Study Reveals Microscopic Origins of Surface Noise Limiting Diamond Quantum Sensors
A new theoretical study from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory pinpoints the microscopic mechanisms that cause surface‑related noise to degrade the quantum coherence of shallow nitrogen‑vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. By coupling density‑functional‑theory surface models with quantum dynamics simulations, the researchers demonstrate that dynamic electron hopping on the surface, rather than static paramagnetic spins, dominates decoherence. They further show that oxygen‑ and nitrogen‑terminated surfaces preserve near‑bulk coherence, whereas hydrogen‑ and fluorine‑terminated surfaces generate strong magnetic noise. The work delivers physics‑based guidelines for engineering quieter diamond surfaces, promising higher‑performance quantum sensors.
What’s Really Weighing on Bitcoin? Samson Mow Breaks It Down
Samson Mow, a Bitcoin veteran, explained the recent market plunge, highlighting Bitcoin’s extreme liquidity and 24/7 trading as amplifiers of short‑term downside pressure. He dismissed quantum‑computing threats as speculative while noting forced liquidations accelerated the sell‑off. Mow linked the rally...
A Clever Quantum Trick Brings Practical Quantum Computers Closer
Quantum decoherence causes bit‑flip and phase‑flip errors that jeopardize calculations, prompting researchers to encode logical qubits across many physical devices using surface‑code stabilizers. A team led by Andreas Wallraff demonstrated lattice surgery on superconducting qubits, splitting a 17‑qubit patch into two...
Chiral Raises $12M in Seed Funding
Chiral, a Zurich‑based nanotechnology spin‑off from ETH Zurich and Empa, announced a $12 million seed round led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation from Quantonation, HCVC, Founderful and public funding from Innosuisse. The financing follows a 2024 pre‑seed round and will...
Defect Engineering in Large‐Scale CVD‐Grown Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Formation, Spectroscopy, and Spin Relaxation Dynamics
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a promising host for solid‑state quantum emitters, but scalable defect creation in large‑area CVD films has been elusive. Researchers demonstrated that ion, neutron, and electron irradiation can selectively generate negative boron‑vacancy (V_B⁻) defects, with defect...
Defect Engineering in Large‐Scale CVD‐Grown Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Formation, Spectroscopy, and Spin Relaxation Dynamics (Small 8/2026)
Researchers led by Ivan V. Vlassiouk have demonstrated controlled creation of optically active defects in large‑scale chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). By using suspended hBN films and tuning the energy and type of bombarding particles, they...
Your PQC Pilot Might Fail, and That’s Okay
Enterprises are moving from curiosity to action on post‑quantum cryptography (PQC), launching pilots that often stumble because existing stacks lack support. The article argues that pilot failures are intentional, serving to surface interoperability, skill and inventory gaps before regulatory or...
QUICHE Project: UK–Germany Consortium to Integrate Quantum Workflows Into ORCA Software
The QUICHE project, a UK‑Germany partnership funded by Innovate UK and Germany’s ZIM programme, aims to embed quantum chemistry workflows into the widely used ORCA software. The consortium—Quantum Motion, FACCTs, and Riverlane—will develop automated translation of chemical systems into optimized quantum...
Quantum Motion Establishes European Subsidiary in San Sebastian
Quantum Motion has opened a European subsidiary in San Sebastian, Spain, occupying a 1,500 m² facility in the nanoGUNE Quantum Tower. The new site will develop silicon‑spin qubits and monolithic quantum‑classical chips using 300 mm CMOS wafer lines, emphasizing cryogenic control electronics to...
Infleqtion Advances to Phase 3 of Wellcome Leap Q4Bio Challenge for Precision Oncology
Infleqtion, together with the University of Chicago and MIT, has entered Phase 3 of the Wellcome Leap Q4Bio Challenge, securing $2 million for a 12‑month validation of quantum‑enabled biomarker discovery. The effort focuses on using the hybrid HRQAOA algorithm to select predictive...
Tuning Topological Superconductors Into Existence by Adjusting the Ratio of Two Elements
Researchers at the University of Chicago and West Virginia University demonstrated that thin‑film iron telluride selenide can be transformed into a topological superconductor by precisely adjusting the tellurium‑to‑selenium ratio. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that changing this ratio...
