UCL researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique using arsenic atoms in silicon that achieves a 97% success rate for single-atom placement (compared to phosphorus’s 70%), potentially solving quantum computing’s twin challenges of error rates and scalability through scanning tunneling microscopy hydrogen resist lithography.
Researchers at China’s USTC have developed Zuchongzhi-3, a groundbreaking 105-qubit quantum computer that processes calculations 10^15 times faster than the most powerful supercomputers and one million times faster than Google’s latest quantum systems, marking a significant advancement in quantum supremacy.
IonQ is acquiring a controlling stake in quantum safe networking leader ID Quantique (IDQ) to strengthen its global quantum ecosystem, accelerate quantum networking development, and establish a strategic partnership with SK Telecom, with the acquisition expected to close in Q2 2025.
Quantum Machines has raised $170 million in Series C funding, bringing its total to $280 million, as the company’s hybrid control technology for quantum computing systems gains widespread adoption across the industry during a breakthrough year marked by significant hardware and error correction advancements.
An international research team has developed a groundbreaking technique to integrate superconductors with semiconductors by patterning platinum on germanium and heating it to form a superconducting alloy, demonstrating coherent quantum states that could enable hybrid quantum processors combining the scalability of semiconductor qubits with the long-range connectivity of superconducting circuits.
A QuTech-led research team successfully created a three-site Kitaev chain in a hybrid InSb/Al nanowire that demonstrates enhanced stability of Majorana zero modes compared to two-site chains, marking significant progress toward scalable topological quantum computing.
Researchers have demonstrated that quantum information encoded in topological skyrmions remains resilient to environmental noise even as entanglement deteriorates, representing a breakthrough “digitization” approach that could revolutionize practical quantum technologies without requiring complex compensation strategies.
This research fully maps the statistical outcomes of quantum entanglement, enabling complete description of partially entangled states through mathematical transformation, establishing theoretical limits of quantum physics while opening new avenues for secure quantum testing, communications, and computing without requiring assumptions about device properties.
A groundbreaking compact solid-state laser system generates 193-nm coherent light for semiconductor lithography while also producing the first-ever 193-nm vortex beam carrying orbital angular momentum, offering superior coherence and potential applications in wafer processing, defect inspection, and quantum technologies.
OQTOPUS is a groundbreaking open-source quantum computing operating system created collaboratively by Japanese institutions, offering comprehensive customization from setup to execution while significantly reducing implementation complexity, thus making quantum computing more accessible to a broader range of users and accelerating its practical adoption.
Researchers from the University of Innsbruck and the University of Waterloo have achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing by using qudits (quantum units with multiple values) instead of traditional qubits to efficiently simulate quantum electrodynamics in two dimensions, demonstrating magnetic field interactions between particles and opening new possibilities for solving previously intractable problems in particle physics.
Chinese and South African scientists have established the world’s longest quantum satellite link spanning nearly 13,000 kilometers, demonstrating unbreakable encryption using quantum key distribution to securely transmit images between continents in a groundbreaking collaboration that marks the first quantum satellite communication in the Southern Hemisphere.
QuTech researchers, collaborating with Fujitsu and Element Six, have achieved a significant quantum computing milestone by demonstrating diamond spin-based quantum gates with error rates below 0.1%—satisfying a critical threshold for quantum error correction and bringing us one step closer to scalable quantum computation.
Researchers successfully observed “dissipative phase transitions” in quantum systems using a superconducting Kerr resonator at near-absolute zero temperatures, revealing phenomena like “squeezing,” metastability, and “critical slowing down” that could revolutionize quantum computing and sensing technologies through enhanced stability and precision.
Researchers from the Quantum Internet Alliance have created QNodeOS, the first operating system for quantum networks, which abstracts hardware complexity to enable easier development of quantum networking applications across different hardware platforms, marking a crucial step toward making quantum internet technology accessible and practical.
Researchers created a nanoscale ferroelectric moiré pattern using hexagonal boron nitride layers to generate a purely electrostatic potential that enhances Coulomb interactions in transition metal dichalcogenides, enabling optical detection of electron correlations and ordered states while opening pathways to explore exotic quantum phenomena like chiral layer-pseudospin liquids and kinetic magnetism.
Researchers from Chinese universities have revolutionized quantum computing by developing metasurfaces that generate and manipulate entangled photons more efficiently than traditional methods, potentially enabling smaller quantum computers and robust quantum networks.
Time interfaces in materials with suddenly changing refractive indices create unique quantum optical phenomena including photon-pair production and destruction, tunable photon statistics, and opportunities for quantum state engineering.
Quantum Inspire 2.0, Europe’s only freely accessible quantum cloud computer, now features an enhanced user interface, SDK integration, quantum-classical computing functionality, and two upgraded quantum processors—Starmon-7 and Spin2+—with improved qubit fidelity and performance, positioning the Netherlands at the forefront of quantum computing innovation.
A groundbreaking study from the University of Surrey reveals that time at the quantum level may flow in both directions, as researchers discovered a mathematical “memory kernel” in open quantum systems that maintains time symmetry even when considering energy dissipation into the universe, challenging our conventional understanding of time’s unidirectional nature.
A QuTech research team demonstrated initialization, readout, and universal control of four qubits created from eight germanium quantum dots, achieving quantum information transfer with 75% Bell state fidelity and establishing a versatile platform for quantum computing advancement.
Using Quobly’s Strategy to Build Qubits With FD-SOI Technology, Readout Architecture ‘Provides a Path to Low Power and Scalable Quantum’ ICs
Scientists at Leibniz University Hannover have developed a cost-effective quantum network security system using frequency-bin coding of light particles, which reduces complexity and equipment costs by 75% while enhancing security against quantum computer threats through a simplified single-detector design that enables dynamic, scalable quantum key distribution.
Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems have developed a groundbreaking quantum imaging technique using an ultra-thin nonlinear metasurface that generates spatially entangled photon pairs, eliminating the need for mechanical scanning and achieving resolution four orders of magnitude better than conventional systems, paving the way for compact quantum imaging applications in LiDAR, secure communication, and advanced sensing.
A research team has developed an innovative hybrid quantum-classical computing approach that combines quantum optimization, machine learning, and classical computations to efficiently screen thousands of diarylethene derivatives, successfully identifying five promising photochromic compounds with optimal properties for light-controlled drug delivery applications.
A team of researchers led by Professor Yasuyuki Ishii discovered that β’-EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2, previously thought to be a two-dimensional quantum spin liquid, actually exhibits one-dimensional spin behavior, challenging conventional understanding and potentially impacting future quantum computing applications.
ISTA physicists have developed a breakthrough method to connect superconducting qubits using fiber optics instead of traditional electrical signals, significantly reducing cooling requirements and potentially enabling the scaling and networking of quantum computers by converting optical signals to microwave frequencies that qubits can process.
Researchers at Google and PSI have developed a revolutionary quantum simulator that combines digital precision with analog modeling capabilities, enabling unprecedented studies of complex physical phenomena through a versatile 69-qubit system that can both precisely control initial conditions and naturally simulate physical interactions, opening new possibilities in fields ranging from materials science to astrophysics.
Physicists achieved a quantum computing breakthrough by successfully connecting separate quantum processors through photonic links, enabling quantum teleportation of logical gates between modules and demonstrating the first distributed quantum computer system, which could potentially scale up without the limitations of cramming millions of qubits into a single device.
Researchers resolved the apparent paradox between quantum mechanics and classical thermodynamics by demonstrating that while von Neumann entropy remains constant in quantum systems, Shannon entropy increases over time just as classical entropy does, thereby reconciling quantum theory with the second law of thermodynamics.