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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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What they did this summer: perspectives from five Open Quantum Initiative undergraduate fellows
Five undergraduate fellows supporting research at the Q-NEXT quantum research center share what they’ve learned about quantum information science, their research experiences and their aspirations. Read More
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Slimmed-down terminal transmits quantum keys from space
From Physics World: Q-NEXT member Paul Kwiat of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign comments on quantum key distribution in this piece on the successful transmission of quantum keys between a satellite and four ground stations by Hefei National Laboratory and the University of Science and Technology of China. Read More
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The best qubits for quantum computing might just be atoms
From Quanta: Mark Saffman of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Infleqtion is featured in this comprehensive overview of neutral-atom qubit research. Read More
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How quantum computing could help us understand the universe
From PBS NewsHour: David Awschalom appears in this piece on the next generation of computing, one that will be far more sophisticated and dependent on understanding the subatomic nature of the universe. Read More
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PME-led research into protein-based qubits earns $2.75M Moore Foundation grant
Bolstered by a new $2.75 million grant from the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, a team led by University of Chicago's Peter Maurer will soon study qubits made from protein. Read More
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Infleqtion unveils 5-year quantum computing roadmap, advancing plans to commercialize quantum at scale
From Quantum Insider: Infleqtion shares a broad business update, including the first look at its new 5-year quantum computing roadmap. The roadmap's centerpiece is Sqorpius, the next phase of Infleqtion’s quantum computing program. Read More
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Bringing quantum entanglement to the people
From the National Science Foundation: NSF’S Quantum Leap Challenge Institute Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a Q-NEXT partner, has created a working demonstration that brings entanglement between photons to a public setting for the first time. Read More