Quantum Computing Digest — Q1 2018
The first quarter of 2018 saw quantum computing move from laboratory experiments to strategic initiatives. Google announced a 72‑qubit Bristlecone processor aimed at quantum supremacy, while Intel introduced a 49‑qubit silicon‑spin Tangle Lake chip and Alibaba made an 11‑qubit system...
Who’s News: Leadership Updates at IQM, IonQ, Q.ANT, Haiqu, and More
Quantum‑technology firms announced a wave of leadership changes in early February 2026. IQM moved to a single‑CEO model with co‑founder Jan Goetz taking the helm and added COO Søren Hein to steer global expansion. IonQ bolstered its senior team by hiring Domenico Di Mola...
Quantum Machines to Establish R&D Hub at Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park
Quantum Machines has signed an agreement with the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park to launch a flagship R&D hub in Chicago. Operating from a 2,000‑square‑foot on‑ramp lab, the center will deploy the OPX1000 modular control platform to co‑design hardware and...
Electron-Phonon 'Surfing' Could Help Stabilize Quantum Hardware, Nanowire Tests Suggest
UCLA researchers discovered that electrons can "surf" phonon waves in quasi‑one‑dimensional nanowires, causing flicker noise to drop as current rises. The effect was demonstrated in tantalum‑based and niobium‑based nanowires, with noise falling below measurable limits even at room temperature. This...
'A Bet for the Future of Cybersecurity' – Nord Security Hits 400 Patents as Race for Solutions Against Next-Gen Threats...
Nord Security announced it now holds over 400 patents worldwide, a four‑fold increase since 2023, underscoring a rapid escalation in its R&D efforts. The bulk of the filings target VPN protocols, advanced identity management, machine‑learning threat detection, and quantum‑resistant cryptography....
SQC Launches Quantum Twins Simulator and Reports 15,000-Qubit Register Fabrication
Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) unveiled Quantum Twins™, an analogue quantum simulator built on a 15,000‑qubit silicon quantum‑dot array fabricated with 0.13 nm precision. The platform demonstrates controllable on‑site interaction (U) and tunnel coupling (t) across a 100 × 150 lattice, achieving U/t ratios...
QT Sense Secures €4M ($4.7M USD) for Nanodiamond-Based Cellular Sensing Platform
QT Sense, a Dutch biotech startup, closed a €4 million seed round led by Cottonwood Technology Fund, supplemented by an ONCO‑Q grant and the Quantum Forward Challenge. The capital will accelerate development of Quantum Nuova, a nanodiamond‑based quantum‑sensing platform that provides real‑time,...
IQC Appoints Dr. John Watrous in New Director Role Set to Expand the Institute's Educational Programs
The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) announced that Dr. John Watrous, a former faculty member and interim executive director, will serve as the new Director of Education and Training. In this role, Watrous will lead an effort to broaden IQC’s...
Welinq Releases Commercial Entangled Photon Pair Source Following First Sale
Welinq has launched its first commercial rack‑mounted Entangled Photon Pair Source, delivering the initial unit to a leading European research institution. The device operates at room temperature, fits a standard 19‑inch rack, and emits dual‑wavelength photons—telecom C‑band for low‑loss fiber...
South Carolina Establishes University-Led Applied Quantum Projects in Transition to Execution Phase
South Carolina has moved its quantum technology agenda from a state‑level coordination model to university‑driven execution, backed by a $15 million legislative appropriation. The University of South Carolina launched the Applied Quantum for Space and Energy Lab to integrate quantum sensing...
Zapata Secures Global Patent for Quantum Intermediate Representation Interoperability Framework
Zapata Quantum has secured a worldwide patent for its Quantum Intermediate Representation (QIR) across the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel and Australia. The QIR acts as a hardware‑agnostic translation layer, similar to LLVM, enabling a single quantum program to run...
Ultra-Thin Metasurface Can Generate and Direct Quantum Entanglement
Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Science and Technology of China have demonstrated an ultra‑thin metasurface that both creates and routes polarization‑entangled photon pairs. The nanostructured silicon‑pillar array converts two orthogonal photons into Bell‑state entanglement across multiple output...
Niobium's Superconducting Switch Cuts Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer 20-Fold
University of Michigan engineers have demonstrated that a thin niobium film, when cooled below its superconducting transition at 7.4 K, suppresses near‑field radiative heat transfer by a factor of 20 compared with its normal metallic state. The team built a scanning...
