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Elizabeth Goldschmidt: creating quantum memories
Goldschmidt’s lab is a playground for controlling particles of light to build new ways to store quantum information. A professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she’s helping develop the quantum communication technologies of the future. Read More
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Argonne- and UChicago-led research team highlighted in special issue on quantum systems
A set of guidelines that describes the use and development of a promising class of quantum materials is featured on the cover of this month’s Nature Review Materials. Read More
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Convergence with quantum characterization
We’re part of the way through Q-NEXT’s first year, and the Extreme Scale Characterization Thrust has made significant strides in our mission to image and identify qubit structure, dynamics, and sources of decoherence — from the single-spin qubit all the way to the system level. Read More
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U.S. Department of Energy announces first-of-its-kind collaboration for quantum technology demonstrations in space
From the U.S. Department of Energy: The U.S. Department of Energy announces the first round of participants dedicated to the Quantum & Space Collaboration, which has garnered an array of participants, including Q-NEXT partner Infleqtion. Read More
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Quantum capital of the world: emerging field that could solve ‘unsolvable’ problems
From WGN News: Chicago is aiming to become the quantum capital of the world. Public and private investment, workforce efforts, tech startups, and collaboration across academia, government and industry are all helping position Illinois as a leader in the quantum revolution. The WGN news piece… Read More
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Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris administration announces 31 regional tech hubs to spur American innovation, strengthen manufacturing and create good-paying jobs in Every Region of the Country
From the White House: President Biden and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announce the designation of 31 communities across the country as Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs (Tech Hubs) through the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. The 31 Tech Hubs focus on developing and… Read More
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The consequences of removing the world largest dam, and building a quantum computer using sound waves
From the Science Podcast: University of Chicago's Andrew Cleland discusses his work on using the phonon as the basis of quantum computing. Read More
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Run Superstaq to boost quantum computing performance — with Infleqtion
From the Post-Quantum World podcast: Host Konstantinos Karagiannis chats with Infleqtion's Pranav Gokhale about improving the performance of quantum computing programs by orders of magnitude by modifying just one layer of the computing stack. Read More