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For the full fiscal year ended 30 September 2026, revenue is expected to be $97", "orgs": [ "arqit" ] }, { "id": "358087", "date": "2026-10-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/universal-quantum-100m-computing/", "title": "Universal Quantum secures over $100M to expand quantum computing", "excerpt": "Universal Quantum, a UK-based firm, just raised over $100 million in Series A funding, the largest of its kind for a British quantum company.", "orgs": [ "firgun-ventures", "universal-quantum" ] }, { "id": "358168", "date": "2026-10-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/q-biomed-quantum-healthcare-fields-collaboration/", "title": "Quantum and Healthcare Fields Connect for Collaboration", "excerpt": "Q-BIOMED Connect 2026 united quantum researchers, clinicians & industry to discuss translating technologies into clinical impact.", "orgs": [ "q-biomed" ] }, { "id": "353116", "date": "2026-10-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/trapped-ion-computer-simulates-21-spin-molecule/", "title": "Researchers Simulate 21-Spin Molecule on Trapped Ion Computer", "excerpt": "Could a quantum computer accurately predict the complex signature of a molecule previously beyond its reach? Now, using Quantinuum’s System Model H2 trapped-ion processor, scientists have simulated the liquid-state proton NMR spectrum of 1,2-di-tert-butyl-diphosphane at a two-qubit gate depth of 144", "orgs": [ "quantinuum" ] }, { "id": "351378", "date": "2026-10-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-state-preparation-ninety-two-point-nine-percent-fidelity/", "title": "Western Australia Team Hits 92·9% Fidelity in State Prep", "excerpt": "Efficient quantum state preparation on Quantinuum hardware Validating complex quantum states typically demands millions of measurements, hindering progress towards useful computation. Now, by implementing a pre-measurement basis change, scientists have compressed that process down to only one thousa", "orgs": [ "quantinuum" ] }, { "id": "357859", "date": "2026-10-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nu-quantum-aims-link-computers-one/", "title": "Nu Quantum aims to link quantum computers into one system", "excerpt": "Nu Quantum proposes a new scaling path for quantum computers, mirroring how classical and AI systems connect processors.", "orgs": [ "nu-quantum" ] }, { "id": "357669", "date": "2026-10-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/photonic-chips-optalysys-move-data/", "title": "Optalysys says photonic chips can move data, not just connect it", "excerpt": "Optalysys argues that modern AI’s scaling is limited by data movement, not just processing power.", "orgs": [ "optalysys" ] }, { "id": "357627", "date": "2026-10-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-computing-quantinuum-trains/", "title": "Quantinuum trains 30 chemistry and quantum computing researchers", "excerpt": "Quantinuum trained 30 participants—including those from computational chemistry—in a five-day InQuanto Summer School, bridging expertise in quantum computing and chemical modeling.", "orgs": [ "quantinuum" ] }, { "id": "357572", "date": "2026-10-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qsl-quantum-software-lab-research-exceeds/", "title": "A recap of the Quantum Software Lab’s Quantum Fringe in Edinburgh", "excerpt": "The Quantum Software Lab (QSL) at the University of Edinburgh has become a globally recognized hub for creating software solutions, and with its strategic partnership with the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC), now has more than 70 researchers. In three years, the QSL is poised to lead a", "orgs": [ "nqcc", "quantinuum", "quantum-software-lab-edinburgh", "university-of-edinburgh" ] }, { "id": "357521", "date": "2026-10-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantinuum-uwa-partnership-advance-australias/", "title": "Quantinuum and UWA Partner to Advance Australia’s Quantum Capability", "excerpt": "The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Quantinuum signed an MOU, expanding access to Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer.", "orgs": [ "quantinuum" ] }, { "id": "357507", "date": "2026-10-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-zeitgeist-digest-october-3/", "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist Digest October 2026", "excerpt": "Error handling ran through much of this week’s news. Pasqal won French backing to lead a fault-tolerance programme, D-Wave opened a simulator for testing error-aware code, and Classiq released a tool that estimates the physical-qubit cost of fault-tolerant programs. IBM and Harvard showed they could", "orgs": [ "quantinuum" ] }, { "id": "357021", "date": "2026-10-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-fringe-festival-university-edinburghs/", "title": "University of Edinburgh’s Quantum Fringe festival builds on 1,000 attendees", "excerpt": "Quantum Fringe Festival 2026, a two-month programme of events, explores the latest developments in quantum computing and its real-world applications. Building on last year’s event, which brought together around 1,000 attendees across 16 events, the festival running from May to July 2026, continues t", "orgs": [ "quantum-software-lab-edinburgh", "qureca", "university-of-edinburgh" ] }, { "id": "357203", "date": "2026-10-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-circuits-adiabatic-evolution-tight-binding-chain/", "title": "Researchers Find Lower-Noise Circuits Beat Faster Fourier Transforms", "excerpt": "Beyond approximately twenty qubits, preparing ground states with adiabatic evolution outperforms conventional methods on Quantinuum’s hardware despite utilising potentially deeper circuits. This reversal occurs because higher precision approaches propagate errors faster as system size increases, whi", "orgs": [ "quantinuum" ] }, { "id": "356905", "date": "2026-10-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/norwich-university-hosts-challenge-military/", "title": "Norwich University hosts AI challenge for military colleges", "excerpt": "Norwich University hosted the 2026 Amazon Web Services Generative AI Challenge, uniting eight teams from five senior military colleges.", "orgs": [ "aws" ] }, { "id": "356541", "date": "2026-10-01", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-network-university-edinburgh-protocols/", "title": "University of Edinburgh team builds secure quantum network protocols", "excerpt": "Authentication is a fundamental building block of secure quantum networks, essential for quantum cryptographic protocols and often debated as a key limitation of quantum key distribution in security standards. Researchers at School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, introduced a new authentica", "orgs": [ "university-of-edinburgh" ] }, { "id": "356374", "date": "2026-09-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-ai-beats-classical-oqc-simulator/", "title": "OQC Says its simulator shows quantum-AI beats classical radar analysis", "excerpt": "OQC’s Toshiko simulator shows their hybrid approach—combining classical AI with quantum techniques—outperforms a purely classical model in radar analysis.", "orgs": [ "qinetiq-quantum-technologies" ] }, { "id": "350902", "date": "2026-09-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/entanglement-assisted-interferometry-extended-source-imaging-error/", "title": "Researchers Bound Extended Source Imaging Error by 74%", "excerpt": "A weighted variance just 7% from fundamental limits demonstrates how entangled photons can dramatically outperform conventional optical interferometry. Previously restricted to single or dual telescopes, this work extends that advantage to M-station arrays, achieving roughly ten times better perform", "orgs": [ "university-of-sheffield" ] }, { "id": "355689", "date": "2026-09-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/vlatko-vedral/", "title": "Vlatko Vedral, The Oxford Physicist Who Put a Number on Entanglement", "excerpt": "Vlatko Vedral is Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University of Oxford, a Serbian-born physicist who has spent three decades asking what entanglement is and what it can do. Entanglement is the link that lets two particles share one quantum state. As a PhD student in London he helped f", "orgs": [ "imperial-college-london", "university-of-oxford" ] }, { "id": "356146", "date": "2026-09-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/infleqtion-riverlane-error-correction-quantum/", "title": "Infleqtion and Riverlane team up on error correction for UK quantum computers", "excerpt": "Infleqtion and Riverlane are collaborating to advance quantum error correction in the UK, integrating Riverlane’s real-time tech with Infleqtion’s neutral atom platform.", "orgs": [ "riverlane" ] }, { "id": "356280", "date": "2026-09-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantinuum-quantum-congress-industry-wants-results/", "title": "Quantum World Congress shows industry wants results, not qubit counts", "excerpt": "Quantum World Congress 2026 proved the market’s tolerance for hype, speculative roadmaps, and vanity qubit counts is rapidly wearing thin. The real conversation has shifted toward who is delivering useful execution today and making meaningful progress toward fault-tolerant quantum computing.", "orgs": [ "rolls-royce" ] }, { "id": "350813", "date": "2026-09-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-simulation-ten-thousand-qubit-molecular-modelling/", "title": "Researchers Simulate Molecules Using Ten Thousand Qubits", "excerpt": "Achieving complete quantum simulations once required resources beyond current capabilities; now, calculations previously intractable are possible using approximately ten thousand physical qubits. This new compilation framework estimates end-to-end runtimes, from 102 milliseconds on photonic or super", "orgs": [ "university-of-bristol" ] }, { "id": "350836", "date": "2026-09-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qubit-data-encoding-algorithms-practical-considerations/", "title": "Researchers Map Routes to Encode Classical Data on Qubits", "excerpt": "From bits to qubits, converting classical information now accounts for circuit size, depth and resource needs previously overlooked in theoretical designs. This comprehensive survey moves beyond abstract concepts to examine techniques applicable to real-world datasets like sparse matrices and Boolea", "orgs": [ "university-of-oxford" ] }, { "id": "355685", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ben-varcoe/", "title": "Ben Varcoe, The Leeds Physicist and Entrepreneur Behind Creavo and Cavero", "excerpt": "Ben Varcoe is Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University of Leeds, and a physicist who builds companies as well as experiments. He first made his name in 2000 with a paper in Nature that showed how to make light containing an exact number of photons, something physicists had found ve", "orgs": [ "cavero-quantum", "ip-group", "airbus", "university-of-sussex" ] }, { "id": "355989", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-safe-random-number-crypta-labs/", "title": "Crypta Labs guides OEMs on building quantum-safe random number systems", "excerpt": "Poor entropy quality can cripple security, even with robust crypto—this guide helps OEMs build FPGA & MCU systems with truly unpredictable values for key generation and beyond, preparing for post-quantum threats.", "orgs": [ "crypta-labs" ] }, { "id": "346056", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/bernstein-vazirani-networks-supervised-learning-vision-tasks/", "title": "Researchers Build Quantum Networks for Supervised Learning", "excerpt": "Accuracy reached a perfect score of 1. 0 using a new quantum machine learning framework, contrasting sharply with its initial value of zero and exceeding the 0. 76 achieved by the standard version.", "orgs": [ "imperial-college-london" ] }, { "id": "356023", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/atoms-placed-20-nanometre-precision-precisionmead/", "title": "Atoms placed with 20-nanometre precision—Mead drives new quantum tech", "excerpt": "A £12.6 million program will utilize a University of Manchester instrument to implant individual atoms into materials with 20-nanometre precision, advancing quantum tech & sensors.", "orgs": [ "imperial-college-london" ] }, { "id": "355320", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ibm-buys-logiq-consulting-bolster/", "title": "IBM buys Logiq Consulting to bolster UK cybersecurity work", "excerpt": "IBM UK announced it has acquired Logiq Consulting, an NCSC-assured firm, to expand its cybersecurity work with UK public sector clients.", "orgs": [ "ncsc-uk" ] }, { "id": "355995", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/korea-quantum-industry-association-joins/", "title": "Korea Quantum Industry Association joins study of global links", "excerpt": "A new international survey of 160 companies headquartered in 15 countries finds the quantum industry deeply dependent on cross-border supply chains, with 90% relying on foreign suppliers and 74% serving customers abroad. The study, undertaken by organizations including the Korea Quantum Industry Ass", "orgs": [ "qureca" ] }, { "id": "355917", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/post-quantum-gateway-qureca-paraxiom-keys/", "title": "Qureca and Paraxiom secure quantum keys with post-quantum gateway", "excerpt": "QURECA and Paraxiom partner to bring post-quantum transport security to Europe’s quantum-safe ecosystem. QURECA will act as a European ecosystem and market-entry channel for Paraxiom’s Post-Quantum Transport Gateway (PQTG), working towards a first European PQTG pilot.", "orgs": [ "qureca" ] }, { "id": "355980", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/siloton-ucl-adapts-quantum-imaging-monitor/", "title": "UCL adapts quantum imaging to monitor children’s eye health at home", "excerpt": "UCL and Siloton are co-developing a compact, quantum-enabled OCT device, funded by the NIHR, to monitor children’s eye health at home.", "orgs": [ "university-college-london", "nihr" ] }, { "id": "355923", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rydberg-technologies-atoms-quantum-sensing-boost/", "title": "Rydberg atoms could boost quantum sensing for defense and space", "excerpt": "Quantum X Labs is integrating its patent-pending atomic clock with Rydberg atom-based RF sensing, expanding its work in atom-based quantum sensing.", "orgs": [ "airbus" ] }, { "id": "356021", "date": "2026-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/aws-quantum-error-stages-students-map/", "title": "Students map quantum error stages to AWS services", "excerpt": "Quantum computers face challenges with noise, as qubits are sensitive to their environment and errors accumulate, but the University of Washington’s AQET program is training students to combat these issues. As part of a 10-week industry mentorship project sponsored by AWS, students built a laborator", "orgs": [ "aws" ] }, { "id": "355710", "date": "2026-09-26", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ionq-sdt-quantum-tech-asia-pacific/", "title": "IonQ and SDT team up to bring quantum tech to Asia-Pacific", "excerpt": "IonQ and SDT announced a partnership to expand quantum computing and networking access in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with the Superion 256 system in South Korea.", "orgs": [ "astrazeneca" ] }, { "id": "355586", "date": "2026-09-26", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-attack-protection-caverocore-defence/", "title": "Quantum attack protection built into CaveroCore for defence", "excerpt": "CaveroCore secures defence tech supply chains, identifying cloned devices and components.", "orgs": [ "cavero-quantum" ] }, { "id": "355445", "date": "2026-09-25", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/duality-quantum-tech-investors-apply-pitch/", "title": "Apply by to Pitch Quantum Tech to Investors", "excerpt": "Early-stage quantum startups can pitch to potential funders at the Q2B26 x Chicago Quantum Summit, competing for $150K in prizes, including a $50K SAFE investment.", "orgs": [ "duality-quantum-photonics" ] }, { "id": "355545", "date": "2026-09-25", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-gradiant-showcase-space-espana/", "title": "Gradiant to showcase quantum develops at New Space España", "excerpt": "Gradiant will present its vision for quantum technologies at New Space España, September 24-25, focusing on secure communications, precision sensing, and advanced quantum computing.", "orgs": [ "airbus" ] }, { "id": "353198", "date": "2026-09-25", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-machine-learning-relational-data-accuracy-improvement/", "title": "Researchers Detect Relationships in Quantum Data with 15% Greater Accuracy", "excerpt": "Perfect test accuracy was achieved on a two-state quantum system using just 500 measurements. This contrasts with existing methods which struggle as complexity increases, requiring substantially more computational effort for even simple tasks. 