Comstock Mining Invests $15 Million in Quantum Generative Materials
PRESS RELEASE: Comstock Mining Inc. (NYSE: LODE) announced its execution of agreements to purchase an additional 5% of its 45%-owned technology development partner, Quantum Generative Materials LLC (“GenMat”), in exchange for $50 million. The Company will provide an initial $15 million in cash and stock over the next six months, and an additional $35 million […]
BMW Group, AWS Launch ‘Quantum Computing Challenge’ to Crowd-Source Innovation
PRESS RELEASE: Researchers, start-ups and pioneering companies from the global quantum computing community can propose solutions for specific industrial challenges to the BMW Group Quantum Computing Challenge. Run in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), the Challenge encourages entrants to come up with innovative quantum algorithms and test their solutions on real quantum computing […]
Alibaba Reports on Protecting Its Network With Quantum Random Number Generator Technology
Scientists from Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, report they have designed a scheme that demonstrates the ability to share high-quality random numbers across a distributed network using quantum technology. In a study published in Nature, the research team integrated four different types of quantum random number generators on the Alibaba Cloud servers to enhance cybersecurity. […]
Austin Startup’s Prototype Quantum Gyro Garners Potential Impact For Dozens of Industries
Q-Sensorix’s Prototype quantum gyro $300M The quantum sensor market is a sector that is set to grow exponentially in the coming decade as the underlying technology behind it — namely quantum mechanics — is understood more. Already we can see a plethora of companies with names like Apogee Instruments, Hamamatsu Photonics, Ligentec, Miraex, and Nomad Atomics involved in this nascent […]
TQD Podcast Episode #1: The Genesis of The Quantum Insider & Where the Industry is Heading
Archer Reports First Indication of On-Chip Qubit Control
PRESS RELEASE: Archer Materials Limited (ASX:AXE) announced early indication of on-chip qubit control in microscopic-scale qubit material, which marks significant progress as part of the Company’s 12CQ quantum computing chip development. Archer recently characterised, optimised and unoptimised custom-built quantum control devices for initial qubit control measurements, and also developed advanced device designs. This ASX announcement […]
MSU Quantum Technology Center: Cutting-Edge Research in The Heart of Russia
Image by Comfreak from Pixabay Tsiolkovsky To Ginzburg In its changing history, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, the CIS (briefly), and back to Russia again has been home to some of the greatest scientists the world has ever known: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the father of rocketry, the polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov, and theoretical physicist […]
Quantum China Weekly Volume 13 (2021/07/03-2021/07/09)
Quantum China is a weekly periodical focusing on China’s quantum information technology sector, provide a voice for the Chinese quantum technology field. Quantum China mainly focuses on eight major directions: Policy, Capital, Business, Technology, Research, Education, Conference, and People. Providing researchers, Interested parties, and industry pioneers with all the latest developments in China’s quantum field. […]
Terra Quantum Study Shows Possibility of Global Quantum Network
PRESS RELEASE: Terra Quantum AG, one of Europe‘s leading Quantum technology pioneers, announced that a global quantum communication line, 100 percent protected from hackers, is a step closer to reality. Terra Quantum researchers have shown the theoretical ability to distribute quantum keys over a distance of more than 40,000 kilometers, or the rough circumference of […]
Quantum Technology in Science Fiction & Popular Culture
When you think of science fiction, some of the most obvious things that come to mind might be aliens, time travel, laser guns, or artificial intelligence. Many of these themes within science fiction have to do with quantum technology. It seems that as long as there has been modern science fiction (post-WWII), there has been […]