Using Duality to Construct and Classify New Quantum Phases
A multinational team led by Weiguang Cao, Masahito Yamazaki and Linhao Li used duality transformations to map non‑invertible symmetry‑protected topological (SPT) phases onto familiar spontaneously broken symmetry (SSB) phases. This mapping allowed them to classify non‑invertible SPT phases in arbitrary...
EU Allocates €50M ($59M USD) to SUPREME Consortium for Superconducting Quantum Industrialization
The European Union has committed €50 million—half from EU funds and half from national agencies—to the SUPREME consortium, led by Finland's VTT, to industrialize superconducting quantum technologies. The three‑and‑a‑half‑year program targets Technology Readiness Level 6 and Manufacturing Readiness Level 6, culminating...
EPB Launches Quantum Computing Fellowship Supported by $4 Million NIST Grant
EPB in Chattanooga has launched a Quantum Computing Fellowship backed by a $4 million grant from NIST. The eight‑person inaugural cohort will train on IonQ’s Forte Enterprise system, a 36‑qubit trapped‑ion quantum computer installed at EPB’s downtown Quantum Center. Developed with...
91-Qubit Processor Accurately Simulates Many-Body Quantum Chaos
A team using a 91‑qubit superconducting quantum processor has accurately simulated many‑body quantum chaos. They employed dual‑unitary circuits to model a kicked Ising system and applied tensor‑network error mitigation (TEM) to correct noise in post‑processing. The error‑mitigated results closely follow...
QuEra and Roadrunner Venture Studios Establish $4M Quantum Testbed in New Mexico
QuEra Computing and Roadrunner Venture Studios have signed a $4 million partnership to build a neutral‑atom quantum testbed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The effort, part of the state’s $300 million quantum‑economy investment, will create a Photonics and Optics Testing Center and a...
2025 - The Year of Quantum
Quantum computing is moving from theoretical research to commercial opportunity, with startups already delivering products in cybersecurity, networking, middleware, and sensing. Andy Leaver of Notion Capital argues that waiting for fault‑tolerant, cryptography‑breaking machines is unnecessary; viable markets exist today. He...
Quobly Establishes Canadian Subsidiary to Accelerate Silicon Spin Qubit Industrialization
Quobly, the Grenoble‑based silicon quantum processor developer, has launched a subsidiary in Sherbrooke, Quebec to embed itself in the North American quantum ecosystem. The new hub will collaborate with DistriQ, C2MI and the Université de Sherbrooke to accelerate cryogenic electronics,...
Stanford Researchers Develop Cavity-Array Microscope for Parallel Atom-Array Interfacing
Stanford physicists Jon Simon and Adam Shaw unveiled a cavity‑array microscope that reads out individual neutral‑atom qubits in parallel. The macro‑scale resonator, equipped with a microlens array, creates over 40 tightly focused optical modes, each strongly coupled to a single...
Numana Commissions Kirq Quantum Communication Testbed in Quebec City
Numana has commissioned the third Kirq quantum communication testbed site in Quebec City, completing a regional loop that also includes Montreal and Sherbrooke. The facility, hosted at the Centre for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL‑ULaval) and the National Optics Institute...
Nanosculpting Quantum Materials
Researchers at TU Wien have unveiled a refined focused ion milling method that can sculpt three‑dimensional chiral nanostructures directly from single‑crystal quantum materials. The technique achieves sub‑10 nm feature sizes while preserving the crystal lattice and intrinsic quantum properties. Results, published...
China’s Micius Satellite Operational Status: What Have You Done Lately?
The Chinese Micius satellite, launched in 2016 for the QUESS quantum‑experiments program, was designed for a two‑year mission but remains operational in 2025. It continues to host quantum key distribution and entanglement experiments, proving the durability of space‑based quantum hardware....
Quantum-Ready Security Drives Keyfactor to 2025 Inc. 5000 List
Keyfactor earned a spot on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list for the sixth year in a row, driven by surging demand for quantum‑ready security solutions. The Cleveland‑based firm launched the AI‑powered Keyfactor Command MCP Server to streamline PKI and certificate...
Quantum Cybersecurity Policy: ITI’s Guide for Secure Innovation
On World Quantum Day 2025 the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) published a Quantum Technology Policy Guide that frames quantum cybersecurity as a dual‑track challenge. The guide urges immediate deployment of post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) while promoting quantum communications such as...
