create a capability that’s critical for building fault-tolerant quantum computers […]
An Overview of Noise-Adaptive Quantum Algorithms
Guest Post by Jordan Makansi As the quantum computing community awaits the advent of fault-tolerant hardware, a class of techniques has emerged that harnesses the noise inherent in near-term quantum devices. These methods, referred to as Noise-Adaptive Quantum Algorithms (NAQAs), are designed to exploit rather than suppress quantum noise. This article examines the nature of […]
Calling All Poets Who Happen to Love Quantum Themes- There’s Still Time to Enter the IYQ Poetry Contest
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The International Year of Quantum (IYQ), designated by the United Nations’ UNESCO, today announced that quantum poetry submissions will be accepted until June 30, 2025 and entrants may be sent from anywhere in the world. “The best poetry, like the best science, is about curiosity, observation, and making sense of […]
China Ramps Up Photonic Chip Production With Eye on AI and Quantum Computing
Insider Brief China has launched its first production line for next-generation photonic chips, signaling a leap in its effort to compete in global technology sectors like AI, quantum computing, and 6G networks. According to the South China Morning Post, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Chip Hub for Integrated Photonics Xplore (CHIPX) announced the completion of […]