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A fiber-optic network now links Argonne with Hyde Park. Here's why that's a big deal.
From Crain's Chicago Business: Researchers use the network, which extends from the University of Chicago to Argonne National Laboratory, to test new tech for quantum computing, which could change the nature of high-end computing in medicine, finance, research and other industries. Read More
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Undergrads begin summer quantum research with support from Moore Foundation, Chicago region universities, national labs
From Bioengineering.org: More than a dozen college students from underrepresented backgrounds will spend the summer conducting quantum information science and engineering research in labs across the Midwest thanks to the Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship, a new program that seeks to make the burgeoning quantum workforce a more diverse and inclusive community from the start. Read More
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Chicago Quantum Exchange and Toshiba complete their initial installation of a quantum network in the Chicago area
From Quantum Computing Report: The Chicago Quantum Exchange and Toshiba have completed an 124-mile quantum link in the Chicago area, the largest quantum network currently deployed in the United States. Read More
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Chicago expands and activates quantum network, taking steps toward a secure quantum internet
From the University of Chicago: Scientists with the Chicago Quantum Exchange at the University of Chicago have announced that for the first time they’ve connected the city of Chicago and suburban labs with a quantum network — nearly doubling the length of what was already one of the longest in the country. Read More
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Undergrads begin summer quantum research with support from Moore Foundation, Chicago region universities, national labs
From the Chicago Quantum Exchange: More than a dozen college students from underrepresented backgrounds will be spending the summer conducting quantum information science and engineering research in labs across the Midwest thanks to the Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship, a new program that seeks to make the burgeoning quantum workforce a more diverse and inclusive community from the start. Read More
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Chicago now has a 124-mile quantum network. This is what it’s for.
From Popular Science: A group of research labs in Chicago have unveiled an extended, 124-mile quantum network running from the suburb of Lemont, through the city of Chicago, to the Hyde Park neighborhood and back. The 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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Liang Jiang named finalist for 2022 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
From the University of Chicago: Jiang investigates quantum control and quantum error correction to protect quantum information from decoherence. Potential applications for his work include quantum sensing, quantum transduction, quantum communication, and quantum computation. Read More
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The United States and Denmark take steps to strengthen quantum cooperation
From quantum.gov: Following the June 3 meeting between the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeppe Kofod, the United States and Denmark signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology. Leveraging both countries’ strengths in QIST, this cooperation statement will strengthen the supply chain, grow the industrial base, and educate future generations of quantum talent. Read More
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Danna Freedman named 2022 Blavatnik Award finalist
From MIT Chemistry: Freedman has elevated molecular qubits to the cutting edge of quantum information science by achieving record stability and demonstrating optical read-out of a molecular qubit state. Thanks to her momentous discoveries, molecular qubits will certainly be a major player in future quantum information technology. Read More
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Recognizing America’s leading innovative scientists, the 2022 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists names 31 finalists
Q-NEXT collaborators Danna Freedman of MIT and Liang Jiang of the University of Chicago are named two of 31 finalists for the 2022 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, the world’s largest unrestricted prize honoring early-career scientists and engineers. 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