Chicago Quantum Exchange
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Toshiba, Chicago Quantum Exchange partner to activate quantum network between University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory
From Toshiba: Toshiba and the Chicago Quantum Exchange announce the launch of a quantum key distribution network link between the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory using Toshiba’s multiplexed QKD units. The link is part of a multinode quantum network being established in the United States. Read More
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Chicago Quantum Exchange adds three new corporate partners focused on enabling quantum technologies
From the Chicago Quantum Exchange: Classiq, Lake Shore Cryotronics, and Oxford Instruments have joined the Chicago Quantum Exchange Read More
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Multi-institutional QuSTEAM initiative awarded $5 million from NSF to advance quantum science education
From the Chicago Quantum Exchange: QuSTEAM: Convergence Undergraduate Education in Quantum Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, was awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement over a two-year period from the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator. Following QuSTEAM’s initial assessment and needs-finding period, Phase I, the award will fund Phase II’s objective to build transformative, modular quantum science degree and certification programs. 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 … Read More
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Quantum physics titans win Breakthrough Prize
From Scientific American: This year’s Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics honors four pioneers who combined math, computer science and physics to do “foundational work in the field of quantum information.” The prize is shared between Charles Bennett of IBM, Gilles Brassard of the University of … Read More
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Prestigious New Horizons in Physics Prize awarded to UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering faculty Hannes Bernien
From the University of Chicago: Given to promising early-career researchers who have produced significant work, Q-NEXT collaborator Bernien and his colleagues are being recognized for developing optical tweezer arrays able to control individual atoms for use in quantum information science, metrology, and molecular physics. Read More
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Scientists turn a nanowire with exotic currents into a probe for magnetism
From UIUC: A team of researchers led by Vidya Madhavan at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign added a twist to their scanning tunneling microscope by replacing the tip with a nanowire made from an exotic material. They use the nanowire to image magnetic features in … Read More
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Building better quantum sensors
From the University of Chicago: Researchers at the University of Chicago led by Aashish Clark have developed a method to optimize a class of quantum sensors. The approach, published in PRX Quantum, takes advantage of the way defects in diamonds or semiconductors behave like qubits. Read More