January 19, 2025

Scottish M Squared granted awards of £2.9M

Scottish Enterprise, Scotland’s national economic development agency, has awarded a £2.9 million ($3.5M / €3.2M) Research and Development grant to M Squared, a photonics and quantum technology company based in Glasgow. The funding will be used […]

Quantum entanglement in chemical reactions

Scientists have long suspected that a quantum phenomenon might play a role in photosynthesis but without proof because such a phenomenon is difficult to identify. For the very first time, researchers have developed a way to […]

Major step towards quantum computers

A team of researchers led by Osaka University have been able to demonstrate how information encoded in the circular polarisation of a laser beam can be translated into the spin state of an electron in a quantum […]

Why big banks could soon jump on the quantum bandwagon

If you’re trying to model an uncertain economic future, consider using a machine that runs on probability. Researchers from IBM, ETH Zurich and J.P. Morgan have recently figured out how to run a simplified risk calculation on […]