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IBM Quantum Update: Q System One Launch, New Collaborators, and QC Center Plans
HPCWire.com
January 10, 2019
Big Blue announces expansion of the IBM Q Network of quantum collaborators to include Argonne, Fermilab, ExxonMobil, and CERN.
Scientists move quantum optic networks a step closer to reality
Scientists have moved quantum optic networks a step closer to reality. The ability to precisely control the interactions of light and matter at the nanoscale could help such a network transmit larger amounts of data more quickly and securely than an electrical network.
read morePassage of the National Quantum Initiative Act
MIT Technology Review, December 22, 2018
President Trump has signed a $1.2 billon law to boost US quantum tech The new National Quantum Initiative Act will give America a national master plan for advancing quantum technologies.
read moreQuantum sound waves to open doors for more powerful sensors
For the last decade, scientists have been making giant leaps in their ability to build and control systems based on the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, which describe the behavior of particles at the subatomic scale. But a challenge is getting delicate quantum...
read more2018 Chicago Quantum Summit draws experts from industry, government, and academia
With the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Chicago has emerged as a center for cutting-edge quantum research. These institutions, along with new core partner University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, make up...
read moreA $1.2 billion US quantum plan hangs in the balance, thanks to the midterms
MIT Technology Review, November 8, 2018 US politicians are racing to try to create a 10-year initiative for supporting quantum science before mid-December. If they fail, changes in Congress in January could hamper America’s progress in emerging quantum technologies....
read moreUnleashing a world of quantum opportunities
Department of Energy, November 8, 2018 Moore’s law is bringing us to the physical limits of conventional computing. Thankfully, the DOE National Labs and world-class researchers specialize in breaking boundaries and opening possibilities. Like in quantum computing,...
read moreArgonne poised for pivotal discoveries and impact in a quantum world
Quantum materials display unusual properties at the atomic and subatomic scale that, if properly engineered, could lead to new classes of devices and computing capabilities that far exceed the capabilities of existing technology. Take, for example, manipulating how...
read moreUIUC Joins Chicago Quantum Exchange
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is joining forces with the University of Chicago and Illinois’s two national laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, to make the Chicago area a national leader in quantum...
read moreNew Chicago Quantum Network
National labs, UChicago to create one of world’s longest fiber-optic links to ‘teleport’ information
read moreNew Method Could Lead to More Powerful Quantum Sensors
New Optical Sensing Technique Could Lead to More Powerful Quantum Sensors
read moreQuantum leap
Fermilab is leading a consortium of institutions in furthering SRF technology for quantum science
read moreUChicago to help lead effort to build first practical quantum computer
$15 million National Science Foundation grant to support collaboration between seven universities
read morePrimed for a quantum leap in research
UChicago scientists and engineers at forefront of technology revolution
read moreScientists use quantum ‘spooky action’ to entangle objects you can actually see
UChicago scholar’s theory underpins what may be largest objects to be linked together
read moreThree UChicago scholars receive 2018 Simons Foundation awards
Scientists to study quantum entanglement, geometry, black holes
read moreUChicago physicist earns Dirac Medal for pioneering research
Prof. Dam Thanh Son has been awarded the Dirac Medal for contributing to understanding how quantum mechanics affects large groups of particles.
read moreQuantum science funding flows into Argonne
Argonne will receive more than $11 million in funding over three years as part of a series of grants tied to quantum information science.
read moreDepartment of Energy awards Fermilab more than $10 million for quantum science
The $10 million will spur research that could revolutionize not only our understanding of nature, but also the very way we investigate it.
read more$22 million for quantum research at UChicago and national labs
Federal grants will support a number of initiatives by scientists and their collaborators focusing on quantum computing, sensors and communication.
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