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University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 16, 2019

Shimon Kolkowitz, a University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professor of physics, has been selected as one of 22 members of the 2019 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering.

Northwestern University
October 16, 2019

A team of Northwestern researchers is the first to document the role chemistry will play in next generation computing and communication.

Industry and academic leaders from US, Australia, Canada, UK to share research, discuss workforce development and build toward a global quantum alliance Top experts in quantum technology from around the globe will gather at the University of Chicago on Oct. 25 to...

Argonne National Lab
October 2, 2019

The new grants specifically award projects in the areas of high energy physics and fusion energy science.

University of Chicago
September 27, 2019

Liang Jiang, a quantum theorist who has made important contributions to secure quantum communication over long distances, has joined the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago as a professor.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
September 25, 2019

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have constructed a quantum-mechanical state in which the colors of three photons are entangled with each other.

Fermilab
September 24, 2019

Leaders in quantum science converged this summer at Fermilab for the world’s first workshop on cryogenic electronics for quantum systems.

Argonne National Lab
September 23, 2019

In a new discovery, scientists used X-rays to observe spatial changes in a silicon carbide crystal when using sound waves to strain buried defects inside it.

Argonne National Lab
September 19, 2019

Argonne joins other labs on the threshold of a new era in quantum information science and quantum computing.

Forbes
September 8, 2019

Fred Chong, Seymour Goodman Professor at the University of Chicago, offers an answer. Quantum computing is the only technology in which every device that we add to a machine doubles the potential computing power of the machine.

Argonne National Lab
September 6, 2019

By coupling magnetic behavior to a superconducting circuit, Argonne scientists pave the way for quantum information systems.

Times Higher Education
September 4, 2019

While nations compete to unlock the huge potential of quantum engineering, it is also a chance for building global partnerships. Around the world, a race is under way to develop the revolutionary potential of quantum engineering and technology.

Fermilab
August 27, 2019
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded researchers at its Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory more than $3.5 million to boost research in the fast-emerging field of Quantum Information Science.

Northwestern University
August 23, 2019
Researchers at Northwestern’s Center for Applied Physics and Superconducting Technologies publish a major advancement on the quantum theory of electrical circuits.

Northwestern University
August 13, 2019

Michael R. Wasielewski, Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University and Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainability and Energy, will receive $1.5 million over three years from the Department of Energy (DOE)…

Physics Today
August 9, 2019

UW Madison professor Mark Eriksson describes the experimental development and the current state of the art of semiconductor quantum-dot spin qubits.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
July 25, 2019

Physics Professors Bryan Clark and Taylor Hughes of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been awarded US Department of Energy (DOE) grants to develop new quantum computing capabilities. The awards are part of a $37-million DOE initiative supporting research that will lay the groundwork for the development of new quantum information systems…

University of Wisconsin-Madison
July 25, 2019

Researchers at the Wisconsin Quantum Institute (WQI) have been awarded a US Department of Energy grant to study the noise that hampers advances in quantum systems, including quantum computers. The three-year, $4 million funding will allow the researchers to apply emerging tools to identify new materials and fabrication methods…

University of Chicago
July 25, 2019

The University of Chicago is seeding promising projects with Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the emerging fields of artificial intelligence and quantum science. The projects will tackle big questions in neuroscience, climate science, cosmological physics and quantum networking.

Quanta Magazine
July 18, 2019

Researchers are getting close to building a quantum computer that can perform tasks a classical computer can’t. Here’s what the milestone will mean.

Argonne National Laboratory
July 11, 2019

In recent years, quantum devices have become available that enable researchers — for the first time — to use real quantum hardware to begin to solve scientific problems. However, in the near term, the number and quality of qubits (the basic unit of quantum information) for quantum computers are expected to remain limited, making it difficult to use these machines for practical applications.

Argonne National Laboratory
July 9, 2019

Recent advances in quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods have the potential to revolutionize computational materials science, a discipline traditionally driven by density functional theory (DFT). While DFT provides convenience to its practitioners and has unquestionably yielded a great many successes throughout the decades since its formulation, it is not without shortcomings…

University of Chicago
July 3, 2019

Every type of atom in the universe has a unique fingerprint: It only absorbs or emits light at the particular energies that match the allowed orbits of its electrons. That fingerprint enables scientists to identify an atom wherever it is found. A hydrogen atom in outer space absorbs light at the same energies as one on Earth…