Northeastern Physicist Receives Air Force Funding to Advance Research on Quantum Sensing and Electron Spin in Biomolecules

Insider Brief: PRESS RELEASE — The field of spintronics has gradually emerged as a potential alternative to traditional charge-based technology. While most modern electronics rely on the movement of electrons to carry charge, researchers are exploring how to lean into another intrinsic property of electrons, that of spin. According to a news release from Northeastern […]
Philippines Expands Quantum Research Ecosystem with New Energy-Focused Lab

Insider Brief: PRESS RELEASE — The Technological Institute of the Philippines has officially launched the country’s first quantum computing research laboratory focused on applications within the energy sector. The Quantum and Intelligent Systems Laboratory for Power Engineering, located at T.I.P. Manila, was inaugurated on March 21, 2025, with support from the Department of Science and […]
C4IR Saudi Arabia to Host Global Experts in Celebration of 100 Years of Quantum Science at World Quantum Day 2025 Event

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Saudi Arabia, in collaboration with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Saudi Aramco, is set to host “DiscoveringQuantum Possibilities” on Monday, 14 April 2025, at The Garage, in celebration of World Quantum Day (WQD) 2025. With 2025 designated as […]
MITRE Builds New Quantum Imaging Using NVIDIA CUDA-Q

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — MITRE and NVIDIA are collaborating on simulation tools to better design and optimize quantum imaging systems. The noninvasive system created by MITRE, called Walsh Imaging, can produce images of nanoscale electromagnetic signals that can be used to understand how a semiconductor, or a brain’s neurons, are reacting in real time. […]
Fujitsu And Research Partners Launch Open-Source Quantum Computer Operations Software

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Fujitsu Limited today announced the launch of an open-source operations software for quantum computers on GitHub, in what is one of the largest open-source initiatives of its kind globally. The Open Quantum Toolchain for Operators and Users software, developed with the University of Osaka, Systems Engineering Consultants Co., LTD., and TIS […]
A Simple Way to Control Superconductivity

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) and collaborators have discovered a groundbreaking way to control superconductivity—an essential phenomenon for developing more energy-efficient technologies and quantum computing—by simply twisting atomically thin layers within a layered device. By adjusting the twist angle, they were able to finely tune […]
The Invisible Stage: Quantum’s Displacement in NVIDIA GTC’s World of Spectacle

Insider Brief: NVIDIA’s inaugural Quantum Day event was not in the center of the GTC exhibits—not nestled among the AI-powered fairy-tale-like robots drawing human caricatures, the robots conducting remote surgeries, or the autonomous Lucids oiled up and prompting onlookers for test drives. It was blocks away, in the San Jose Civic Center, a building whose […]
ULVAC Developing Next-Generation Dilution Refrigerator for Quantum Computing by 2026

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ULVAC, Inc. and ULVAC CRYOGENICS INC. announced that they are developing a next-generation dilution refrigerator for quantum computers with input from IBM. This product will provide a cryogenic environment essential for the stable operation of quantum computers, and it also promotes technological development and collaboration with research institutions and enterprises. […]
How to Build a Quantum Blockchain: Researchers Test a Blockchain That Only Quantum Computers Can Mine

Insider Brief A team of D-Wave researchers has built and tested a blockchain that can only be mined using quantum computers, marking the first real-world application of quantum supremacy in blockchain technology. The study, published on the pre-print server arXiv, outlines a prototype blockchain system that replaces the energy-intensive classical “proof of work” with a […]
NVIDIA’s Quantum Strategy: Not Building the Computer, But the World That Enables It

Insider Brief: Quantum computing isn’t a new frontier for NVIDIA—it’s a systems-level challenge, and one the company is uniquely positioned to support. NVIDIA doesn’t see quantum as a race to build the biggest machine, but as a shared infrastructure problem, and one that demands accelerated computing, scaled collaboration, and deep integration across disciplines. This mindset […]