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Q4Bio aims to accelerate development of quantum algorithms for healthcare that can run on qua", "orgs": [ "university-of-oxford" ] }, { "id": "355130", "date": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/duke-quantum-demonstration-computer-particles-pop/", "title": "Quantum computer models how particles ‘pop’ into existence from energy", "excerpt": "Duke Quantum Center researchers observed string-breaking—particle-antiparticle formation—on a quantum simulator, a key step in probing high-energy physics.", "orgs": [ "aws" ] }, { "id": "355097", "date": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/york-plasma-fusion-energy-research-gets/", "title": "Fusion energy research gets a boost from new transatlantic links", "excerpt": "Transatlantic partnership signed to accelerate fusion energy transatlantic partnership fusion Transatlantic partnership signed to accelerate fusion energy\nPosted on Wednesday 23 September 2026\nHigher education institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom have established a transatlantic", "orgs": [ "university-of-york" ] }, { "id": "354986", "date": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/covesion-hawthorn-photonics-quantum-advr-inc/", "title": "Hawthorn Photonics (US) develops with quantum AdvR, Inc. name change.", "excerpt": "Hawthorn Photonics streamlines its portfolio, rebranding AdvR products as Covesion, and on September 23, 2026, AdvR, Inc. becomes Hawthorn Photonics (US), Inc., focusing on areas like quantum photonics.", "orgs": [ "covesion" ] }, { "id": "355032", "date": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/photonic-shyps-code-fewer-qubits/", "title": "Fewer qubits needed as Photonic’s SHYPS code cuts error overhead in Microsoft Colab", "excerpt": "Photonic Inc. & Microsoft collaborate on quantum resource estimation, leveraging the SHYPS family of Quantum Low-Density Parity Check codes.", "orgs": [ "planet-first-partners" ] }, { "id": "355003", "date": "2026-09-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/microsoft-quantum-photonic-error-correction-photonics/", "title": "Photonic’s error correction helps Microsoft estimate quantum costs", "excerpt": "Photonic Inc. and Microsoft are collaborating to advance quantum resource estimation for future large-scale quantum computing systems, helping developers and enterprises understand the value of distributed architectures and advanced error-correction approaches. The companies are working to better es", "orgs": [ "planet-first-partners" ] }, { "id": "354755", "date": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-safe-network-babcock-arqit-data/", "title": "Babcock and Arqit secure data transfer over a quantum-safe network", "excerpt": "Babcock & Arqit securely transferred data at DVD 2026, demonstrating resilient communications against future quantum-enabled threats.", "orgs": [ "arqit" ] }, { "id": "354743", "date": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-software-firm-quantrolox-joins/", "title": "Quantum software firm QuantrolOx joins UC Berkeley’s quantum hub", "excerpt": "QuantrolOx, a quantum R&D infrastructure software company, expanded to Berkeley, CA, and formalized a five-year MOU with UC Berkeley’s Roger Herst Quantum Nexus.", "orgs": [ "quantrolox", "qureca" ] }, { "id": "354763", "date": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quera-computing-quantum-marylands-capital/", "title": "QuEra Computing expands to Maryland’s Capital of Quantum", "excerpt": "QuEra Computing, the Boston-based leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, will open an office in Discovery District Maryland, joining the Capital of Quantum’s expanding roster of quantum companies. 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As of mid-2026 no photonic platform has demonstrated a peer-reviewed", "orgs": [ "aegiq", "orca-computing" ] }, { "id": "350172", "date": "2026-09-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/what-now-for-quantum-stocks/", "title": "What Now For Quantum Stocks?", "excerpt": "Five years ago this month, a quantum company rang the opening bell on a US exchange for the first time. That company was Arqit, a British quantum encryption firm briefly valued at close to $3 billion, now valued considerably less. Seven pure-play quantum computing companies have followed it onto Ame", "orgs": [ "arqit" ] }, { "id": "349975", "date": "2026-09-04", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/cern-beam-tech-project-university/", "title": "University of Liverpool leads 20-year CERN beam tech project", "excerpt": "University of Liverpool’s Professor Carsten Welsch received the Faraday Cup Award for 20 years of work on beam-monitoring technology for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, including the Beam Gas Curtain monitor.", "orgs": [ "stfc" ] }, { "id": "323915", "date": "2026-09-03", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ilana-wisby/", "title": "Ilana Wisby, The Founding Chief Executive Who Took British Quantum Hardware Commercial", "excerpt": "Ilana Wisby was the founding chief executive of Oxford Quantum Circuits, the spin-out that built superconducting qubits in a three-dimensional coaxial design rather than the flat layout most rivals use. Cambridge Innovation Capital says it raised more than one hundred million dollars before she left", "orgs": [ "cambridge-innovation-capital", "moth-quantum", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "royal-holloway-university-of-london" ] }, { "id": "349747", "date": "2026-09-03", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/european-cybersecurity-nist-taps-pqshield-map/", "title": "NIST taps PQShield to map global rules for quantum-safe algorithms", "excerpt": "Following NIST’s 2024 PQC algorithm standardization, PQShield is assisting in mapping varied global rules, like the NSA’s ban on hybrid systems versus European mandates for them.", "orgs": [ "ncsc-uk" ] }, { "id": "349640", "date": "2026-09-03", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-motion-dcvc-kembara-investment-lead/", "title": "DCVC and Kembara lead new investment in Quantum Motion", "excerpt": "Quantum Motion secured further Series C funding, led by DCVC and Kembara, to scale silicon quantum hardware.", "orgs": [ "quantum-motion" ] }, { "id": "347372", "date": "2026-09-03", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rydberg-atom-chains-constrained-four-body-interactions-dynamics/", "title": "Nottingham Team Finds Revived States in Atomic Chains", "excerpt": "Until now, controlling complex quantum systems has largely relied upon understanding how three atomic particles interact. New work demonstrates nonthermal behaviour within chains of Rydberg atoms governed by constraints acting on *four* interacting bodies simultaneously. This combination of ‘blockad", "orgs": [ "university-of-nottingham" ] }, { "id": "349304", "date": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/lux-zeplin-dark-matter-hunt-sees/", "title": "Dark matter hunt sees strongest signal yet from LZ experiment", "excerpt": "An unexplained signal detected by the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment, could mark a major breakthrough in the hunt for the elusive substance, according to analysis involving scientists from the University of Sheffield. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, located nearly a mile underground i", "orgs": [ "university-of-bristol", "university-of-sheffield" ] }, { "id": "349286", "date": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/dark-matter-hit-brown-universitys/", "title": "Brown University’s light sensors caught a possible dark matter hit", "excerpt": "Brown University’s LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment recorded a single particle interaction, a potential dark matter signal, difficult to explain by known sources.", "orgs": [ "university-of-bristol" ] }, { "id": "349455", "date": "2026-09-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/oxford-falling-atoms-gravity-works-quantum/", "title": "International Team Including Sir Roger Penrose Demonstrates Falling Atoms Show Gravity Works on Quantum Objects", "excerpt": "Scientists observed a predicted effect of gravity on falling atoms, confirming Einstein’s theory aligns with quantum behavior.", "orgs": [ "university-of-southampton" ] }, { "id": "349191", "date": "2026-09-01", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/arqit-eshailsat-aiee-live-satellite/", "title": "Arqit, Es’hailSat, and AIEE secure live satellite link with quantum encryption", "excerpt": "Arqit Quantum Inc., Es’hailSat, and AIEE successfully demonstrated quantum-safe security on live satellite communications on September 1, 2026.", "orgs": [ "arqit" ] }, { "id": "348717", "date": "2026-08-31", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/johannes-kepler-map-energy-spectra-seven/", "title": "Researchers map energy spectra of up to seven electrons in quantum dots", "excerpt": "Scientists have mapped the energy spectra of up to seven electrons within GaAs quantum dots, defining their dynamics and advancing qubit study.", "orgs": [ "university-of-sheffield", "university-of-sussex" ] }, { "id": "323912", "date": "2026-08-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/peter-knight/", "title": "Sir Peter Knight, The Physicist Who Helped Build Britain’s Quantum Programme", "excerpt": "The theorist who taught British quantum physics to cost itself honestly, and who now chairs the board advising on a national quantum strategy worth billions.", "orgs": [ "aegiq", "dsit", "imperial-college-london", "innovate-uk", "ministry-of-defence", "ncsc-uk", "orca-computing", "oxford-ionics", "quantum-motion", "ukri", "university-of-glasgow" ] }, { "id": "343669", "date": "2026-08-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/post-quantum-cryptography-explained/", "title": "Post-Quantum Cryptography Explained, the Complete Plain English Guide", "excerpt": "A guide to post-quantum cryptography for readers who want no equations and a straight answer. What a quantum computer actually breaks, why recorded traffic makes it urgent now, and what is worth doing.", "orgs": [ "ncsc-uk" ] }, { "id": "323911", "date": "2026-08-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/michael-biercuk/", "title": "Michael Biercuk, The Q-CTRL Founder Whose Error Suppression Software Runs on IBM, Rigetti and Diraq Machines", "excerpt": "Michael Biercuk founded Q-CTRL in 2017 to sell control software that suppresses qubit errors on any hardware, and by September 2024 IBM, Rigetti, Oxford Quantum Circuits and Diraq were all shipping it inside competing machines. The firmer half of the company is now a magnetic navigation business, an", "orgs": [ "oxford-quantum-circuits" ] }, { "id": "348545", "date": "2026-08-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-training-academy-quantrolox-qureca/", "title": "QuantrolOx and QURECA launch hands-on quantum training academy", "excerpt": "QuantrolOx & QURECA partner to launch Quantum EDGE Academy, addressing the skills gap in quantum hardware.", "orgs": [ "quantrolox", "qureca" ] }, { "id": "323904", "date": "2026-08-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/michelle-simmons/", "title": "Michelle Simmons, The Physicist Behind Australia’s First Quantum Computing Company", "excerpt": "Michelle Simmons built the world’s smallest transistor from a single phosphorus atom, then founded Australia’s first quantum computing company to take the method to market. Her bet is uniform qubits made slowly against variable ones made with foundry tools, and the published record, eleven qubits an", "orgs": [ "durham-university" ] }, { "id": "330500", "date": "2026-08-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/university-illinois-urbana-champaign-active-gauge/", "title": "University of Illinois & Birmingham Build Active Gauge Field", "excerpt": "University of Illinois & Birmingham researchers experimentally realized a tuneable non-Abelian gauge field, using oscillators to create a local pseudo-spin and engineer couplings via real-time feedback.", "orgs": [ "university-of-birmingham" ] }, { "id": "343671", "date": "2026-08-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/7th-ieee-quantum-week/", "title": "IEEE Quantum Week 2026, Register Now", "excerpt": "IEEE Quantum Week 2026 runs in Toronto from 13 to 18 September, carrying the largest programme the conference has published, with 372 technical papers, 47 workshops and 48 tutorials. Eleven keynote speakers lead it. Register now.", "orgs": [ "phasecraft" ] }, { "id": "345336", "date": "2026-08-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qubit-eavesdropping-detection-indefinite-causal-order-probability/", "title": "Researchers Detect Eavesdropping with 15% Qubit Probability", "excerpt": "Experimental quantum key distribution now detects eavesdropping on 15% of shared qubits without discarding any key material. This contrasts with conventional methods, which necessitate revealing and losing key bits to verify security. Embedding cryptographic operations within a photonic quantum swit", "orgs": [ "university-of-glasgow" ] }, { "id": "348226", "date": "2026-08-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qet-labs-quantum-summer-school-bristols/", "title": "Bristol’s QET Labs quantum summer school runs for twelfth year", "excerpt": "QET Labs ran its twelfth annual Quantum in the Summer school, welcoming 18 A-level students to the University of Bristol for a week of theoretical and experimental sessions related to quantum technology. The program covered topics from superposition and entanglement to applications in computing and", "orgs": [ "university-of-bristol" ] }, { "id": "348086", "date": "2026-08-26", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qphox-quantinuum-quantum-datacenter-alliance-helps/", "title": "Quantinuum helps Quantum Datacenter Alliance launch second October forum", "excerpt": "The Quantum Datacenter Alliance Forum, October 1, 2026, will address scaling challenges with leaders like Quantinuum and Cisco.", "orgs": [ "nu-quantum" ] }, { "id": "348000", "date": "2026-08-26", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/waterloo-quantum-networks-optimize-connections-without/", "title": "Quantum networks can now optimize connections without full noise maps", "excerpt": "Quantum networks are a backbone of future quantum technologies, playing a role in communication and scalable quantum computing. A self-configuring approach integrating superposed quantum paths with variational quantum optimization techniques allows networks to dynamically optimize noisy paths, estab", "orgs": [ "university-of-exeter" ] }, { "id": "347670", "date": "2026-08-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantrolox-quantum-lab-simulator-qureca-oxford/", "title": "QURECA and Oxford spin-out launch quantum lab simulator", "excerpt": "QURECA is partnering with QuantrolOx, the University of Oxford spin-out behind Quantum EDGE, to launch Quantum EDGE Academy, a simulator-first, hardware-focused training platform. The Academy functions as a quantum lab simulator, providing practical lab intuition for learners at universities, resear", "orgs": [ "quantrolox", "qureca" ] }, { "id": "347638", "date": "2026-08-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/spooqy-technology-quantum-tyche-source-library/", "title": "Spooqy releases Tyche, an open-source quantum library", "excerpt": "Spooky Technology released Tyche, an open-source Python library for quantum information, forming the base for all Spooqy applications.", "orgs": [ "spooqy" ] }, { "id": "347585", "date": "2026-08-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/remote-state-preparation-eavesdropper-blind-construction/", "title": "Edinburgh Team Builds Eavesdropper-Blind State Preparation", "excerpt": "Previously reliant upon complex ‘trapdoor’ functions, constructing remote state preparation is now achievable using simpler one-way group actions. This work demonstrates an eavesdropper-blind variant, removing reliance on quantum server security, yet still sufficient for practical quantum public-key", "orgs": [ "university-of-edinburgh" ] }, { "id": "347708", "date": "2026-08-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/surrey-micromechanical-qubit-last-full-second/", "title": "A micromechanical qubit might last a full second", "excerpt": "Researchers propose a quantum device—a superfluid weak link with a mechanical element—that could function as a qubit, potentially achieving coherence times of up to one second.", "orgs": [ "university-of-surrey" ] }, { "id": "325417", "date": "2026-08-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/diraq/", "title": "Diraq, Quantum Computing Built in Standard Silicon", "excerpt": "Diraq is an Australian quantum computing company that builds spin qubits in silicon using the same kind of manufacturing that produces conventional computer chips.", "orgs": [ "quantum-motion" ] }, { "id": "346306", "date": "2026-08-22", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-computing-imaginary-time-evolution-real-time-simulation/", "title": "Dakota Team Simulates Imaginary Time Using Real-Time Data", "excerpt": "Calculating Imaginary-Time Evolution (ITE), essential for preparing quantum states and overcoming computational limitations, has traditionally demanded extra resources or risked inaccurate results. Now, a new approach sidesteps these issues by deriving ITE from standard measurements of real-time beh", "orgs": [ "university-of-birmingham" ] }, { "id": "346320", "date": "2026-08-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/compute-data-travels-optalysys-aims/", "title": "Optalysys aims to compute as data travels, not just when it arrives", "excerpt": "Optalysys demonstrates programmable Photonic hardware for Programmable Compute-in-Transit, performing tens of GFLOPs on data links.", "orgs": [ "optalysys" ] }, { "id": "346260", "date": "2026-08-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-superposition-hilbert-space-operational-limits-defined/", "title": "University of York Team Defines Limits of Quantum Superposition", "excerpt": "No extension of the Quantum Tensor Product admits a Superposition principle. Until now, defining superposition relied on complex mathematical structures rather than direct experimental observation. This work establishes operational ‘superposition principles’ rooted in prepare-and-measure experiments", "orgs": [ "university-of-york" ] }, { "id": "345828", "date": "2026-08-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-image-sensors-singular-2-15m/", "title": "Singular Photonics gains $2.15M for quantum-enhanced image sensors", "excerpt": "Singular Photonics secured $2.15M to advance SPAD-based image sensors, exploring applications leveraging quantum phenomena.", "orgs": [ "quantum-exponential", "singular-photonics" ] }, { "id": "345360", "date": "2026-08-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-walk-systems-strong-multipartite-entanglement-generation/", "title": "Researchers