quantum communication
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Amazon Web Services and Antia Lamas-Linares to bring quantum communication innovations to Q-NEXT
With one of the largest fiber networks in the world, Q-NEXT partner AWS brings a global perspective to quantum technologies, and AWS’ Antia Lamas-Linares is tackling the engineering challenges in making quantum networks a reality. Read More
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IQUIST-NRIK collaboration to build the first quantum network with open-air links
From the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center: Q-NEXT research lead Paul Kwiat has joined an initiative led by the National Research Institute of Korea in which researchers will construct a distributed quantum network connecting nodes separated by 20 kilometers. 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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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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Stability in asymmetry: Scientists extend qubit lifetimes
Scientists demonstrate a new method for stretching the length of time qubits can maintain information — by disrupting the symmetry of their environment. 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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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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Creating quantum connections: Workshop brings together quantum networking experts from around the world
The third Workshop on Quantum Repeaters and Networks, locally co-organized by the Q-NEXT quantum research center and the Chicago Quantum Exchange, provides a forum for advancing next-generation information technologies. Read More
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JPMorgan Chase is newest partner in Q-NEXT quantum research collaboration
As a member of Q-NEXT, JPMorgan Chase will work toward advancing quantum technologies for fundamental algorithms, including in finance. Read More
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The journey to building a true quantum computer
From Intel: Intel's James Clarke lays out Intel's path to building a full-stack commercial quantum system, including achievements and next steps. Read More
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Introducing Crain's 40 Under 40 class of 2022
From Crain's Chicago Business: Pranav Gokhale, vice president of quantum software at ColdQuanta, makes Crain's Chicago Business's 40 Under 40 list, helpling build software that can be used to write quantum programs in any type of source language, which could speed up the development of … Read More
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IQUIST-NRIK collaboration to build the first quantum network with open-air links
From the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center: Q-NEXT research lead Paul Kwiat has joined an initiative led by the National Research Institute of Korea in which researchers will construct a distributed quantum network connecting nodes separated by 20 kilometers. Read More
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Top Italian scientific foundation presents Giulia Galli with Lifetime Achievement Award
From the University of Chicago: The Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation has presented Giulia Galli, Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering and chemistry at the University of Chicago, with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her seminal contributions to the development of methods … Read More
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Colorado quantum startup ColdQuanta lands $110M Series B to usher in a new era of quantum computing
From Tech Startups: Quantum company ColdQuanta said it has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round to continue commercializing its product portfolio, including quantum computing, quantum algorithms and applications, atomic clocks, sensors, and components. Read More