Whatever you’ve been writing to me to ask if I’m aware of: yeah, I’m aware of it. In particular: I’m aware that, as announced by my former student (and now superstar professor) Lijie Chen, an […]
Using light to process quantum information is one of the most promising approaches to building future quantum computers. Light particles, known as photons, are excellent carriers of quantum information, but their lack of natural interactions […]
In Goethe’s ballad “Erlkönig,” immortalized in Schubert’s fevered 1815 setting, a dying boy riding through the night sees a spectral king beckoning from the darkness. His father calms him: “Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif”—my […]
IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) has reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. The College Park-based trapped-ion leader delivered its fifth consecutive quarter of record results, driven by global deployments of […]
A tall glass of ice water isn’t just a thirst quencher; it’s also an everyday example of coexisting phases. Water can exist simultaneously in both liquid and solid phases. As it turns out, this phase […]
Insider Brief TuringQ has entered China’s pre-IPO guidance process, becoming the latest quantum computing company seeking a public listing as the country’s quantum sector pushes toward commercialization. The Shanghai-based company develops photonic quantum chips and […]
Application deadline: Sunday, October 18, 2026 Employer web page: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jobs/description/index.php?nPostingId=180… Job type: PostDoc Tags: quantum error correction quantum error mitigation Dr Zhenyu Cai’s research group in the Department of Computing seeks a highly motivated and […]
Insider Brief The article examines post-quantum cryptography migration timelines from governments, technology companies, financial institutions, infrastructure operators, and blockchain communities. Major organizations have set different transition targets, with regulatory deadlines extending to 2035 while several […]
Quantum 10, 2186 (2026). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2026-08-07-2186 Non-Hermitian dynamics is ubiquitous in various physical systems. While recent study shows that such a dynamics leads to an area-law scaling of the entanglement entropy due to the non-Hermitian skin […]
In a laboratory 2 kilometers underground, a crane lowers Matt Depatie, a detector technologist, through a hatch into a white-walled cavern filled with about 7,000 tons of ultrapure water that glows as blue as wiper […]
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