Create Strong Entanglement in Quantum Walk Systems", "excerpt": "Genuine multipartite entanglement reached its theoretical limit of 1/2 in a two-walker quantum walk, irrespective of initial conditions or coin operator used. This unexpected insensitivity suggests a new level of control over entanglement generation, previously unseen in similar systems. Open bounda", "orgs": [ "university-college-london" ] }, { "id": "345939", "date": "2026-08-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/durham-university-molecule-quantum-state-loops/", "title": "Researchers limit leakage from molecule quantum state loops", "excerpt": "Researchers optimized state networks in bialkali molecules, identifying a closed loop of 4 states with minimal population leakage.", "orgs": [ "durham-university" ] }, { "id": "345845", "date": "2026-08-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/innovate-uk-quantum-sensing-pnt/", "title": "Innovate UK to invest up to £14.3M in quantum sensing & PNT projects", "excerpt": "Innovate UK will invest up to £14.3M to advance quantum enabled position, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies, plus sensing for sectors like healthcare & transport.", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ] }, { "id": "345493", "date": "2026-08-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/bluefors-dilution-refrigerator-market-quantum/", "title": "Bluefors dilution refrigerator market expands with quantum computer scaling", "excerpt": "Demand for cryogenic solutions is surging as quantum computers scale, driven by companies like Bluefors expanding millikelvin dilution refrigerator production.", "orgs": [ "oxford-instruments" ] }, { "id": "345557", "date": "2026-08-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/scispace-qureca-partnership-support-quantum/", "title": "SciSpace and QURECA partner to support Quantum Latino 2026", "excerpt": "Quantum Latino 2026, Oct 21–23 in Colombia, fosters Latin American quantum growth, now supported by resources from SciSpace and QURECA.", "orgs": [ "qureca" ] }, { "id": "345382", "date": "2026-08-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-compilation-ancilla-safety-verification-and-repair/", "title": "Researchers Verify and Repair Quantum Ancilla Safety Efficiently", "excerpt": "Formal verification of quantum ancilla safety is now possible for circuits scaling to thousands of qubits, offering a complete workflow previously unavailable. This framework not only diagnoses faults but also guides repair, decomposing the verification of a register of *m* qubits into 2*m* independ", "orgs": [ "university-of-edinburgh" ] }, { "id": "344873", "date": "2026-08-15", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-zeitgeist-weekly-digest/", "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist weekly digest, 15 August 2026", "excerpt": "Welcome to this week’s quantum technology digest. The articles below cover advances across the quantum computing stack, from hardware development and error correction to algorithmic improvements and commercial growth. Several companies reported significant progress this week, indicating continued mo", "orgs": [ "applied-quantum-computing" ] }, { "id": "348369", "date": "2026-08-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-innovation-research-commits-billion/", "title": "UK Research and Innovation commits over £9 billion to research and innovation.", "excerpt": "UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is entrusted with more than £9 billion of public money each year to invest in research and innovation, supporting areas from the arts to engineering. As the largest national R&I investor in Europe, UKRI aims to advance knowledge, improve lives, and drive growth acro", "orgs": [ "ukri" ] }, { "id": "344145", "date": "2026-08-12", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/d-wave-quantum-computing-canada-funds/", "title": "Canada funds D-Wave to boost quantum computing software tools", "excerpt": "D-Wave Quantum Inc. received up to CAD $300,000 in funding from the National Research Council of Canada’s Applied Quantum Computing Challenge program to advance annealing quantum computing software for commercial applications. The collaboration will develop next-generation software and algorithms to", "orgs": [ "applied-quantum-computing" ] }, { "id": "344098", "date": "2026-08-12", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/saab-aquark-links-radars-quantum-timing/", "title": "Aquark links radars with quantum timing for clearer picture", "excerpt": "Aquark augmented networked radars with quantum timing in a June 2026 trial, maintaining a coherent picture independent of GNSS.", "orgs": [ "aquark-technologies", "qinetiq-quantum-technologies", "university-of-birmingham" ] }, { "id": "344210", "date": "2026-08-12", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/muon-g-2-experiment-fermilabs-analyzes/", "title": "Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment analyzes 25% of data for new results", "excerpt": "The Muon g-2 experiment announced a new measurement of the muon’s electric dipole moment (EDM), based on an analysis of 25% of Fermilab’s experimental data. This is the most sensitive direct search for a muon EDM ever accomplished, and the first such search done at Fermilab, with only two prior sear", "orgs": [ "university-college-london" ] }, { "id": "344149", "date": "2026-08-12", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/cern-quantum-skills-training-pasqal-swiss/", "title": "Pasqal and Swiss Quantum Initiative sponsor CERN’s quantum skills training", "excerpt": "CERN & the Open Quantum Institute hosted 34 students in a Quantum Materials Hackathon, fostering the development of expertise to apply quantum computing to real-world challenges.", "orgs": [ "stfc" ] }, { "id": "330637", "date": "2026-08-11", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/university-waterloo-single-photon-qkd-works/", "title": "Single-Photon QKD Works With Imperfect, Real-World Devices", "excerpt": "Researchers demonstrate that quantum key distribution, using photons—even with imperfect devices—can still achieve provably secure communication.", "orgs": [ "toshiba-europe" ] }, { "id": "343755", "date": "2026-08-10", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-dice-alliance-within-oxfords-step/", "title": "Quantum Dice team formed within Oxford’s StEP program", "excerpt": "Quantum Dice, born from the 2019 StEP program, has evolved from a student venture into a venture-backed spinout.", "orgs": [ "quantum-dice" ] }, { "id": "343512", "date": "2026-08-10", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-keys-spoqc-mission-york/", "title": "York team tested quantum keys on the SPOQC mission", "excerpt": "Researchers at the University of York tested quantum random number generation using the continuous-variable payload on the SPOQC mission, published August 7, 2026.", "orgs": [ "university-of-york" ] }, { "id": "343350", "date": "2026-08-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/innovate-uk-funding-quantum-30-percent/", "title": "Innovate UK reports a 30% funding chance for quantum computing projects", "excerpt": "UK registered businesses can apply for up to £13 million in Innovate UK funding to develop impactful quantum computing software, with around a 30% success rate.", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ] }, { "id": "330595", "date": "2026-08-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/n-time-cumulant-function-nasa-map/", "title": "Researchers Map n-Time Cumulant Function After Quantum Quenches", "excerpt": "We investigate the $n$-time cumulant generating function, or $n$-Full Counting Statistics, $n$-FCS, of extensive $U(1)$ charges following a quantum quench. Exploiting space-time duality, we characterise this function when evolving from initial states symmetric under the action of the charge.", "orgs": [ "university-of-birmingham" ] }, { "id": "343268", "date": "2026-08-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nqcc-bristol-offers-bursaries-quantum-start/", "title": "NQCC-Bristol offers bursaries for quantum start-ups", "excerpt": "The NQCC-Bristol is supporting the UK quantum start-up ecosystem, offering bursaries for intensive, six-week online courses in quantum information and computation.", "orgs": [ "nqcc" ] }, { "id": "343097", "date": "2026-08-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ionq-sandia-quantum-computers-security/", "title": "IonQ and Sandia team up to build quantum computers for US security", "excerpt": "IonQ and Sandia National Laboratories signed an MOU to co-design quantum technologies for U.S. national security, building on Sandia’s fabrication of ion traps for IonQ’s early computers.", "orgs": [ "astrazeneca" ] }, { "id": "323916", "date": "2026-08-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/chris-ballance/", "title": "Chris Ballance, The British Quantum Entrepreneur Who Put Ion Traps On A Chip", "excerpt": "The British physicist who pushed the trapped-ion quantum logic gate to record accuracy, then bet that manufacturing, not accuracy, was what stood between trapped ions and a real computer. He was proved right to the tune of a billion dollars.", "orgs": [ "national-security-strategic-investment-fund", "oxford-ionics" ] }, { "id": "343044", "date": "2026-08-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qubit-platform-quantrolox-test-tools/", "title": "QuantrolOx will test its tools on Berkeley’s qubit platform", "excerpt": "UC Berkeley, on behalf of its Department of Physics and the Roger Herst Quantum Nexus, and QuantrolOx Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a five-year framework to advance the industrialisation of quantum computing. The collaboration unites Berkeley’s superconducting quantum", "orgs": [ "quantrolox" ] }, { "id": "342927", "date": "2026-08-04", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/post-quantum-crypto-migration-ionq-orders/", "title": "IonQ says orders set 2030 deadline for post-quantum crypto migration", "excerpt": "New executive orders define US quantum technology competition, setting 2030 & 2031 deadlines for federal agencies to transition to cryptography resilient against quantum computer attacks.", "orgs": [ "astrazeneca" ] }, { "id": "333634", "date": "2026-08-04", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/heriot-watt-telecom-single-photon-source/", "title": "Telecom Single-Photon Source Enables 227 km Quantum Encryption", "excerpt": "A decoy-state quantum key distribution scheme was implemented using a telecom C-band single-emitter source, enabling positive secret key rates over 227 km of optical fiber. This demonstrates a loss tolerance one order of magnitude greater than non-decoy schemes, broadening the scope of single-photon", "orgs": [ "heriot-watt-university", "university-of-strathclyde" ] }, { "id": "333605", "date": "2026-08-03", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/aztec-hkl-software-oxford-instruments/", "title": "Oxford Instruments Pairs Human Expertise With AI in AZtecHKL Software", "excerpt": "Oxford Instruments enhances AZtecHKL EBSD software with human expertise and artificial intelligence, presenting the ultimate evolution of data acquisition software for Electron Backscatter Diffraction experiments. AZtecHKL leverages the technical knowledge of Oxford Instruments scientists in Tailore", "orgs": [ "oxford-instruments" ] }, { "id": "332935", "date": "2026-08-03", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-zeitgeist-weekly-digest-37/", "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist weekly digest, 3 August 2026", "excerpt": "Quantum Zeitgeist Weekly Digest", "orgs": [ "university-of-edinburgh" ] }, { "id": "319887", "date": "2026-08-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/switzerland-quantum-computing-companies/", "title": "Switzerland Quantum Computing Companies, The Complete Vendor Guide", "excerpt": "Switzerland quantum computing companies in 2026: ID Quantique, Terra Quantum, Zurich Instruments, Miraex, IBM Research Zurich, ETH Zurich, EPFL. QKD pioneers and quantum control.", "orgs": [ "quantum-motion" ] }, { "id": "331676", "date": "2026-08-01", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nazarbayev-university-wigner-angle-values-mckinstrie/", "title": "McKinstrie & Kozlov Detail a Simpler Path to Wigner Angle Values", "excerpt": "Combining Lorentz boosts often results in rotation, quantified by the Wigner angle.", "orgs": [ "spinor" ] }, { "id": "332756", "date": "2026-07-31", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/manchester-jodrell-bank-funding-faces-axe/", "title": "Jodrell Bank Faces Axe Amid UK Research Funding Reductions", "excerpt": "Cuts to UK Research and Innovation threaten the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, prompting the Institute of Physics to call it a “terrible blow” to UK science.", "orgs": [ "stfc" ] }, { "id": "329520", "date": "2026-07-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/university-geneva-lanczos-algorithm-krylov-defines/", "title": "Krylov-Ehrenfest Time Defines Limit of Classical-Quantum Complexity", "excerpt": "This research defines a classical limit of quantum Krylov complexity using the symplectic structure of phase space and a Lanczos algorithm.", "orgs": [ "university-of-southampton" ] }, { "id": "332031", "date": "2026-07-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-simulations-proton-hopping/", "title": "Quantum Simulations Trace Proton “Hopping” Across Six Water Molecules", "excerpt": "International research used complex quantum simulations to trace a proton’s “hopping” movement across six water molecules, revealing details of proton transport in water.", "orgs": [ "quantum-motion" ] }, { "id": "332035", "date": "2026-07-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-bus-material-warwick-vibrations/", "title": "Warwick Researchers Build Quantum Bus In Push For 1M Qubits", "excerpt": "Warwick researchers developed Quantum Phononic Links (QPLs) using compressively strained germanium on silicon, cs-GoS, to connect qubits across a 300mm chip.", "orgs": [ "university-of-warwick" ] }, { "id": "331276", "date": "2026-07-25", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ibm-quantum-should-big-blue-break-up/", "title": "Should Big Blue Break Up? Will IBM Spin Off Its Quantum Division?", "excerpt": "IBM’s historic 25 percent crash has forced the question Armonk has been avoiding. What is the quantum division actually for, and is it worth more outside the company than inside it?", "orgs": [ "oxford-ionics" ] }, { "id": "330871", "date": "2026-07-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/purdue-university-quantum-circuits-numerical-integration/", "title": "Purdue Researchers Build Quantum Circuits for Numerical Integration", "excerpt": "Purdue researchers built quantum algorithms for tasks like indefinite integration, using quantum Fourier transforms and superposition.", "orgs": [ "applied-quantum-computing" ] }, { "id": "330842", "date": "2026-07-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/will-quantum-get-lost-in-the-noise-uk-government-shake-up/", "title": "The UK Quantum Programme Risks Getting Lost In The Noise Of The DSIT Reshuffle", "excerpt": "DSIT was abolished on 21 July and the statement announcing it never mentions quantum. The funded delivery bodies are insulated, but the Office for Quantum and its line to the prime minister are not, and that is how a national programme decoheres.", "orgs": [ "dsit", "innovate-uk", "ministry-of-defence", "ncsc-uk", "oxford-ionics", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "rahko", "ukri", "university-of-sussex" ] }, { "id": "330844", "date": "2026-07-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-optimization-algorithms-ibm-saf/", "title": "IBM to Model SAF Logistics With Quantum Optimization Algorithms", "excerpt": "Singapore’s DIS & DSTA are partnering IBM to apply quantum computing, specifically exploring how quantum optimisation techniques can improve SAF logistics planning.", "orgs": [ "ministry-of-defence" ] }, { "id": "330444", "date": "2026-07-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/taiyuan-university-technology-quantum-lock-detection/", "title": "Taiyuan University’s Quantum Protocol Improves Weak Signal Detection", "excerpt": "Taiyuan University researchers develop a quantum protocol that improves weak signal detection using Successive Adiabatic Evolution.", "orgs": [ "university-of-nottingham" ] }, { "id": "330350", "date": "2026-07-20", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/durham-university-physicists-tune-pair-states/", "title": "Durham Physicists Tune Pair States Into Resonance for Strong Interactions", "excerpt": "Durham University researchers demonstrated coherent interactions between a Rydberg atom & polar molecule, tuning two atom–molecule pair states into resonance.", "orgs": [ "durham-university" ] }, { "id": "330216", "date": "2026-07-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/andy-burnham-uk-quantum-industry/", "title": "Will The UK’s New Prime Minister Sink The UK’s Quantum Industry?", "excerpt": "The incoming prime minister has reportedly asked officials to draw up plans to abolish DSIT. Here is how that decision could play out for the UK quantum sector, from quiet climbdown to compound failure.", "orgs": [ "dsit", "innovate-uk", "orca-computing", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "phasecraft" ] }, { "id": "330181", "date": "2026-07-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/university-seoul-slow-light-method/", "title": "Seoul National University Engineers Program Slow Light with New Method", "excerpt": "Seoul National University engineers achieved fully programmable control of light propagation, utilizing a new approach based on Generalized Coupled-Resonator-Induced Transparency.", "orgs": [ "spinor" ] }, { "id": "330032", "date": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/natwest-digital-catapult-welcomes-eleven-sector/", "title": "Digital Catapult Welcomes Eleven Sector Leaders to Quantum Access", "excerpt": "Digital Catapult announced eleven sector leaders joining its Quantum Technology Access Programme, including NatWest, to explore quantum solutions for fraud detection.", "orgs": [ "orca-computing", "digital-catapult" ] }, { "id": "320111", "date": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/south-korea-quantum-computing-companies/", "title": "South Korea Quantum Computing Companies 2026: Complete Vendor Guide", "excerpt": "South Korea quantum computing companies in 2026: SDT, Norma, Korea Quantum Computing, Qunova, EYL, SK Telecom, Samsung SDS. Korea’s national quantum strategy.", "orgs": [ "oxford-quantum-circuits" ] }, { "id": "330055", "date": "2026-07-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/university-southampton-atomically-flat-material-stacks/", "title": "How Southampton Scientists Built Atomically Flat Material Stacks", "excerpt": "Southampton & Singapore scientists developed a cleaner, cheaper way to build 2D heterostructures—materials stacked just a few atoms thick.", "orgs": [ "university-of-southampton" ] }, { "id": "329949", "date": "2026-07-16", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/university-strathclyde-wireless-control-quantum-readout/", "title": "University of Strathclyde Tests Wireless Control of Quantum Readout", "excerpt": "University of Strathclyde physicists achieved wireless control of a superconducting microwave resonator, a key step toward simplifying quantum readout.", "orgs": [ "university-of-glasgow", "university-of-strathclyde" ] }, { "id": "325757", "date": "2026-07-15", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/braida-colleagues-models-log-concavity-framework-discrete-schrodinger/", "title": "Braida and Colleagues Models Log-Concavity Framework for Discrete Schrödinger Operators", "excerpt": "Could quantum optimisation algorithms benefit from tunnelling even when faced with complex, non-linear challenges. 