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A faster, better approach to describe many-body systems
From Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Q-NEXT collaborator Bo Peng and team maintain accuracy while cutting computational using a hybrid quantum-classical approach to model many-body physical systems. Read More
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Chicago Quantum Profile: Alex High
From the Chicago Quantum Exchange: Alex High, a professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, focuses on the delicate manipulation of light at very small scales — a useful capability for advanced technology such as quantum communication or quantum sensing. Read More
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Liang Jiang (BS '04), quantum physicist
From Caltech: As an undergraduate at Caltech in the early 2000s, and then returning as a postdoctoral scholar after completing his Ph.D at Harvard, Q-NEXT collaborator Liang Jiang was present at the creation of two milestones in the history of quantum information at Caltech. Jiang currently pursues research that connects theory to application in the many facets of quantum science, including sensing, transduction, communication and computation. Read More
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Cryptography solutions selected to fight cyberattacks from quantum computers
From Tech Monitor: University of Chicago scientist and Q-NEXT collaborator Bill Fefferman is quoted in this piece on the new NIST cryptography standards, designed to ensure companies are prepared for the threat posed by quantum computing. Read More
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UChicago scientists invent ‘quantum flute’ that can make particles of light move together
From University of Chicago: Q-NEXT collaborator David Schuster and team have invented “quantum flute” that can coerce particles of light to move together in a way that’s never been seen before. The breakthrough, reported in Physical Review Letters and Nature Physics, could point the way toward realizing quantum memories or new forms of error correction in quantum computers and observing quantum phenomena that cannot be seen in nature. Read More
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Chemist Randall Goldsmith named a Schmidt Science Polymath
Q-NEXT collaborator Randall Goldsmith exploits quantum processes to focus on single molecules. His approach to studying chemical and biophysical systems caught the attention of Schmidt Futures, which named Goldsmith one of its 2022 Schmidt Science Polymaths award winners. Each of the 10 recipients, who are newly tenured university faculty chosen for their promising interdisciplinary research, receives $2.5 million over five years to help fund their research groups. Read More
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Global quantum alliances forged at London colloquium led by UChicago
From the University of Chicago: Leaders in quantum science, economics, defense, and data science from the United States and the United Kingdom met in London for a Quantum and Data Science Workshop hosted by the University of Chicago. The two-day conference gathered key representatives from both countries to forge new alliances and strengthen existing partnerships in the global race to establish quantum technology and explore the growing data science industry. Read More
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Undergraduate fellowship works to diversify quantum science
From Diverse: Issues In Higher Education: A summer undergraduate fellowship has launched to support emerging scientists and engineers of historically underrepresented backgrounds who are eager to dive into a burgeoning field: quantum information science and engineering. Through a 10-week residential research program called the Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship, a dozen undergraduates from colleges and universities across the country will expand their understanding of quantum science and connect with leaders in academia and industry. Read More
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Chicago now has a 124-mile quantum network. This is what it’s for.
From Popular Science: Researchers in Chicago have unveiled an extended, 124-mile quantum network linking Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago. The newly extended network will enable researchers to experiment with new types of quantum communications, security protocols, and algorithms with the goal of advancing towards a preliminary quantum internet. Read More
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Chicago Quantum Exchange takes first steps toward a future that could revolutionize computing, medicine and cybersecurity
From the Chicago Tribune: Researchers have created one of the world’s largest networks for sharing quantum information — a field of science that depends on paradoxes so strange that Albert Einstein didn’t believe them. The network, which connects the University of Chicago with Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, is a rudimentary version of what scientists hope someday to become the internet of the future. For now, it’s opened up to businesses and researchers to test fundamentals of quantum information sharing. Read More
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David Awschalom wins global Breakthrough of the Year award
David Awschalom, Q-NEXT Chief Science Officer and the Liew Family Professor of Quantum Engineering and Physics at the University of Chicago, received the prestigious Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year in Physical Sciences for a pioneering body of work that broke the wall between quantum technology, molecules, and proteins. Read More
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Helium lifts new quantum computing concept
A team led by Jacob Covey, who is part of Q-NEXT and is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, laid out a new concept that could turn helium’s light weight into the next generation of quantum computers. The design relies on helium-3, an isotope with different quantum properties than the helium-4 used to cool MRI machines and fill party balloons. Once built, the computer could use high-powered lasers as “optical tweezers” to capture and control individual atoms of helium. Read More
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Researchers make materials that support quantum technology
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who are part of Q-NEXT are engineering material systems that support quantum technology. Chris Anderson and his team are developing materials for quantum transduction — the conversion of quantum information from one form to another. Elizabeth Goldschmidt, Daniel Shoemaker, and colleagues are developing quantum memory technology that stores quantum information for extended periods of time. Read More
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Q-NEXT-developed open-source software receives 2026 R&D 100 award
SeQUeNCe, a free, open-source software developed by Argonne scientists with Q-NEXT support, is one of seven Argonne projects that received a 2026 R&D 100 Award. The SeQUeNCe software lets researchers test how quantum networks might work before building them. Read More
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Researchers generate spontaneous magnons that synchronize with external signals
Researchers at Argonne and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrate a method for generating stable ripples in magnetic materials called magnons. The work opens avenues for information processing in microelectronics and quantum devices. Read More