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    FIGURE 1. The tyranny of wires.
    Marco Polini
    May 1, 2025
    A new design approach replaces the traditional model of individual qubit control with a global control approach to enable multiple qubits to be manipulated via shared control ...
    FIGURE 1. Atomically resolved TEM image of a MoSe2 nanodot embedded in WSe2 matrix (a); low magnification TEM image shows MoSe2 nanodots (yellow arrows) dispersed in WSe2 matrix (b).
    April 30, 2025
    Saiphaneendra Bachu, a Penn State alumni, and Prof. Nasim Alem share the work they carried out with colleagues at Penn State University and Universite Paris-Saclay exploring how...
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    Will Ashford-Brown
    April 29, 2025
    Billions are currently being invested into quantum computing—and China’s outspending everyone else with an estimated funding of £13.3B ($17.6B), while Europe invested £7.2B ($...
    Aziza Almanakly working on the dilution refrigerator; the quantum interconnect experiment took place inside this dilution refrigerator.
    April 28, 2025
    In this Q&A with Aziza Almanakly, an electrical engineering and computer science graduate student within the Engineering Quantum Systems group of the Research Laboratory of Electronics...
    Credit: Chalmers University of Technology
    FIGURE 1. The new quantum refrigerator, visible as the square chip at the center of the copper enclosure, is built of superconducting qudits to cool a target superconducting qubit.
    Aamir Ali
    April 24, 2025
    An autonomous quantum refrigerator marks a milestone bridging the gap between theoretical concepts in quantum thermodynamics and practical applications for quantum technology....

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    Ph.D. student Zane Peterkovic with a photon-counting camera; the screen behind displays the improvement in quality possible with camera optimization.
    Zane Peterkovic
    April 21, 2025
    With advancing camera technology, wide-field photodetectors with photon-level sensitivity can provide super-resolution, single-molecule tracking, computational imaging, and quantum...
    Credit: think-design/Jochen Thamm
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    Sally Cole Johnson
    April 17, 2025
    Scientists experimentally show electrons form vortices, tornado-like structures, within momentum space—and it’s a milestone for quantum materials research.
    Credit: Pedro Ornelas
    Two entangled photons, A and B, are engineered to be topological. After passing through a noisy real-world system, the entanglement decays but the topology remains intact.
    Andrew Forbes
    April 14, 2025
    Advances in topology work reveal its promise as a tool to embed information into quantum light as well as read it out—forming the basis for a topological alphabet.
    Credit: Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    Shubhadeep Biswas, then-SLAC project scientist (left), and Matthias Kling, professor of photon science and applied physics at Stanford University and the director of the Science, Research and Development Division at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (the laser isn’t on).
    Shubhadeep Biswas
    April 9, 2025
    The first attosecond measurement of how electrons excited by ultrafast light pulses dance in unison around a particle—less than a nanometer in diameter—demonstrates valuable insights...
    The team—left to right: Qinmiao Chen, Randy Stefan Tanuwijaya, Jensen Li, and Tailin An—with their optical setup.
    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 28, 2025
    Quantum optics and advanced nanophotonics combo enables precise control of entangled holographic information.
    GQI uses a rigorous, data-driven approach to map the quantum ecosystem—systematically tracking over 1,800 quantum technology entities to elucidate the complex network of interrelationships driving field advancements.
    Michael Baczyk
    Feb. 12, 2025
    Photonics goes beyond merely enabling quantum advances and becomes one of its core industries.
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    FIGURE 1. Overview of the quantum communications market, which is expected to reach $1.2 billion within the next decade for hardware alone.
    Noah El Alami
    Feb. 5, 2025
    Quantum technology is poised to become a revolutionary new threat to data security but, at the same time, offers a way to better protect it.
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    Sean Michael Brehm
    Dec. 20, 2024
    Balancing quantum resilience with eco-consciousness, Vogon Cloud is designed for a future where technology and sustainability go hand in hand.