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The threats, the NIST standards, the 2030 and 2035 migration deadlines, and how to build a quantum-safe enterprise before Q-Day.", "orgs": [ "vodafone" ] }, { "id": "329366", "date": "2026-07-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/loughborough-university-qsysmm-framework-demonstration/", "title": "QSysMM Framework Unifies Quantum System Models into One Source", "excerpt": "Engineered quantum systems require synchronized models, but current methods fall short.", "orgs": [ "loughborough-university", "university-of-york" ] }, { "id": "329363", "date": "2026-07-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/loughborough-university-digital-twin-framework-sysml/", "title": "SysML v2 Drives Digital Twin Framework for Quantum Networks", "excerpt": "Researchers propose a Model-Driven Engineering approach to build reusable, system-level twins for evolving quantum networks, utilizing SysML v2.", "orgs": [ "loughborough-university" ] }, { "id": "329237", "date": "2026-07-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-research-innovation-386b-ukri-plan/", "title": "£38.6B UKRI Plan Funds 20,000 Researchers Through 2031", "excerpt": "UK Research and Innovation’s new five-year strategy will support 20,000+ researchers with a £38.6 billion government investment, driving future tech & economic growth.", "orgs": [ "ukri" ] }, { "id": "325808", "date": "2026-07-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/university-birmingham-model-quantum-dynamics-finite-matrix-product/", "title": "University of Birmingham: Researchers Model Quantum Dynamics Using Finite Matrix-Product Operators", "excerpt": "Influence matrices, typically growing in complexity with time, are now demonstrably finite for Rule 201, a deterministic quantum model. This provides an exact description of subsystem dynamics using a matrix-product operator with bond dimension 12, mirroring the simplicity previously found only in R", "orgs": [ "university-of-birmingham" ] }, { "id": "329179", "date": "2026-07-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/immune-epitope-database-quantum-classical-design/", "title": "AI Designed Peptides Emerge From Hybrid Quantum-Classical Design", "excerpt": "Identifying allele-specific peptides for immunotherapies is difficult, but a new approach using Hybrid quantum-classical methods generated diverse candidates.", "orgs": [ "orca-computing" ] }, { "id": "328763", "date": "2026-07-12", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/oqc-quantum-computing-cambridge-innovation-capital/", "title": "Ilana Wisby, formerly the founding CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), has joined Cambridge Innovation Capital", "excerpt": "Cambridge Innovation Capital welcomes Dr. Ilana Wisby, former CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits, after she led the company’s successful entry into the.", "orgs": [ "cambridge-innovation-capital" ] }, { "id": "320113", "date": "2026-07-10", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/sweden-quantum-computing-companies/", "title": "Sweden Quantum Computing Companies 2026: Complete Vendor Guide", "excerpt": "Sweden quantum computing companies in 2026: Low Noise Factory, SCALINQ, Arkeon, FirstQFM, Phase Space Computing. The WACQT centre and Chalmers quantum computer.", "orgs": [ "astrazeneca" ] }, { "id": "328090", "date": "2026-07-09", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qiz-security-post-quantum-cybersecurity-17m/", "title": "$17M Seed Funds QIZ Security’s Post-Quantum Cybersecurity Platform", "excerpt": "QIZ Security secured $17 million in seed funding to bolster its cryptographic posture and Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) management platform.", "orgs": [ "deloitte" ] }, { "id": "328002", "date": "2026-07-09", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ntt-docomo-business-quantum-network-links/", "title": "NTT docomo Business: 600km Quantum Network Links Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka for Secure Comms", "excerpt": "NTT docomo Business, Toshiba & NEC are building a 600km quantum cryptographic communication network connecting Tokyo, Nagoya, & Osaka.", "orgs": [ "deloitte" ] }, { "id": "327846", "date": "2026-07-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/network-security-quantum-cybersecurity-energy-software/", "title": "Quantum Software Lab: £6.2M Funds Quantum Cybersecurity for UK Energy Networks", "excerpt": "Edinburgh’s Quantum Software Lab received £6.2M to bolster UK energy networks against future cyberattacks enabled by quantum computing, developing.", "orgs": [ "quantum-software-lab-edinburgh" ] }, { "id": "327625", "date": "2026-07-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/universities-nottingham-aquark-atom-trap-technologies/", "title": "How Aquark Technologies Built a MOT-Free Atom Trap", "excerpt": "Researchers at Aquark Technologies have developed an alternative to the standard magneto-optical trap (MOT) for confining and cooling neutral atoms, achieving comparable atom numbers and densities without the use of magnetic fields. This all-optical trap utilizes laser beams to create a restoring fo", "orgs": [ "aquark-technologies" ] }, { "id": "327314", "date": "2026-07-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-metrology-time-reversal-protocol-entanglement-enhancement/", "title": "Colombo and Colleagues Develops Time-Reversal Protocol for Quantum Metrology", "excerpt": "Previously, accessing the benefits of entanglement in quantum sensing demanded quantum-limited detection and restricted the types of states usable in experiments. 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Unlike conventional methods, this advance utilises permutation-invariant codes and a recovery circuit for the CAD4 code comprising just 10 syste", "orgs": [ "university-of-sheffield" ] }, { "id": "327729", "date": "2026-07-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/btq-technologies-qubit-cad-code-macquarie/", "title": "Macquarie University 4-Qubit CAD Code Perfectly Corrects Global Symmetric AD Error", "excerpt": "Macquarie University researchers devised a quantum error recovery algorithm using CAD codes, demonstrating perfect correction of global symmetric.", "orgs": [ "university-of-sheffield" ] }, { "id": "327320", "date": "2026-07-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nickel-vacancy-qubit-millisecond-quantum-memory-realisation/", "title": "Michigan State University Team Builds Nickel-Vacancy Qubit for Millisecond Quantum Memory", "excerpt": "Extending quantum memory from under half a microsecond to over one millisecond represents a substantial advance in diamond qubit technology. All-optical dynamical decoupling has now achieved this coherence extension in a nickel-vacancy defect at cryogenic temperatures. 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This expansion builds upon existing collaboration between British and Nordic quantum technology sectors, positioning the company within the Danish quantum ecosystem.", "orgs": [ "aquark-technologies" ] }, { "id": "320812", "date": "2026-05-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/xairos-quantum-protocols-14m-timelink/", "title": "£1.4M TimeLink Program De-risks Xairos Quantum Protocols", "excerpt": "Xairos UK, Ltd. has completed Phase 1 of the £1.4 million TimeLink program, funded by Innovate UK, which de-risks the company’s quantum protocols for resilient, GNSS-independent timing. This work establishes a UK-based hardware and software baseline, advancing next-generation timing technologies.", "orgs": [ "cranfield-university", "duality-quantum-photonics", "innovate-uk", "lumino-technologies", "vodafone" ] }, { "id": "320802", "date": "2026-05-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/newcastle-university-receives-12m-emotional/", "title": "Newcastle University Receives £1.2M to Model Emotional Memory with Quantum Maths", "excerpt": "Newcastle University scientists secured £1.2 million to model how emotions distort memory order, applying quantum maths to understand recall accuracy.", "orgs": [ "newcastle-university" ] }, { "id": "320747", "date": "2026-05-20", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/aegiq-plans-multi-million-pound/", "title": "Aegiq Plans Multi-Million-Pound Investments Over Five Years", "excerpt": "Aegiq opened its Sheffield headquarters, a center for photonic quantum computing, and announced ambitious growth with multi-million-pound investments.", "orgs": [ "aegiq" ] }, { "id": "320397", "date": "2026-05-18", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-computing-industry-chatgpt-moment-might-be-closer-than-you-think/", "title": "The quantum computing industry’s ChatGPT moment might be closer than you think", "excerpt": "Moth, the London-based quantum computing company building applications for a new era of media and entertainment, has just announced Quantum Backrooms, a landmark consumer application that utilises quantum computing to power a unique, playable gaming experience.", "orgs": [ "moth-quantum" ] }, { "id": "321399", "date": "2026-05-18", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/how-to-build-a-quantum-computer/", "title": "How To Build A Quantum Computer: The Beginner’s Guide and Minimum Requirements", "excerpt": "Wondering how to build a quantum computer? The short answer is that you need a handful of fragile quantum objects, an almost perfect way to isolate them from the world, exquisite control to nudge them, and a way to read the answer before it slips away. Physicists even wrote down the formal rulebook", "orgs": [ "oxford-instruments" ] }, { "id": "319864", "date": "2026-05-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/germany-quantum-computing-companies/", "title": "Germany Quantum Computing Companies 2026: Complete Vendor Guide", "excerpt": "Germany quantum computing companies in 2026: IQM Munich LRZ, planqc, eleQtron, Q.ANT, Quantum Brilliance, HQS, Kiutra, Qruise, IBM Ehningen. Munich Quantum Valley ecosystem.", "orgs": [ "qruise" ] }, { "id": "320176", "date": "2026-05-16", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-zeitgeist-weekly-digest-20/", "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist weekly digest, 16 May 2026", "excerpt": "Welcome to this week’s quantum technology digest! We’re tracking the rapid advancements across the quantum landscape, bringing you the most impactful news from research labs and companies pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. This week’s selection demonstrates a particularly vibrant period of g", "orgs": [ "planet-first-partners" ] }, { "id": "320085", "date": "2026-05-16", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/aston-university-hartree-centre-uks/", "title": "Aston University and Hartree Centre Launch UK’s NeuroSYNC Roadmap", "excerpt": "Aston University and the Hartree Centre are collaborating to advance neuromorphic computing, a new generation of technology modeled after the human brain. This partnership will focus on accelerating the development and industrial application of this energy-efficient computing approach across the UK.", "orgs": [ "stfc" ] }, { "id": "319692", "date": "2026-05-16", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/geometric-phase-real-materials/", "title": "Real Materials Can Exhibit Geometric Phase Shifts Despite Lacking Complex Structures", "excerpt": "Berry’s phase, typically linked to complex-valued quantum states, has now been demonstrated within systems constrained to real numbers. A geometric phase equal to π was observed, achieved by manipulating the topology of metric graphs. This finding opens new avenues for exploring topological effects", "orgs": [ "university-of-exeter" ] }, { "id": "319918", "date": "2026-05-15", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/xprize-quantum-applications-finalists-advance/", "title": "7 Finalists Advance in 3-Year XPRIZE Quantum Applications Challenge", "excerpt": "The XPRIZE Quantum Applications is a three-year, $5 million global competition focused on developing practical quantum computing algorithms. It aims to solve complex challenges, such as advancements in drug discovery, battery design, and fusion reactors, by harnessing the power of quantum mechanics.", "orgs": [ "applied-quantum-computing" ] }, { "id": "319726", "date": "2026-05-15", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-topological-order-stability/", "title": "Confirmed Quantum Rules Ensure Stable Order Within Complex Systems", "excerpt": "Haag duality for Levin-Wen string net models, previously established in 2023, now benefits from an independent verification. This work introduces a new local topological order axiom (LTO-HD) guaranteeing this duality for cone-like regions, confirming results obtained through alternative methods. Dem", "orgs": [ "cardiff-university" ] }, { "id": "318917", "date": "2026-05-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/what-is-quantum-machine-learning/", "title": "What is Quantum Machine Learning? Complete 2026 Beginner’s Guide", "excerpt": "Quantum machine learning combines quantum information processing with classical statistical learning: kernel methods, variational circuits, quantum neural networks, generative models, plus the libraries (PennyLane, Qiskit, TFQ, Classiq) and where the modality stops being decorative.", "orgs": [ "qlm-technology" ] }, { "id": "319760", "date": "2026-05-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/topological-phase-shifts-waves/", "title": "Wave Systems Reveal a New Topological Property Via Measurable Phase Shifts", "excerpt": "Partial Quantisation of Non-Hermitian Berry Phases in Time-Varying Media Until now, topological properties in time-varying media remained largely theoretical, lacking direct experimental verification. This work demonstrates a measurable quantisation of the real part of the Berry phase, offering an a", "orgs": [ "university-of-exeter" ] }, { "id": "319417", "date": "2026-05-12", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/photonic-valued-2b-usd-investment-275m/", "title": "Photonic Valued at $2B USD With $275M CAD Final Investment Close", "excerpt": "Photonic Inc. closed a $275M CAD investment round, resulting in a $2B USD post-money valuation for the distributed quantum computing company.", "orgs": [ "firgun-ventures", "planet-first-partners" ] }, { "id": "319039", "date": "2026-05-12", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/solvent-orientation-quantum-behaviour/", "title": "Solvents’ Molecular Orientation Now Accurately Models Quantum Behaviour", "excerpt": "Preserving quantum decoherence and accounting for inertial effects previously demanded computationally expensive simulations. Now, a hydrodynamic framework blends Hamiltonian fluid theory with Koopman wavefunctions, reducing complexity while consistently modelling how a quantum particle interacts wi", "orgs": [ "university-of-surrey" ] }, { "id": "318767", "date": "2026-05-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/top-quantum-sensing-companies/", "title": "Top Quantum Sensing Companies and Quantum Sensor Modalities Guide", "excerpt": "The top quantum sensing companies in 2026 grouped by modality: navigation, atomic clocks, magnetometry, gravimetry, and Rydberg radio-frequency sensing, plus the government programs driving funding.", "orgs": [ "cerca-magnetics", "university-of-nottingham" ] }, { "id": "318796", "date": "2026-05-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/top-quantum-networking-companies/", "title": "Top Quantum Networking Companies and Quantum Internet Vendor Guide", "excerpt": "The top quantum networking companies in 2026 across three layers: quantum key distribution, quantum-internet entanglement distribution, and the software orchestration that links them. Plus the IonQ rollup that acquired ID Quantique and Qubitekk in 2025.", "orgs": [ "toshiba-europe" ] }, { "id": "318627", "date": "2026-05-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/firgun-ventures-leads-160m-quantum-motion/", "title": "Quantum Motion Closes $160M Series C