Professor Thomas Vidick joined EPFL in late 2024. He works on problems at the interface of quantum information, theoretical computer science and cryptography. Thomas Vidick discovered quantum mechanics at the Master’s level and thought it was fascinating.

Philip Kurian, a theoretical physicist and founding director of the Quantum Biology Laboratory (QBL) at Howard University in Washington, D.C., has used the laws of quantum mechanics, which Schrödinger postulated, and the QBL’s discovery of cytoskeletal filaments exhibiting quantum optical features, to set a drastically revised upper bound on the computational capacity of carbon-based life in the entire history of Earth. Published in Science Advances, Kurian’s latest work conjectures a relationship between this information-processing limit and that of all matter in the observable universe.

Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals — materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and magnetism. Now, a team of physicists at Rice University has made a breakthrough in this area using a tool from quantum information science. Their study, published recently in Nature Communications, reveals that electrons in strange metals become more entangled at a crucial tipping point, shedding new light on the behavior of these enigmatic materials. The discovery could pave the way for advances in superconductors with the potential to transform energy use in the future.

In a new study published in Physical Review D, Professor Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London, proposes a groundbreaking new framework that could revolutionise our understanding of gravity and its relationship with quantum mechanics.

A team from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona has designed new experimental equipment that makes it possible for students to familiarize themselves with the more complex concepts of quantum physics. The configuration they present —versatile, cost-effective and with multiple ways of application in the classroom — is already operational in the Advanced Quantum Laboratory of the UB’s Faculty of Physics and could also be accessible in less specialized centres.

It is difficult to imagine a world more dynamic and at the same time more inaccessible than the inside of a proton. The complex interactions of its constituent quarks, gluons and the constantly ‘churning’ sea of virtual particles can now be coherently described thanks to the skilful use of the tools of quantum information theory and the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. The new, more than hitherto universal formalism has made it possible, for the first time, to explain data from all available measurements related to the scattering of secondary particles produced during deeply inelastic collisions between electrons and protons. The team responsible for the achievement include theorists from Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Stony Brook University (SBU) in New York, Mexico's Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP) and the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow.

In a groundbreaking achievement for quantum technologies, researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, have created a functional quantum register using the atoms inside a semiconductor quantum dot.

Theoretical physicists have established a close connection between the two rapidly developing fields in theoretical physics, quantum information theory and non-invertible symmetries in particle and condensed matter theories, after proving that any non-invertible symmetry operation in theoretical physics is a quantum operation, reports a recent study published in Physical Review Letters as an Editors’ Suggestion on November 6.

BTQ Technologies Corp. ("BTQ" or the "Company"), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, is pleased to announce a new research collaboration with Macquarie University, marking a significant step forward in the company's efforts to expand research and development in quantum algorithms and quantum computing. This partnership leverages the combined strengths and expertise of both parties in the areas of quantum information theory and post-quantum secure communications, with the aim of integrating quantum processing into a range of communication protocols to enhance speed, security, and energy efficiency.

Welinq, a pioneering modular quantum computing company, is proud to announce the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board, composed of four of the world’s most influential figures in quantum science. This esteemed board will guide Welinq’s strategic direction and R&D efforts, positioning the company at the forefront of modular quantum computing—a critical architecture for the future of distributed quantum computing.