Quantum Industry Funding Gains Momentum in Q2 2024, Scientific Pace Quickens
Insider Brief Like many emerging technologies, funding for the quantum industry all but dried up over the last 12 to 18 months. The second quarter of 2024 may have been a pivot point. According to The Quantum Insider Q2 2024 report, the industry balanced significant scientific advances with substantial investments and strategic international collaborations. First, […]
UTA-led Program Gives High School Teachers And Students Access to Quantum Tools
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — More than 70 high school students and science teachers gathered at Young Middle School in Arlington this summer to learn about quantum information science (QIS). The annual workshop and camp are part of a national pilot program called Quantum for All led by Karen Jo Matsler, assistant professor in practice […]
Quantum Computing Accelerates Drug Discovery from Years to Weeks
“We’re extracting valuable actionable results, decreasing our cost and time in delivering value for our customers,” stated Bill Shipman, CTO and co-founder of POLARISqb, setting the stage for a revolutionary approach to drug discovery using quantum computing at the D-Wave — Qubits 2024 event. POLARISqb, a biotech company founded in 2020, is leveraging D-Wave’s quantum annealing technology […]
Toronto Selected as Host City for Quantum Days 2025
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Days, Canada’s flagship quantum science and technology conference, has officially announced Toronto as the host city for its 2025 edition. Deep Tech Canada, the organization behind Quantum Days, has partnered with the University of Toronto’s (U of T) Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC) for the next […]
Scientists Say Technique Can Enhance Quantum Technology Performance Tenfold
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers have made a significant advance in quantum technology by developing a novel method that dramatically improves the stability and performance of quantum systems. This pioneering work addresses the longstanding challenges of decoherence and imperfect control, paving the way for more reliable and sensitive quantum devices. Quantum technologies, including quantum […]
Iberdrola and Multiverse Computing Announce Pilot Project Success to Optimize Battery Installation in the Grid
Insider Brief Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest clean energy companies, and Multiverse Computing, a global leader in value-based quantum computing solutions, have successfully delivered a pilot project in northern Spain to optimise the installation of grid-scale batteries, which will become increasingly important as the energy transition progresses. As electricity grids are integrating increasing amounts […]
Quantum Randomness Unlocks New Frontiers in Computing & Cryptography
Professor Thomas Vidick’s novel research in quantum computing is helping us with our understanding of randomness and its applications in cryptography and secure communication. A researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science, at the heart of his work lies the exploration of quantum mechanics’ inherent randomness, a feature that sets it apart from classical physics. […]
Kipu Quantum Acquires PlanQK to Accelerate Development of Industrially Relevant Quantum Solutions
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Kipu Quantum, the worldwide leading quantum software company, announced today the strategic acquisition of PlanQK, the German quantum computing platform successfully built and commercialized by Anaqor AG. Along with its platform, key members of its team of experts joined Kipu Quantum to lead the way in making useful quantum computing […]
Oxford Ionics Reports Chips Break Global Quantum Performance Records
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Oxford Ionics has demonstrated the highest performing quantum chip in the world, which can be produced at scale in a standard semiconductor fabrication plant. Building stable, high-performance quantum computers is hugely challenging. It demands the creation of high-performance qubits and a way to control those qubits in a scalable way. […]
Quantinuum and Science and Technology Facilities Council (SFTC) Hartree Centre Partner to Advance Quantum Innovation And Development in The UK
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE – Quantinuum, the world’s largest integrated quantum computing company, has signed a Joint Statement of Endeavour with the STFC Hartree Centre, one of Europe’s largest supercomputing centers dedicated to industry engagement. The partnership will provide UK industrial and scientific users access to Quantinuum’s H-Series, the world’s highest-performing trapped-ion quantum computers, via the cloud […]