Co-led by DCVC and Kembara", "excerpt": "Quantum Motion closed a $160M Series C co-led by DCVC and Kembara, with Firgun Ventures (its first European investment), Bosch Ventures, Porsche SE, British Business Bank, Oxford Science Enterprises, Inkef, and Parkwalk Advisors among participants.", "orgs": [ "firgun-ventures", "parkwalk-advisors" ] }, { "id": "318393", "date": "2026-05-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/top-quantum-software-companies/", "title": "Top Quantum Software Companies By Layer", "excerpt": "The top quantum software companies and platforms in 2026 organised by stack layer: SDKs, cloud platforms, compilers, control systems, and algorithm libraries.", "orgs": [ "phasecraft", "plural", "johnson-matthey" ] }, { "id": "318362", "date": "2026-05-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/top-quantum-hardware-companies/", "title": "Top Quantum Hardware Companies 2026 By Modality", "excerpt": "The top quantum hardware companies of 2026, grouped by modality: superconducting, trapped-ion, neutral-atom, photonic, silicon-spin, and specialty platforms.", "orgs": [ "ministry-of-defence" ] }, { "id": "278497", "date": "2026-05-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-algorithm-fractional-poisson-equation/", "title": "Researchers Present Quantum Algorithm for Speed-Up of Complex Equations in 8 Steps", "excerpt": "Can a simulation accurately model complex systems in ten dimensions without becoming computationally impossible. A new quantum algorithm circumvents the exponential scaling that plagues classical methods for solving fractional Poisson equations, achieving a mesh-size dependence independent of spatia", "orgs": [ "university-of-glasgow" ] }, { "id": "278400", "date": "2026-05-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/synthetic-dimensions-polar-molecules/", "title": "Molecules Simulate Extra Dimensions to Explore New Physics", "excerpt": "Can complex quantum behaviour be sustained within a dimension created entirely by internal molecular properties. Recent experiments with rubidium caeside molecules demonstrate coherence lasting approximately 500 times the tunnelling period, even across a synthetic lattice of eight states. This exten", "orgs": [ "durham-university" ] }, { "id": "309196", "date": "2026-05-01", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-parameter-estimation-fisher-information/", "title": "Fewer Measurements Unlock More Precise Parameter Estimation in Quantum Systems", "excerpt": "Path integrals now bypass the need to reconstruct a quantum system’s state when calculating its ultimate precision. Previously, determining this required complex calculations dependent on state derivatives or overlaps, limiting analysis of many-body systems. This new formulation expresses the quantu", "orgs": [ "newcastle-university" ] }, { "id": "309412", "date": "2026-05-01", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-graphs-spectral-theory-chaos/", "title": "Quantum Chaos Models Reveal Underlying Patterns in Complex Systems", "excerpt": "An update to previous editions now offers a concise introduction and overview of the literature surrounding quantum graphs. This manuscript consolidates three decades of work on Schrödinger Hamiltonians on metric graphs, bridging the gap between classical chaos and quantum behaviour. Recent developm", "orgs": [ "university-of-nottingham" ] }, { "id": "317496", "date": "2026-04-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-dice-use-case-challenge-innovators/", "title": "Quantum Dice Launches £5,000 Use Case Challenge for Innovators", "excerpt": "Quantum Dice invites innovators to its Use Case Challenge, offering a £5,000 first prize for solutions applying probabilistic computing to.", "orgs": [ "quantum-dice" ] }, { "id": "310380", "date": "2026-04-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-future-states-formalism/", "title": "Quantum Future States Determine Present Outcomes in New Model", "excerpt": "Can present be the average of the future? Previously, hidden variable models struggled to explain quantum probability without invoking chance. Now, by extending Bell’s model and assigning a physical role to states evolving backwards in time, a deterministic derivation of the Born rule has been achie", "orgs": [ "university-of-bath" ] }, { "id": "310455", "date": "2026-04-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/superposed-black-holes-quantum-measurement/", "title": "Superposed Black Holes Reveal Nonclassical Measurement Outcomes", "excerpt": "A smooth interference pattern, unlike the sharp peaks seen when a black hole’s mass is superimposed, now distinguishes the response of a particle detector in a spacetime containing a position-superposed black hole. This analytical distinction, arising from spectral singularities, reveals how quantum", "orgs": [ "university-of-york" ] }, { "id": "311437", "date": "2026-04-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/two-photon-interference-effects/", "title": "Separated Photons Still Interfere, Defying Expectations of Light Behaviour", "excerpt": "Photons typically need to travel the same path to demonstrate a key quantum effect, but new work reveals this isn’t always necessary. By implementing the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect with a four-path interferometer, scientists have observed the phenomenon in photons that never physically meet at a beam spl", "orgs": [ "newcastle-university" ] }, { "id": "310758", "date": "2026-04-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-krylov-subspace-stability/", "title": "Quantum Calculations Succeed Despite Statistical Noise, Not Instability", "excerpt": "Existing methods for judging the dependability of quantum calculations often fail, misled by factors unrelated to genuine instability. This work reveals statistical fluctuations, not ill-conditioning, are the primary impediment to obtaining reliable solutions with quantum Krylov subspace methods in", "orgs": [ "university-of-southampton" ] }, { "id": "316972", "date": "2026-04-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/commercial-history-of-quantum-computing/", "title": "A Commercial History of Quantum Computing (1999-2026)", "excerpt": "The commercial history of quantum computing, from D-Wave’s 1999 founding to the IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave and Xanadu IPOs and 2026 consolidation wave.", "orgs": [ "merck" ] }, { "id": "316561", "date": "2026-04-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nanosphere-test-quantum-reality-glitches/", "title": "Nanosphere Test Rivals X-Rays in Hunt for Quantum Reality Glitches", "excerpt": "Constraints on spontaneous collapse models are typically limited by sensitivity to environmental noise. However, detecting subtle changes in the motion of two nanospheres offers a new approach, improving upon existing bounds by several orders of magnitude for realistic experimental parameters. This", "orgs": [ "university-of-warwick" ] }, { "id": "316709", "date": "2026-04-26", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-relaxation-trapped-ions/", "title": "Trapped Ion Experiments Reveal Multiple Paths to Faster Quantum Relaxation", "excerpt": "Conventional wisdom suggested a quantum system’s speed of relaxation depended on its distance from equilibrium, but new observations reveal the opposite can be true. Experiments with trapped ions demonstrate multiple relaxation pathways even when starting conditions favour the *slowest* decay mode,", "orgs": [ "university-of-nottingham" ] }, { "id": "316196", "date": "2026-04-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/multi-vendor-quantum-system-treq-builds/", "title": "TreQ Builds Multi-Vendor Quantum System in Three Months for Pilot", "excerpt": "TreQ has developed and deployed an Open-Architecture Quantum (OAQ) Testbed, a multi-vendor system currently being used by partners as part of Innovate UK’s Quantum Mission Pilot. Built in three months, the system features independent processor, control, and software layers, enabling reconfiguration", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk", "qruise", "treq" ] }, { "id": "315772", "date": "2026-04-22", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qpu-bring-up-time-qruise-cuts/", "title": "Qruise Cuts QPU Bring-Up Time To Just 15 Minutes", "excerpt": "Qruise has demonstrated automated bring-up software, QruiseOS, at the Israeli Quantum Computing Center, achieving a quantum processing unit (QPU) bring-up time of approximately 15 minutes. This integration combines automated calibration, data management, and hybrid quantum-classical control workflow", "orgs": [ "qruise" ] }, { "id": "315556", "date": "2026-04-20", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-sensing-grant-oxford-earth/", "title": "Oxford Earth Sciences Secures £1.2M UKRI Quantum Sensing Grant", "excerpt": "Oxford Earth Sciences & Cambridge secured a £1.2 million UKRI award, funding the SEQUIN project.", "orgs": [ "university-of-glasgow" ] }, { "id": "315464", "date": "2026-04-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/lattice-surgery-quantum-computation/", "title": "Lattice Surgery Optimises Quantum Computation, Reducing Failure Rates by 16 Percent", "excerpt": "O3LS reduces space overhead by 46. 7% over sparse layouts without increasing the number of time steps. This framework simultaneously tackles resource utilisation and speed, suppressing logical error rates by up to an order of magnitude compared to previous methods.", "orgs": [ "university-of-warwick" ] }, { "id": "293805", "date": "2026-04-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/self-guided-imaging-accuracy-boost/", "title": "Imaging Technique Boosts Accuracy from 92.1 to 95.3 Per Cent", "excerpt": "Orthogonalised self-guided quantum tomography now achieves 99. 17% fidelity in simulations, a marked improvement over the 95. 2% attained with standard methods.", "orgs": [ "heriot-watt-university" ] }, { "id": "293734", "date": "2026-04-11", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/superqs-superpqc-platform-gains-global/", "title": "SuperPQC Platform Gains Visibility with QSECDEF", "excerpt": "SuperQ Quantum Computing joined Quantum Security Defence, increasing visibility for its SuperPQC platform as the industry shifts to post-quantum.", "orgs": [ "quantum-security-defence" ] }, { "id": "284670", "date": "2026-04-09", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/wireless-quantum-network-entanglement/", "title": "Dual Base Stations Boost Wireless Quantum Networks", "excerpt": "Entanglement distribution typically limits quantum network performance, forcing a trade-off between connection reliability and available resources. Now, a dual-connectivity architecture allows quantum users to link with two base stations, demonstrably exceeding the capabilities of single connections", "orgs": [ "quantum-base" ] }, { "id": "288416", "date": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/superqs-superpqc-gains-visibility-elite/", "title": "SuperPQC Gains Traction in Defence, Post-Quantum Security", "excerpt": "SuperQ Quantum Computing joined Quantum Security Defence, increasing visibility for its SuperPQC platform as the industry prepares for Google’s Post-Quantum Cryptography transition. This collaboration addresses escalating threats to data sovereignty and national security.", "orgs": [ "quantum-security-defence" ] }, { "id": "273532", "date": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-simulations-spin-orbit-coupling/", "title": "Quantum Simulations Model Complex Materials Faster", "excerpt": "Until now, accurately modelling both spin and orbital motion in materials with spin-orbit coupling meant sacrificing computational speed. A new mixed quantum-classical model, based on Koopman wavefunctions, overcomes this limitation, accurately simulating these dynamics even where traditional method", "orgs": [ "university-of-surrey" ] }, { "id": "277082", "date": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-systems-internal-restrictions/", "title": "Quantum Systems Define Environments From Restrictions", "excerpt": "Open quantum systems traditionally demand defining both a system *and* its surrounding environment, linked by a prescribed interaction. This work bypasses that need, instead allowing the environment to emerge from internal dynamics within a constrained quantum system itself. By encoding coupling dir", "orgs": [ "university-of-york" ] }, { "id": "290121", "date": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qdg-summit-nations-boost-quantum/", "title": "QDG Summit: 13 Nations Boost Secure Quantum Technology", "excerpt": "Thirteen nations—including Australia, Canada, and the UK—met at the Quantum Development Group (QDG) summit to boost collaboration on secure quantum.", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "274082", "date": "2026-04-01", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/university-york-contributes-mission/", "title": "York Advances Secure Quantum Networks", "excerpt": "Technology from University of York researchers is part of a space mission designed to further understanding of quantum communications between Earth and space. The “Satellite Platform for Optical Quantum Communications” (SPOQC) mission aims to provide data needed to build secure, global quantum netwo", "orgs": [ "university-of-york-quantum-hub" ] }, { "id": "274018", "date": "2026-03-31", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-technology-access-programme-digital-catapult/", "title": "Quantum Access Program: Digital Catapult & NQCC", "excerpt": "Digital Catapult and the National Quantum Computing Centre are collaborating on a new phase of the Quantum Technology Access Programme, designed to help UK organizations explore and prepare for the future of quantum computing. The program offers training, experimentation, and support to build skills", "orgs": [ "digital-catapult", "nqcc" ] }, { "id": "274072", "date": "2026-03-31", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/atomic-nuclei-neural-network-simulations/", "title": "Nuclei Limit Neural Network Quantum Simulations", "excerpt": "For a fixed number of configurations, representing quantum states becomes less accurate as their non-stabilizerness increases. This demonstrates a clear limit to how well restricted Boltzmann machines can compress and represent highly entangled systems. Calculations using ground states of medium-mas", "orgs": [ "university-of-surrey" ] }, { "id": "273731", "date": "2026-03-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-computers-parameter-drift-detection/", "title": "Quantum Computers Detect Drift with Single Qubit", "excerpt": "For years, maintaining accuracy in quantum devices has demanded either pristine external references or increasingly complex internal checks. Now, a new method allows quantum systems to self-certify their Hamiltonian dynamics using only simple, single-qubit operations. This bypasses a fundamental cir", "orgs": [ "phasecraft" ] }, { "id": "273637", "date": "2026-03-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-machine-learning-generalization-bounds/", "title": "Quantum ML: Tighter Performance Bounds Emerge", "excerpt": "Until now, assessing how well a quantum computer would perform on unseen data relied on pessimistic estimates of its overall potential. New theoretical bounds move beyond this, instead focusing on the specific characteristics of a learned quantum solution to provide a tighter, more realistic assessm", "orgs": [ "university-of-warwick" ] }, { "id": "273254", "date": "2026-03-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-dots-photonic-interference/", "title": "Quantum Dots Achieve 5-Way Interference", "excerpt": "Scalable quantum interference has moved beyond paired emitters for the first time. Previously restricted to two independent quantum dots, this work demonstrates controlled interference from five such sources on a single chip. Employing programmable spatial light modulators offers a pathway to buildi", "orgs": [ "heriot-watt-university" ] }, { "id": "273114", "date": "2026-03-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigetti-quantum-computer-computing-deploy/", "title": "Rigetti: 1,000+ Qubit Quantum Computer in UK", "excerpt": "Rigetti Computing plans to invest up to $100 million in the UK, marking its first major investment outside of the US. The investment will fund the deployment of a quantum computer with over 1,000 qubits within the next three to four years.", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "272742", "date": "2026-03-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-stability-local-encodings/", "title": "Quantum Encodings Stable with Computer Noise", "excerpt": "A power-law decay exponent greater than the system’s dimensionality now guarantees stability in quantum simulations, where previously preserving fidelity through fermion-to-qubit mappings remained an open question. This work demonstrates that local encodings maintain reliability against noise when s", "orgs": [ "phasecraft" ] }, { "id": "272760", "date": "2026-03-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/precision-induced-irreversibility-times-arrow/", "title": "Amplification, Not Chaos, Drives the One-Way Flow of Time", "excerpt": "Can a system appear irreversible even without complex interactions or external influence? Previously, the arrow of time demanded environmental entanglement or chaotic behaviour, but new work reveals a third pathway to irreversibility within strictly linear systems. This process, termed Precision-Ind", "orgs": [ "university-of-bath" ] }, { "id": "272626", "date": "2026-03-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-computing-investment-nqcc-uks/", "title": "NQCC Announces UK’s £2 Billion Quantum Computing Investment", "excerpt": "The UK government announced a £2 billion initiative to accelerate research in quantum computing, inviting proposals for prototypes. Over £1 billion in private capital has already fueled UK quantum startups.", "orgs": [ "aegiq", "nqcc" ] }, { "id": "272632", "date": "2026-03-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-computing-development-arthur-little/", "title": "Quantum Computing: Arthur D. Little Analysis", "excerpt": "Arthur D. Little analyzes the current optimism surrounding quantum computing development, assessing achieved progress and future claims. The analysis reflects on the technology’s business prospects, considering substantial public and private investment alongside ongoing technical hurdles to commerci", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "272364", "date": "2026-03-18", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/xanadu-quantum-computing-approach-high-capacity/", "title": "Quantum Battery Analysis: Xanadu Cuts Computing Needs", "excerpt": "Xanadu Quantum Technologies developed a quantum algorithm, reducing resource needs for simulating lithium-battery degradation, a challenge for classical methods. The research, part of the NRC’s Applied Quantum Computing Challenge program, advances materials discovery.", "orgs": [ "applied-quantum-computing" ] }, { "id": "272358", "date": "2026-03-18", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/ionq-quantum-literacy-collaborates-qollab/", "title": "IonQ & Qollab Boost Quantum Literacy with $50K Funding", "excerpt": "IonQ partners with Qollab to foster exploration of quantum applications, offering up to $50,000 in compute credits and funding for open-source experiments. 