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A quantum-computing startup gets big-name backing
From Crain's Chicago Business: Former Motorola CEO Chris Galvin invests in and joins the board of ColdQuanta, which acquired University of Chicago-born quantum startup Super.tech. Read More
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Envisioning quantum networks: Photonics history fuels hopes of achieving quantum’s bold promise
From SPIE: Paul Kwiat appears in this piece on the steps the quantum community will need to take to realize quantum networks and how the National Quantum Initiative and other agencies and institutions are working to jumpstart quantum networking activity in the United States. Read More
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Quantum startup ColdQuanta draws investors with ‘here-and-now’ applications
From The Wall Street Journal: ColdQuanta, a quantum-computing startup based in Boulder, Colorado, has raised $110 million in a Series B round, drawing investors in a tight market with near-term plans to harness and sell the present-day capabilities of a technology whose full potential is still years away. The company will use the new capital to accelerate efforts to develop revenue-generating hardware and software systems that leverage quantum technology in areas like atomic clocks, sensors and higher-precision radio frequencies and GPS networks. Read More
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‘Real-world impact’: Stanford Board of Trustees learns how SLAC can change the future
From Stanford Report: Q-NEXT is an example of how Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are accelerating translational science at a recent Stanford Board of Trustees meeting focused on SLAC research. Read More
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Chicago high schoolers become first members of the U.S. public to use ultrasecure quantum technology in mock voting event
From the Chicago Quantum Exchange: Kenwood Academy High School students visited the Chicago Quantum Exchange, where they cast unhackable votes over a quantum network — with a special visit from former President Barack Obama. Read More
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Using quantum data to create an unhackable Internet: ‘We’re getting close,’ University of Chicago expert leading project says
From the Chicago Sun-Times: University of Chicago scientists are working on creating what once might have seemed like science fiction: an unhackable internet. The Chicago quantum network project involves a test bed of 124 miles of underground fiber-optic cable that links the university with Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont and Fermilab in Batavia. Read More
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Danna Freedman receives 2022 MacArthur Fellowship
From MIT News: Danna Freedman, the F.G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry at MIT and a Q-NEXT member, has been named a recipient of a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship. Freedman designs novel molecules that could be used for quantum sensing and communication. Read More
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The University of Chicago is working on an ‘unhackable’ internet
From WBEZ Chicago: University of Chicago scientists are developing a so-called quantum internet, a far more secure version of the web, that could make hacking impossible. Read More
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Chicago scientists are testing an unhackable quantum internet in their basement closet
From The Washington Post: A 124-mile fiber-optic network runs from the University of Chicago on Chicago’s South Side to two federally funded labs in the western suburbs that are collaborating on the research — Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The team behind the network is using photons to dispatch encryption keys through the network, to see how well they travel through fibers that pass under highways, bridges and toll booths. Read More
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Pritzker Molecular Engineering professors David Awschalom and Liang Jiang awarded $1 million for development of South Korea-U.S. quantum center
From the University of Chicago: The National Research Foundation of South Korea has awarded two professors from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering $1 million to co-lead the creation of The Center for Quantum Error Correction, a South Korea-U.S. joint research center dedicated to quantum error correction. Q-NEXT Director David Awschalom and collaborator Liang Jiang will serve as co-principal investigators for the center. Read More
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What is quantum squeezing?
The quantum squeezing technique brings greater precision to time keeping and astronomy. Read More
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National QIS Research Centers to host virtual career fair
Participants will have the chance to build their professional networks, meet one-on-one with potential employers, and hear from experts in the field on Sept. 13. Read More
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IBM’s Jason Orcutt moves the world toward an interconnected quantum future
Jason Orcutt of IBM provides an industry perspective on quantum simulation research at Q-NEXT and works to connect quantum information systems around the globe. Read More
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Argonne and UChicago PME researchers “split” phonons – or sound – in step toward new type of quantum computer
In two experiments, a research team led by Andrew Cleland uses an acoustic beam splitter to demonstrate the quantum properties of phonons. The experiments are first of their kind and could lead to new advances in computing… Read More
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‘Noise-cancelling’ qubits developed at UChicago to minimize errors in quantum computers
Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a new method to constantly monitor the noise around a quantum system and adjust the qubits, in real time, to minimize error. The approach, described in "Science," relies on spectator qubits: a set of qubits embedded in… Read More