Archer Materials Advances Graphene and Carbon Quantum Technologies
Archer Materials announced significant progress in its graphene‑based quantum computing program during the December 2025 quarter, including on‑chip electrical detection of spin states and precise gating of carbon films. The company recorded room‑temperature electron spin lifetimes exceeding 0.4 µs and demonstrated wafer‑scale...
In-Space Manufacturing, Quantum Projects Part of All-Boilermaker Suborbital Spaceflight
Purdue University is expanding its 2027 all‑Boilermaker suborbital mission, Purdue 1, by adding two autonomous research lockers that will fly aboard a Virgin Galactic spacecraft. One locker will test laser‑assisted semiconductor and metal manufacturing in microgravity, while the other will study...
Options Technology Introduces Quantum Computing Into Market Infrastructure Behind FX and CFDs
Options Technology has launched what it calls the first commercially accessible quantum computing node in New York City, linking it to its low‑latency global infrastructure. The service lets clients offload specific, high‑value workloads—such as large‑scale portfolio optimization and derivatives risk...
EmergeGen Announces Scaled Quantum Initiative Advancing Enterprise AI Systems
AI startup EmergeGen announced an expanded quantum initiative that moves quantum computing from research to production within enterprise AI systems. The company has built a scaled quantum team across New York, the United Kingdom and Malta, leveraging partner infrastructure to...
China Reports Mass Production of Dilution Refrigerators; Is a Global He-3 Shortfall Coming?
China’s Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center announced that its EZ‑Q dilution refrigerator entered mass production, with deliveries beginning in the second quarter of 2023 and performance claims of temperatures at or below 10 mK. Vendor specifications from QuantumCTek and Origin...
Collaboration of Elementary Particles: How Teamwork Among Photon Pairs Overcomes Quantum Errors
Researchers at the University of Rostock have demonstrated that encoding information in pairs of photons—rather than single photons—dramatically reduces quantum‑error rates. Using a high‑power laser‑written waveguide chip, they showed that photon‑pair holonomies remain stable even when device parameters shift by...
AI Makes Quantum Field Theories Computable
Researchers at TU Wien, together with U.S. and Swiss teams, have used a custom neural network to optimize lattice formulations of quantum field theories. The AI‑driven approach parameterizes the action on coarse lattices while preserving fixed‑point properties, yielding errors far...
Qunova Launches HI-VQE Chemistry Algorithm on AWS Marketplace for Braket Integration
Qunova Computing has released its HI‑VQE chemistry algorithm on the AWS Marketplace, integrating it with Amazon Braket. The hardware‑agnostic solution runs on trapped‑ion, superconducting and neutral‑atom processors from providers such as IonQ, IQM, QuEra, AQT and Rigetti. HI‑VQE’s “handover” iteration...
CISA Releases List of Post-Quantum Cryptography Product Categories
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its first list of hardware and software product categories that support or are transitioning to post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. The list, compiled with the NSA, follows Executive Order 14306 and targets cloud...
Quantum Computing Firm IonQ Acquires US Semiconductor Firm SkyWater for $1.8 Billion
IonQ announced a definitive agreement to acquire SkyWater Technology for $35 per share, valuing the semiconductor foundry at roughly $1.8 billion in a cash‑and‑stock transaction. The deal creates a vertically integrated quantum platform that combines IonQ’s fault‑tolerant quantum processors with SkyWater’s...
Superconducting Nanowire Memory Array Achieves Significantly Lower Error Rate
MIT researchers have demonstrated a 4 × 4 superconducting nanowire memory array that operates at 1.3 K and delivers a bit‑error rate of roughly 10⁻⁵, a ten‑fold improvement over earlier designs. The cell architecture combines temperature‑dependent switches with a kinetic inductor, enabling precise...
Quantum Tech in Banking and Fintech: The Next Big Thing
Quantum technology is transitioning from theory to proof‑of‑concept within finance, with banks and fintech firms launching pilots in portfolio optimisation, fraud detection, and quantum‑secure communications. Quantum computing's ability to solve large‑scale optimisation and accelerate Monte Carlo simulations promises faster risk...
Ethereum Foundation Makes Post Quantum Security a Top Priority as New Team Forms
The Ethereum Foundation announced a dedicated Post‑Quantum team, elevating quantum‑resistant security to a top strategic priority. Led by Thomas Coratger and supported by Emile, the group will accelerate wallet safety upgrades, research prizes and test networks. A bi‑weekly developer session...