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Their recent annual report contains an overview of what is happening in Quantum UK.", "orgs": [ "nqcc" ] }, { "id": "183267", "date": "2024-11-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/cern-partners-with-nu-quantum-to-scale-up-quantum-computing/", "title": "CERN Partners with Nu Quantum to Scale Up Quantum Computing", "excerpt": "Nu Quantum, a leading quantum entanglement startup, has announced its collaboration with CERN to adopt White Rabbit timing technology, enabling data centre-scale quantum computing networks. 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Through collaborations with government, academia, and industry, Infleqtion is accelerating the development and deployment of quantum technolo", "orgs": [ "university-of-strathclyde" ] }, { "id": "183006", "date": "2024-11-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-uk-funding/", "title": "UK Funds Quantum Computing Up To £9.5M", "excerpt": "The UK's Innovate UK has launched a competition to accelerate Quantum Computing (QC) and Quantum Networks (QN) technologies, aiming to increase their capabilities and remove technological barriers to commercialization and adoption. The competition, which opened on November 4, 2024, invites businesse", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk" ] }, { "id": "182754", "date": "2024-11-01", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/xiphera-and-crypto-quantique-unveil-quantum-resistant-hardware-security-solution/", "title": "Xiphera & Crypto Quantique: Quantum Security Solution", "excerpt": "In a significant development, Xiphera, a Finnish provider of highly-optimized hardware-based cryptographic security, has partnered with Crypto Quantique, a UK-based company specializing in quantum-driven IoT device security. 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The study, conducted in collaboration with the Responsible Technology Institute and Verian, reveals a mix of enthusiasm for potential benefits and concern about po", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "180519", "date": "2024-10-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/london-quantum-investor-delists-amid-market-downturn-and-losses/", "title": "London Quantum Investor Delists Amid Losses", "excerpt": "London’s only publicly traded quantum investor, Quantum Exponential Group, has announced its decision to delist from the AQSE Growth Market, citing difficulties in securing new investors despite serious interest. The company’s shares will cease trading on October 30. 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The seed funding round was led by Lavrock Ventures, a US-based venture firm focused on deep tech and national security, and included participation from the UK-b", "orgs": [ "treq" ] }, { "id": "180287", "date": "2024-10-04", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-project-develops-secure-quantum-key-distribution-receiver-modules/", "title": "UK Develops Secure Quantum Key Distribution Modules", "excerpt": "A collaborative project in the UK, backed by £1.5 million in funding from Innovate UK, is set to revolutionize the landscape of quantum key distribution (QKD) by developing and demonstrating high-fidelity, modular, and scalable receiver modules. 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This breakthrough is expected to accelerate innovation in quantum applicatio", "orgs": [ "fraunhofer-cap", "innovate-uk" ] }, { "id": "179072", "date": "2024-09-25", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-quantum-hackathon-2024-winners-announced-at-warwick-university/", "title": "UK Quantum Hackathon 2024 Winners Revealed", "excerpt": "The National Quantum Computing Centre at the University of Warwick recently hosted its third annual UK Quantum Hackathon from July 22-24, 2024. This event brought together top talent to tackle complex problems in quantum computing. The hackathon aimed to accelerate the development of practical appli", "orgs": [ "epsrc", "stfc", "ukri", "university-of-warwick" ] }, { "id": "178916", "date": "2024-09-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-prime-minister-visits-psiquantums-quantum-computing-research-facility/", "title": "Starmer Tours PsiQuantum Quantum Computing Facility", "excerpt": "UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves recently visited PsiQuantum's research and development facilities at Sci-Tech Daresbury, where they were given a tour by co-founders Prof. Jeremy O'Brien and Mark Thompson. The company is working on developing the first utility-scale quantu", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "178236", "date": "2024-09-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-machines-and-qruise-partner-to-boost-quantum-rd-speed/", "title": "Quantum Machines & Qruise Speed R&D", "excerpt": "In a significant development for the quantum technology industry, Qruise and Quantum Machines have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate research and development in the field. 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This conference brings together experts from diverse quantum computing fields to tackle key scalability i", "orgs": [ "nqcc", "nu-quantum", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "quantinuum", "university-of-oxford", "university-of-sheffield" ] }, { "id": "174676", "date": "2024-08-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-students-win-quantum-hackathon-with-real-world-solutions/", "title": "UK Students Win Quantum Hackathon with Real-World Solutions", "excerpt": "The UK Quantum Hackathon 2024, held at the University of Warwick from July 22nd to 24th, brought together students and early career researchers to tackle practical challenges using quantum computing. 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The program is part of Airbus’ Community for Space Prosperity initiative, aiming to develop the", "orgs": [ "angoka" ] }, { "id": "173272", "date": "2024-07-18", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/infleqtion-installs-first-quantum-computer-at-uks-national-quantum-centre/", "title": "Infleqtion: Quantum Computer at UK’s Centre", "excerpt": "In a significant milestone, Infleqtion, a leading quantum information company, has installed a cutting-edge neutral atom quantum computer at the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) in Oxford, England. 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This collaboration provides the Hartree Centre access to Quantinuum's H-Series high-pe", "orgs": [ "quantinuum", "stfc" ] }, { "id": "172792", "date": "2024-07-11", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/oxford-ionics-breaks-global-quantum-performance-records-without-error-correction/", "title": "Oxford Ionics Sets Quantum Performance Record", "excerpt": "Oxford Ionics, a UK-based quantum computing company, has achieved a major breakthrough by demonstrating the highest performing quantum chip in the world, capable of being produced at scale in standard semiconductor fabrication plants. This milestone marks a significant step forward in the developmen", "orgs": [ "oxford-ionics" ] }, { "id": "171896", "date": "2024-07-10", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/10-quantum-companies-to-watch-in-2024/", "title": "10 Innovative Quantum Companies to Watch in 2024", "excerpt": "In 2024, the quantum computing landscape is set for transformative breakthroughs, with companies pushing the boundaries of quantum mechanics. This feature highlights 10 quantum companies, examining their advancements, visionary leadership, and potential global impact.", "orgs": [ "bt-group", "ip-group" ] }, { "id": "172577", "date": "2024-07-10", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-quantum-computing-center-announces-30-doctoral-studentships/", "title": "UK Quantum Computing: 30 Doctoral Studentships", "excerpt": "The National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) has announced a doctoral studentship scheme, providing support for 30 students over eight years. The funding will be provided through EPSRC Industrial Cooperative Awards in Science & Engineering (ICASE), with the NQCC as the industrial partner. Currently,", "orgs": [ "nqcc" ] }, { "id": "172400", "date": "2024-07-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/self-driving-cars-get-safety-boost-from-3d-ultrasound-tech/", "title": "Self-Driving Cars Get Safety Boost from 3D Ultrasound Tech", "excerpt": "A new partnership between Calyo, Benedex Robotics, and Cranfield University is revolutionizing self-driving technology by harnessing the power of sound. The DRIVEN BY SOUND project aims to develop a functional safety sensing platform based on 3D ultrasound, capable of operating effectively in even t", "orgs": [ "cranfield-university" ] }, { "id": "171040", "date": "2024-06-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/hermann-hauser-the-brain-behind-arm-is-now-involved-in-quantum-computing/", "title": "Hauser Backs Quantum Computing After ARM Success", "excerpt": "Hermann Hauser, a leading figure in the tech industry, has significantly influenced modern computing. Born in Austria, Hauser co-founded Acorn Computers in the United Kingdom, which revolutionized personal computing. 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The consortium aims to advance quantum computing and data centers by developing adva", "orgs": [ "bay-photonics" ] }, { "id": "169452", "date": "2024-05-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/npls-free-quantum-measurement-expertise-boosts-commercial-opportunities-for-uk-companies/", "title": "NPL Quantum Measurement Program Aids UK Firms", "excerpt": "The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) offers a program called Measurement for Quantum, providing up to 20 days of free quantum measurement expertise to help businesses overcome challenges. The program aims to bridge the gap from technology prototype to industry-ready product or service. Over two-th", "orgs": [ "qlm-technology" ] }, { "id": "169167", "date": "2024-05-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uks-quantum-navigation-tech-soars-in-world-first-flight-boosting-defence-against-gps-jamming/", "title": "Quantum Navigation Tech Flies, Defeats GPS Jamming", "excerpt": "The UK has successfully tested quantum navigation technology developed by Infleqtion, in collaboration with BAE Systems and QinetiQ, that cannot be jammed or spoofed by hostile actors. 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The funding is provided by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, and is aimed at accelerating research and innovation in qua", "orgs": [ "dsit", "innovate-uk", "ukri" ] }, { "id": "168894", "date": "2024-05-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nodeq-unveils-pqtunnel-groundbreaking-quantum-safe-cybersecurity-solution-for-secure-communication/", "title": "PQtunnel: Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity by nodeQ", "excerpt": "NodeQ has launched PQtunnel™, a cybersecurity solution designed to protect against threats posed by quantum computing. The software helps businesses transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), a quantum-resistant solution. The move to PQC in the US is set to begin in 2024, following Biden’s 2022", "orgs": [ "nodeq" ] }, { "id": "168122", "date": "2024-05-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-quantum-map-230-businesses/", "title": "UK Quantum Map: 230+ Businesses & Research Groups", "excerpt": "The Quantum Technology Innovation Network at Innovate UK Business Connect has developed an interactive tool mapping the UK's quantum technology landscape, a UK Quantum Map. The tool lists over 230 businesses involved in quantum technology and 295 research groups across the UK. It also includes infor", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk", "nqcc" ] }, { "id": "154511", "date": "2024-04-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-companies-the-mega-list/", "title": "400+ Quantum Companies Powering Tech Era", "excerpt": "We have gathered over 400 quantum companies from around the globe into one place. 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Unlike classical computers that use bits, quantum computing operates on different principles. Known for its innovation in technology, electronics, and", "orgs": [ "hitachi-europe" ] }, { "id": "167121", "date": "2024-04-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigetti-and-oxford-instruments-launch-one-of-uks-first-quantum-computers-boosting-national-tech-capabilities/", "title": "Rigetti & Oxford Launch UK Quantum Computer", "excerpt": "Rigetti UK Limited and Oxford Instruments NanoScience have successfully completed a three-year project to build and operate one of the UK’s first quantum computers. The project, backed by the UK government’s Quantum Technologies Challenge, aimed to accelerate the commercialization of quantum computi", "orgs": [ "oxford-instruments", "phasecraft", "quantum-software-lab-edinburgh", "rigetti-uk", "standard-chartered", "university-of-edinburgh" ] }, { "id": "159245", "date": "2024-03-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nodeq-company-of-the-month/", "title": "Quantum Company of the Month: nodeQ", "excerpt": "NodeQ, founded in 2021 by Stefano Pirandola, creates software for quantum network architecture and optimization. The company offers next-generation distributed quantum computing, quantum-enhanced sensors, and high-speed quantum-safe communications. Among the company’s target market are businesses ho", "orgs": [ "nodeq" ] }, { "id": "164905", "date": "2024-03-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigettis-look-back-at-4th-quarter-that-includes-84-qubit-ankaa-2-quantum-computer-achieves-2-5x-error-performance-improvement-in-2023/", "title": "Ankaa-2: Rigetti’s 84-Qubit Error Rate Improves 2.5X", "excerpt": "Rigetti Computing, a pioneer in quantum computing, has reported significant advancements in its technology. The company deployed the 84-qubit Ankaa-2 quantum computer, which showed a 2.5X improvement in error performance compared to previous models. Rigetti also won a competition to develop a 24-qub", "orgs": [ "standard-chartered" ] }, { "id": "164904", "date": "2024-03-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/orca-computing-and-nvidia-unveil-hybrid-quantum-classical-algorithm-impacting-computational-science/", "title": "ORCA & NVIDIA: Hybrid Quantum Algorithm for Science", "excerpt": "ORCA Computing has successfully demonstrated a hybrid quantum/classical algorithm using its PT Series System and NVIDIA CUDA Quantum. This marks a significant step towards practical applications of quantum computing. The algorithm has shown versatility in various fields, including chemistry, forecas", "orgs": [ "orca-computing" ] }, { "id": "164607", "date": "2024-03-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-invests-1-billion-in-doctoral-training-for-ai-quantum-tech-and-green-energy/", "title": "UK Funds £1B Quantum, AI, & Green Energy PhDs", "excerpt": "The UK’s Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, Michelle Donelan, has announced a £1 billion investment in 65 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) centres for doctoral training. The centres will support research in areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum technolog", "orgs": [ "cardiff-university" ] }, { "id": "164459", "date": "2024-03-11", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rolls-royce-riverlane-xanadu-secure-400k-for-quantum-jet-engine-modelling/", "title": "Quantum Jet Engine: Rolls-Royce, Riverlane, Xanadu Win £400K", "excerpt": "Rolls-Royce, Riverlane, and Xanadu have won a joint Canada-UK quantum computing bid, securing over £400,000 in grant funding from Innovate UK and an additional CAD $500,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program. The project, named CATALYST, aims to devel", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk", "riverlane", "rolls-royce" ] }, { "id": "164014", "date": "2024-03-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/orca-and-bt-group-unveil-quantum-data-centre-blueprint-pioneering-future-of-quantum-internet/", "title": "Quantum Data Centre Blueprint Unveiled by ORCA & BT", "excerpt": "ORCA Computing and BT Group recently showcased their vision for the ‘Quantum Data Centre of the Future’ (QDCF) at BT Group’s R&D centre. The project, supported by a consortium of 14 organizations and universities, aims to integrate quantum communication and computing systems with classical data cent", "orgs": [ "bt-group", "digital-catapult", "ncc-group", "orca-computing", "pqshield", "riverlane" ] }, { "id": "163019", "date": "2024-02-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/innovate-uks-quantum-tech-mission-to-australia-aiming-for-global-collaboration-and-economic-growth/", "title": "Quantum Tech Mission to Australia: UK Collaboration", "excerpt": "Innovate UK, in partnership with UK Science and Innovation, is embarking on a Global Expert Mission to Australia from February 19-23, 2024, to explore potential markets for collaboration in quantum technologies. The mission aims to identify opportunities for innovative products and services, grow UK", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk" ] }, { "id": "161413", "date": "2024-02-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/dr-lee-thornton-from-ip-group-embracing-deeptechs-full-potential-amid-global-instability-in-2024/", "title": "Deeptech Potential Amid Global Instability 2024", "excerpt": "Dr. Lee Thornton discusses the potential of the Deeptech sector in 2024, despite global instability. AI is expected to continue growing, with Large Visual Models and Large Language Models becoming significant components of a productivity revolution. Quantum research, while earlier in its journey, is", "orgs": [ "ip-group" ] }, { "id": "162672", "date": "2024-02-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/infleqtion-showcases-quantum-innovation-at-europes-premier-cyber-defence-event-with-32-qubit-supercomputer/", "title": "Infleqtion: 32-Qubit Quantum Supercomputer at DCM3", "excerpt": "Infleqtion, a leading quantum innovator, is participating in Europe's premier cyber defense exercise, Defence Cyber Marvel 3 (DCM3). The event, organized by the Army Cyber Association, aims to advance understanding of technologies crucial to network security, particularly quantum technology. Infleqt", "orgs": [ "oxford-quantum-circuits" ] }, { "id": "162546", "date": "2024-02-12", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/autonomous-tuning-of-spin-qubit-a-quantum-leap-in-computing-says-oxford-study-now-tuning-within-3-days/", "title": "Spin Qubit Tuning: 3-Day Automation Achieved", "excerpt": "Researchers from the University of Oxford, University of Basel, and Mind Foundry Ltd have developed the first fully autonomous tuning of a semiconductor qubit, a significant advancement in quantum computing. The process, which usually takes weeks or months to complete, can now be done within three d", "orgs": [ "mind-foundry" ] }, { "id": "162413", "date": "2024-02-09", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/infleqtions-5-year-quantum-computing-roadmap-unveils-worlds-largest-qubit-array-targets-commercialization/", "title": "Infleqtion’s Roadmap: Largest Qubit Array for Computing", "excerpt": "Quantum information company Infleqtion has unveiled a 5-year roadmap for commercializing quantum computing at scale. The plan includes the Sqorpius program, which aims to create error-corrected logical qubits for commercial applications. The company also unveiled the world's largest qubit array, com", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "162274", "date": "2024-02-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigetti-computing-wins-funding-in-uk-contest-set-to-deliver-24-qubit-quantum-system-to-nqcc/", "title": "Rigetti Wins UK Funding for 24-Qubit Quantum System", "excerpt": "Rigetti Computing, a pioneer in quantum-classical computing, has won a competition by Innovate UK to deliver a 24-qubit quantum computing system to the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC). The system, based on Rigetti’s fourth-generation Ankaa-class architecture, will be used for testing, bench", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk", "nqcc", "rigetti-uk", "riverlane" ] }, { "id": "162268", "date": "2024-02-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-motion-to-deliver-uks-first-silicon-quantum-computing-prototype-for-nqcc/", "title": "Quantum Motion Builds UK Silicon Computing Prototype", "excerpt": "UK-based Quantum Motion, founded by Professors John Morton and Simon Benjamin, has been chosen by the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) to build a quantum processor test bed. 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Quantum computers store data in quantum bits, or qubits, and perform computations that are practi", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "154770", "date": "2023-05-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uks-nqcc-and-innovate-uk-partner-to-develop-quantum-computing-testbeds/", "title": "UK NQCC & Innovate UK Build Quantum Computing Testbeds", "excerpt": "The UK's National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) is seeking proposals to develop and deliver quantum computing testbeds, or prototype quantum computers, to boost the country's capabilities in the field. 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Participants must submit a project plan, methodology, and details about the", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "154711", "date": "2023-05-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/sony-innovation-fund-backs-quantum-motions-scalable-silicon-based-quantum-computers/", "title": "Sony Backs Quantum Motion’s Silicon Quantum Computers", "excerpt": "Sony Innovation Fund has invested in UK-based quantum computing company Quantum Motion, joining a funding round that raised over £42 million. 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The Berlin office, led by Dr. Andre Carvalho, will be part of EU-centric R&D ac", "orgs": [ "nqcc" ] }, { "id": "154254", "date": "2023-04-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/riverlane-has-received-funding-to-expand-its-quantum-computing-operations-enabling-the-development-of-industrial-applications-with-transformative-potential/", "title": "Riverlane Secures £15M for Quantum Computing Growth", "excerpt": "Quantum engineering firm based in Cambridge, UK, Riverlane, has recently raised a significant amount of £15 million in its Series B funding round, with participation from Molten Ventures, Altair, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, and the National Security Strategic Investment F", "orgs": [ "amadeus-capital-partners", "cambridge-innovation-capital", "molten-ventures", "national-security-strategic-investment-fund", "riverlane" ] }, { "id": "154222", "date": "2023-04-22", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/national-quantum-computing-centre-nqccand-the-university-of-edinburgh-sign-mou-for-quantum-software-lab-supporting-uks-quantum-computing-ambitions/", "title": "NQCC & Edinburgh Launch Quantum Software Lab", "excerpt": "The National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) and the University of Edinburgh have announced the opening of a new Quantum Software Lab in the School of Informatics. 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This innovative algorithm is centered on the sparse quantization approach i", "orgs": [ "riverlane" ] }, { "id": "153793", "date": "2023-03-22", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uks-national-quantum-strategy-building-a-world-leading-quantum-enabled-economy/", "title": "UK Quantum Strategy: Building Quantum Economy", "excerpt": "The National Quantum Strategy outlines a plan and prioritized actions for the next decade. As quantum technologies continue to advance, the UK must make strategic decisions about where to invest resources to maximize the benefits of these technologies. 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As the CFO and CSO of Terra Quantum, Dr. Marx will drive the company's finan", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "153587", "date": "2023-03-09", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/psiquantum-a-silicon-valley-based-quantum-company-gains-access-to-one-of-europes-largest-cryogenic-cooling-facilities/", "title": "PsiQuantum Gains Access to Major Cooling Facility", "excerpt": "PsiQuantum, a company first to develop a utility-scale quantum computer powered by silicon photonics and fault-tolerant quantum design, the Silicon Valley start-up will open its first advanced research and development (R&D) center outside the United States at the Science and Technology Facilities Co", "orgs": [ "stfc" ] }, { "id": "153519", "date": "2023-03-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/the-united-kingdom-gets-another-boost-to-quantum-computing-from-the-government/", "title": "UK Quantum Computing Funding Extended", "excerpt": "The government has announced an extension of the funding offered to UK Horizon Europe applicants, first announced in November 2021. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has issued funds totaling over £882 million until February 2023. 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This study will look pr", "orgs": [ "medicines-discovery-catapult" ] }, { "id": "152904", "date": "2023-02-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/the-national-quantum-computing-centre-nqcc-now-offers-quantum-skills-course-online/", "title": "NQCC Launches Online Quantum Skills Course", "excerpt": "The National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) has introduced an online quantum skills course designed for students and professionals who want to learn the fundamentals of quantum computing. NQCC is the second phase of the National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP), funded and supported by UK Rese", "orgs": [ "nqcc", "ukri" ] }, { "id": "152858", "date": "2023-02-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nqcc-and-npl-get-together-to-push-quantum-in-the-united-kingdom/", "title": "NQCC & NPL Partner to Advance UK Quantum Computing", "excerpt": "The National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work in the field of quantum computing. Both organizations pledge to collaborate to expedite the development of quantum computing for the benefit of the United Kingdom", "orgs": [ "nqcc" ] }, { "id": "152062", "date": "2023-01-09", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/oxford-ionics-raises-30-million-to-further-trapped-ion-quantum-computing/", "title": "Oxford Ionics Secures £30M for Quantum Computing", "excerpt": "On January 9, 2023, Oxford Ionics, a startup focused on solving scalability issues in quantum computing, raised £30 million in Series A funding from a group of investors, including Oxford Science Enterprises, Braavos Investment Advisers, Lansdowne Partners, Prosus Ventures, 2xN, Torch Partners, and", "orgs": [ "amadeus-capital-partners" ] }, { "id": "151693", "date": "2022-12-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/epsrc-quantum-technology-research-hubs-offers-20-million-in-research-funding/", "title": "EPSRC Quantum Technology Research Hubs offers £20 million", "excerpt": "The QT Research Hubs are intended to serve as UK centers of excellence for cutting-edge quantum technology research, bringing together diverse teams of academic researchers, quantum technology researchers, educators, and startup companies. The grant will support up to 5 Quantum Technology (QT) with", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "151602", "date": "2022-12-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/meet-the-speakers-at-the-next-quantum-computing-scalability-conference-in-oxford-uk/", "title": "Quantum Scalability Conference Speakers – Oxford, UK", "excerpt": "One of the significant issues in quantum computing is hardware scalability. Research and technical problems must be addressed across all hardware platforms to satisfy the complete scalability needs. Understanding the barriers to scalability can assist us in allocating resources more efficiently.", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "150705", "date": "2022-12-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/will-quantum-technology-be-different-in-attracting-women-a-look-at-some-of-the-women-in-quantum-technology/", "title": "Quantum Tech: Attracting Women to the Field", "excerpt": "Quantum technology is the future. 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However, scientists have figured out a way to exploit these properties in developing ultra-sensitive measurement devices, which are currently finding t", "orgs": [ "spooqy" ] }, { "id": "150649", "date": "2022-11-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-company-of-the-week-crypta-labs/", "title": "Quantum Company Of The Week: Crypta Labs", "excerpt": "The development of quantum computers presents an opportunity to develop more secure solutions for industries dealing with delicate data like communication and banking. While many companies are only awakening to quantum cryptography, Crypta Labs has developed the Quantum Random Number Generator, QRNG", "orgs": [ "crypta-labs" ] }, { "id": "150754", "date": "2022-10-31", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-motion-hits-milestone-in-mass-production-of-quantum-chips/", "title": "Quantum Chips: Motion Achieves 1024-Qubit Milestone", "excerpt": "Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing company, has successfully measured 1024 quantum dots on a chip in 12 minutes at tens of milliKelvins (-273 degrees Celsius), which are necessary for the spin qubits to function with the lowest possible error rate. Their achievement paves the way for mass-", "orgs": [ "quantum-motion" ] }, { "id": "149897", "date": "2022-09-28", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/oxford-quantum-circuits-partners-with-cyxtera-to-launch-quantum-computer-in-colocation-data-center/", "title": "OQC & Cyxtera Launch Quantum Computer in Data Center", "excerpt": "Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a European-based quantum computing company, and Cyxtera, a global leader in data center colocation and interconnection services based in the United States, have announced today that Cyxtera's Reading Data Center Campus LHR3 will soon be available to customers as a quan", "orgs": [ "oxford-quantum-circuits" ] }, { "id": "149856", "date": "2022-09-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/introducing-the-duality-quantum-accelerator-the-united-states-first-accelerator-program-for-early-stage-quantum-startups/", "title": "Duality Accelerator Backs Quantum Startups", "excerpt": "Duality is United States’ first accelerator program solely dedicated to assisting early-stage quantum startups. The program was launched in 2021 and is led by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Chicago Quantum Exchange, University of Illinois Urbana", "orgs": [ "quantopticon" ] }, { "id": "149763", "date": "2022-09-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/investor-behind-quantum-company-riverlane-celebrates-first-portfolio-day/", "title": "Riverlane Investor Molten Ventures Visits Nasdaq", "excerpt": "Molten Ventures, a leading European venture capital company investing and developing visionary tech companies, has visited the Nasdaq market site in Times Square to celebrate its first portfolio day in the US. Its Chief Portfolio Officer rang the opening bell.", "orgs": [ "molten-ventures" ] }, { "id": "149701", "date": "2022-09-01", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/multiverse-computing-and-objectivity-partner-to-introduce-quantum-computers-to-emea-companies/", "title": "Multiverse & Objectivity: Quantum for EMEA Firms", "excerpt": "Multiverse Computing, a leading quantum company based in Spain, and Objectivity, a UK-based IT solutions provider, have announced a partnership to introduce quantum computing solutions to companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "149604", "date": "2022-08-17", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/public-quantum-company-rigetti-announces-second-quarter-2022-financial-results/", "title": "Rigetti Q2 2022 Financial Results", "excerpt": "Rigetti Computing, Inc., a California-based quantum computing company and pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, has announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022.", "orgs": [ "rigetti-uk" ] }, { "id": "149533", "date": "2022-07-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/oxford-ionics-and-infineon-technologies-ag-announce-a-partnership-to-develop-fully-integrated-qpus/", "title": "Oxford Ionics & Infineon Partner on Integrated QPUs", "excerpt": "Oxford Ionics, a UK-based quantum computing company, and Infineon Technologies AG, a German semiconductor manufacturer, have announced a collaboration to develop high-performance and fully integrated quantum processing units (QPUs). Oxford Ionics has over two years of experience in quantum technolog", "orgs": [ "oxford-ionics" ] }, { "id": "149496", "date": "2022-06-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigetti-launches-32-qubit-aspen-series-system-its-first-uk-based-quantum-computer/", "title": "Rigetti Launches 32-Qubit Aspen Quantum Computer", "excerpt": "Rigetti UK Limited, a subsidiary of  Rigetti Computing, Inc. and a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, announced the release of its first UK-based quantum computer. Their UK partners can access the 32-qubit Aspen-series quantum computer through their cloud service Rigetti QCS™. 