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IBM, Academic Partners Use Quantum Computer to Reproduce Key Material Properties, Testing Early Scientific Usefulness

Insider Brief A collaboration between IBM and academic researchers indicates that a quantum computer can reproduce experimentally measured properties...

Mar 26, 2026 · 7 min read

Research

Could a Network of Quantum Computers Probe General Relativity on Earth?

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A new study published in the journal PRX Quantum demonstrates how a network of quantum computers...

Jul 24, 2025 · 5 min read

Quantum Business

Xanadu Joins Chicago Quantum Exchange — CQE’s First Canadian partner

Insider Brief Xanadu joins the Chicago Quantum Exchange as the consortium’s first Canadian corporate partner this month. The company...

Apr 24, 2024 · 3 min read

Research

Nondestructive Measurement Realized in Ytterbium Qubits, Aiding Scalable Neutral Atom Quantum Computing

Insider Brief Physicists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have successfully developed a procedure for nondestructive measurement of ytterbium-171...

Oct 20, 2023 · 3 min read

Quantum Business

Quantum Startup Accelerator Launches at UChicago’s Polsky Center and Chicago Quantum Exchange

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Chicago Quantum Exchange today announced the launch...

Apr 8, 2021 · 9 min read

Quantum Business

New Platform’s Mission To Accelerate Quantum Computing Education

Scarcity One of the biggest obstacles for the establishment of a fluid quantum workforce is the dearth of platforms...

Feb 26, 2021 · 4 min read

Research

Midwestern Initiative To Train Quantum-Smart Workforce Through Collaborative, Cross-Disciplinary Research Programs

Revolution 4.0 As covered in numerous articles here at TQD, although we are a platform whose key focus is...

Oct 16, 2020 · 3 min read

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