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These 16 projects have found significant bus", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "149379", "date": "2022-06-10", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/orca-computing-raises-15-million-to-speed-up-the-development-of-its-light-based-quantum-computers/", "title": "ORCA Computing Secures $15M For Light-Based Quantum", "excerpt": "ORCA Computing, a British quantum computer startup, has raised a $15 million series A investment to fund their quantum project of developing near-term photonic quantum computers. The investment was led by a group of deep technology investors, including Octopus Ventures, Oxford Science Enterprises, Q", "orgs": [ "ministry-of-defence", "orca-computing" ] }, { "id": "149299", "date": "2022-05-24", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/the-new-kids-on-the-block-2q-ventures-focused-only-quantum-computing-and-technology-ecosystem/", "title": "2^Q Ventures: UK Quantum Computing Focus", "excerpt": "Quantum technology needs more dedicated venture partners. We introduce a dedicated UK based team that focuses squarely upon Quantum, which we think is increasingly going to be the case, because we think the skills required to understand the propositions require a special blend of experience and know", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "148262", "date": "2022-03-22", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/riverlane-the-builders-of-a-quantum-operating-system-leads-a-uk-consortium-to-build-auto-calibrated-quantum-control-system-deltaflow-control/", "title": "Riverlane: ML-Powered Quantum Control System", "excerpt": "Riverlane is a Cambridge UK based company that is developing a Quantum Operating System. The company is now leading a UK based consortium to create a system capable of controlling hundreds of qubits simultaneously across different types of quantum hardware. Funded by Innovate UK, a government backed", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk", "mind-foundry", "riverlane" ] }, { "id": "147165", "date": "2022-02-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/the-venture-capital-firms-accelerators-and-incubators-driving-the-quantum-technology-industry-for-a-new-wave-of-disruptive-innovation/", "title": "Quantum Tech: VC, Accelerators & Incubators Fuel Growth", "excerpt": "Venture Capital Firms have existed for years and have financed and aided the launch of billion-dollar industries that have changed the world. These venture capital firms, incubators, and accelerator programs succeed by pitching their tents in the next innovative, disruptive industries that are shapi", "orgs": [ "kuano", "zero-point-motion" ] }, { "id": "146704", "date": "2022-02-06", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/riverlane-continues-to-be-the-largest-recipient-of-uks-government-quantum-computing-funding/", "title": "Riverlane Lands £2.5M UK Quantum Computing Grant", "excerpt": "The latest round of the UK government’s Commercialising Quantum Technologies challenge awarded Riverlane a total of £2.5 million for its projects. Starting in 2022, a total of four initiatives will engage with hardware and enterprise partners to address the significance of the scientific and enginee", "orgs": [ "kets-quantum-security", "diamond-microwave", "medicines-discovery-catapult", "ncc-group", "tmd-technologies" ] }, { "id": "145429", "date": "2021-12-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/us-investor-odyssey-therapeutics-bought-rahko-a-british-start-up-company-specializing-in-drug-discovery-using-quantum-computers/", "title": "Quantum Computing Funds Rahko Drug Discovery Buyout", "excerpt": "In yet another breakthrough for the world of Quantum Technology. As Quantum Computers are starting to be utilized. Billions of fundings are being raised for its further developments. Rahko, a London-based company with only a dozen members, established in 2018, has made a cutting-edge innovation of u", "orgs": [ "rahko" ] }, { "id": "144796", "date": "2021-11-08", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/the-united-states-and-united-kingdom-issue-joint-statement-to-enhance-cooperation-on-quantum-information-science-and-technology/", "title": "US & UK Boost Quantum Information Science Ties", "excerpt": "As a move to realize the full potential of quantum technologies, enhance collaboration and deepen ties between the United States and the United Kingdom, the duo has issued a joint statement of intent to enhance cooperation on quantum information science and technology.", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "144783", "date": "2021-11-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/oqc-collaborates-with-nqcc-to-boost-the-uks-quantum-capability/", "title": "OQC & NQCC Partner to Advance UK Quantum Computing", "excerpt": "In a press release by UK firm OQC, a major milestone in developing quantum computing in the UK has been reached following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) and the National Quantum Computing Centre. The NQCC was established to address the barriers", "orgs": [ "nqcc", "oxford-quantum-circuits" ] }, { "id": "144767", "date": "2021-11-04", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/british-quantum-error-correction-qec-consortium-gets-a-boost-with-7-5m-grant/", "title": "Quantum Error Correction Gets £7.5M UK Boost", "excerpt": "Getting better Quantum Computers, took a step forward with a £7.5m grant from Innovate UK’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to build scalable quantum computers that can correct their own errors aimed at the aerospace industry. The consortium was led by Universal Quantum, a Sussex based Ion Trap b", "orgs": [ "innovate-uk", "universal-quantum", "university-of-sussex" ] }, { "id": "144705", "date": "2021-10-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-computing-goes-public-how-the-rise-of-quantum-computing-companies-on-the-stock-market-is-creating-excitement-for-the-entire-industry/", "title": "Quantum Computing IPOs Fuel Industry Excitement", "excerpt": "One of the benefits of listing on the public markets is that for some companies such as IonQ and soon to be Rigetti, it will take the entire sector out of the darkness of the private equity markets and catapult quantum into the light garnering much more publicity from the general public about the qu", "orgs": [ "vector-photonics" ] }, { "id": "144570", "date": "2021-09-30", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/cambridge-quantum-makes-tket-its-programming-language-open-source-what-does-it-mean-for-quantum-computing/", "title": "TKET Open Source: Impact on Quantum Computing", "excerpt": "Cambridge Quantum has been making news of late with its union with the Honeywell Quantum division it is on track to be not only one of the leaders (if not the leader) in Quantum software but could come to dominate Quantum computing in the Quantum Computing platform war. Many see the value in being a", "orgs": [] }, { "id": "144549", "date": "2021-09-29", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-technology-comes-to-the-home-of-british-rugby-as-quantum-leaders-conference-aims-to-make-britain-a-quantum-superpower/", "title": "Quantum Leaders Conference at Twickenham Stadium", "excerpt": "The one-day Quantum conference Quantum.Tech came to Twickenham, famous for its Rugby stadium, but the attendees were not interested so much in the hallowed venue itself or Rugby, but rather, how the UK can remain in the top league of the quantum technology world stage.", "orgs": [ "cerca-magnetics", "photon-force" ] }, { "id": "144525", "date": "2021-09-23", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/hal-emerges-from-a-tie-up-between-npl-and-riverlane-building-a-quantum-operating-system/", "title": "HAL: Quantum OS by NPL & Riverlane", "excerpt": "One of the accelerators in the Personal Computing space has been the development of the O/S or the Operating System which has enabled developers and users to interact with machines without needing to understand the intricacies of the hardware. In the latest news from NPL (National Physical Laborator", "orgs": [ "duality-quantum-photonics", "hitachi-europe" ] }, { "id": "144493", "date": "2021-09-20", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uks-national-quantum-computing-centre-nqcc-breaks-new-ground-in-harwell-oxford/", "title": "NQCC Opens UK Quantum Computing Centre in Harwell", "excerpt": "The United Kingdom is hosting an amazing array of Quantum technology and Quantum Computing companies. A new quantum campus located at Harwell will further cement the success of the Quantum industry. Cambridge Quantum is rapidly growing in size it appears to be one of the UK's largest Quantum Computi", "orgs": [ "nqcc", "nu-quantum", "riverlane" ] }, { "id": "143893", "date": "2021-07-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/british-quantum-start-up-phasecraft-models-electrons-in-materials-more-effectively/", "title": "Phasecraft Improves Material Electron Modeling", "excerpt": "UK’s quantum startup Phasecraft which is a collaboration between the UCL and the University of Bristol has released research that is showing a large improvement in the techniques for simulating fermions on quantum computers. Simulating fermions is needed in order for some new materials, batteries, a", "orgs": [ "phasecraft", "university-of-bristol" ] }, { "id": "143812", "date": "2021-07-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-stream-at-cdl-toronto-finished-who-are-the-graduates/", "title": "CDL Toronto Quantum Stream: Graduates Revealed", "excerpt": "The quantum stream at CDL Toronto brought up together entrepreneurs, scientists, and investors in quantum technologies. And also, many companies like D-Wave, Rigetti, IBM Q, Xanadu, and Zapata computing have joined the CDL Quantum Stream as well. This program will aid the building of successful vent", "orgs": [ "kuano" ] }, { "id": "143080", "date": "2021-06-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/what-the-cqc-and-honeywell-tie-up-means-for-the-future-of-quantum-computing/", "title": "Honeywell Buys CQC: Quantum Computing Future", "excerpt": "Recently Honeywell announced that it was buying the majority share of CQC – Cambridge Quantum Computing in a deal worth hundreds of millions. But what are the wider implications for the industry? Could we see more mergers and consolidations? Will QC companies look to specialise or vertically integra", "orgs": [ "kuano" ] }, { "id": "142502", "date": "2021-06-04", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/zapata-computing-expands-its-business-with-the-launch-of-their-new-uk-office-focused-on-quantum-computing-software/", "title": "Zapata Computing Launches UK Quantum Software Office", "excerpt": "Zapata Computing, one of the leading software companies that focus on quantum-classical applications, has recently announced that is expanding its operations by registering a new legal entity in the UK. This expansion is going to enable Zapata Computing to work more closely on projects that are rest", "orgs": [ "kuano" ] }, { "id": "141314", "date": "2021-05-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/germany-supports-quantum-computing-with-2-billion-euros-in-funding-but-can-it-compete-with-north-america-or-the-uk/", "title": "Germany Funds Quantum Computing: €2B Investment", "excerpt": "As nations get excited by the prospect of a new industrial revolution sparked by developments in Quantum Computing, Germany has decided to back the sector with €2 billion in funding (around $2.4 billion) over the next four years. The funds will support the whole quantum sector which includes the fun", "orgs": [ "kuano" ] }, { "id": "141214", "date": "2021-05-11", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/british-based-quantum-companies-making-waves-in-the-quantum-industry/", "title": "UK Quantum Firms Drive Industry Growth", "excerpt": "We’ve widened our information set to include Quantum related companies too (not just quantum computing) – some of those companies are funding the very Quantum Start-ups that we write about (For example IP Group funds Quantum Motion). Other such as Oxford Instruments, as their name suggests provide s", "orgs": [ "crypto-quantique", "quantopticon" ] }, { "id": "139243", "date": "2021-04-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/british-based-quantum-motion-publishes-blueprint-for-scalable-quantum-computing/", "title": "Quantum Computing: Quantum Motion Scalable Blueprint", "excerpt": "Despite some of the Brexit battles and of covid-19 issues, some of Britains Quantum start-ups are continuing to fire on all cylinders. The recent news from the UK based Quantum Motion, spun out from from UCL and Oxford University claims to have made a breakthrough that increases the viability and pr", "orgs": [ "parkwalk-advisors" ] }, { "id": "28970", "date": "2021-01-27", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/riverlane-to-begin-creation-of-universal-operating-system-for-quantum-computing/", "title": "Riverlane: Quantum OS Lands $20M Series A", "excerpt": "Riverlane can now begin building DeltaFlow, an operating system for quantum computers that will eventually spread worldwide. After a recent Series A funding of $20 million, the British company can now commence its operations. It has managed to get 20% of quantum hardware manufacturers to use Deltafl", "orgs": [ "cambridge-innovation-capital" ] }, { "id": "27687", "date": "2021-01-07", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/scotlands-quantum-glen-is-powering-quantum-innovation-we-take-a-a-detailed-look/", "title": "Quantum Glen: Scotland’s Rising Innovation Hub", "excerpt": "The United States has Silicon Valley, the UK has Silicon Roundabout and Silicon Fen, but what about Scotland – technically part of the United Kingdom? Famous for some of the best universities around, so it should be no surprise that Quantum technologies feature heavily in the portfolio. Welcome to Q", "orgs": [ "kelvin-nanotechnology", "fraunhofer-cap", "powerphotonic" ] }, { "id": "26973", "date": "2020-12-21", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/one-british-company-aims-to-make-quantum-chip-design-smarter/", "title": "One British Company Aims to make Quantum Chip Design Smarter", "excerpt": "THE British based company, Quantopticon, was founded by a number of physicists who have been developing their software suite over the past two decades. Quantillion was developed with the purpose to help researchers and designers build smarter photonics devices. As the competition for building quantu", "orgs": [ "quantopticon" ] }, { "id": "27076", "date": "2020-12-13", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-photonic-platforms-allow-for-an-edge-in-quantum-supremacy/", "title": "Quantum Photonics Advance Supremacy Race", "excerpt": "These past years have seen quantum news centre on a select few exotic platforms primarily, including supercooled- and superconducting-qubit platforms like Google’s Sycamore, as well as trapped-ion or trapped-atom computers. The former was 2019’s evidence of quantum supremacy, a triumph for Google. T", "orgs": [ "quantopticon" ] }, { "id": "26809", "date": "2020-12-10", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/phasecraft-announces-new-research-paper-published-by-physics/", "title": "Phasecraft: Quantum Computing & £3.7M Funding", "excerpt": "Phasecraft has made a breakthrough in quantum computing that will allow quantum theory to become a reality from mere research faster than ever. Dr. Ashley Montanaro led a team to develop and test new algorithms that can optimise and predict the needed quantum hardware capacity when running meaningfu", "orgs": [ "parkwalk-advisors" ] }, { "id": "25385", "date": "2020-11-09", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/m-squared-to-spearhead-uks-largest-industry-led-project-for-the-commercialisation-of-quantum-computing/", "title": "M Squared Leads UK’s £10M Quantum Computing Project", "excerpt": "DISCOVERY, the largest industry-led quantum computing project in the UK, was announced by nine major organisations. It is a £10 million programme to address commercial quantum computing and what makes it unfeasible now. UK Quantum Technologies Challenge, led by UK Research and Innovation, is partial", "orgs": [ "kelvin-nanotechnology", "tmd-technologies" ] }, { "id": "24157", "date": "2020-10-19", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/libby-heaney-bridges-the-gap-between-science-and-art-a-former-quantum-scientist-she-is-now-a-full-time-artist/", "title": "Quantum Artist: Libby Heaney’s Science & Art Fusion", "excerpt": "We talk to Libby Heaney a PhD educated Quantum scientist who has successfully transitioned into the Artworld. We talk about her work, the quantum related projects she works on as an artist and even which interpretation of Quantum Mechanics she prefers.", "orgs": [ "moth-quantum" ] }, { "id": "23296", "date": "2020-10-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/bt-and-toshiba-install-first-quantum-secure-industrial-network-in-uk-to-protect-production-facilities-information-transfers/", "title": "UK’s First Quantum-Secure Industrial Network Launched", "excerpt": "Today, BT and Toshiba Europe Limited announced the first industrial quantum-secure network in the UK. It transmits between the National Composites Centre (NCC), the world-leading composite research and development facility in the UK, and the Centre for Modelling & Simulation (CFMS), a pioneer in new", "orgs": [ "bt-group" ] }, { "id": "21578", "date": "2020-09-02", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigetti-computing-launch-consortium-build-first-commercial-quantum-computer-in-uk/", "title": "Rigetti to Build UK’s First Commercial Quantum Computer", "excerpt": "One of the most well-funded Quantum Computing companies will lead a £10 million consortium to accelerate the commercialisation of quantum computing in the United Kingdom. The aim is to create, build a quantum computer for the UK and have this accessible via the cloud.", "orgs": [ "rigetti-uk" ] }, { "id": "16652", "date": "2020-05-14", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/new-quantum-computing-operating-system-wins-backing-of-uk-government/", "title": "UK Backs New Quantum Computing OS", "excerpt": "In the quest for usable Quantum Computers, a consortium of UK based Quantum Computing developers has been awarded almost eight million pounds (£7.6M or $9.3M) from the British governments Industrial Challenge Strategy Fund.", "orgs": [ "duality-quantum-photonics", "hitachi-europe" ] }, { "id": "509", "date": "2019-07-05", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/united-kingdom-commits-1bn-to-quantum-research/", "title": "UK Quantum R&D Gains £1bn Investment Boost", "excerpt": "Total investment through the National Quantum Technologies Programme will pass a major £1 billion investment milestone since its inception in 2014. The investment has secured the UK’s status as a world leader in quantum science and technologies, keeping pace with the US and China.", "orgs": [] } ]