A €10m consortium funded by the European Commission and supported by the Quantum Flagship is using diamond and silicon carbide to build quantum computers and quantum simulators that can run at room temperature. The SPINUS project is developing quantum simulators with more than 50 qubits and quantum computers with over ten qubits, the team expects that their research will provide a strategy to scale up to over 1000 and 100 qubits, respectively, within five years post-project.

Sparrow Quantum is proud to announce its role as the chip provider for ORCA Computing’s newly launched PT-2 quantum computing system, marking a significant leap forward in generative AI and quantum-enhanced machine learning. This scalable, high-performance solution is designed for seamless integration across sectors, from advanced research to high-performance computing applications.

Prof. Jenkins recently presented at the BioTechX conference – Europe’s largest bioinformatics gathering – on “Unlocking Peptide Design with Quantum-Enhanced Generative AI”. He described results from a collaboration with ORCA Computing, Sparrow Computing and PSNC where quantum computing was used to enhance generative AI models in the context of vaccine design. Specifically, he and his PhD student, Jonathan Funk, investigated whether the quantum approach outperformed classical methods in designing peptides with a higher likelihood of triggering an immune response by being immunogenic. Notably, they discovered that the quantum-guided model not only outperformed the classical approach but also learned to generate peptides more quickly.

BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international non-profit foundation incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, announced today that twelve new companies have entered its Venture Lab acceleration program for early-stage companies.

With its unprecedented precision, quantum sensing holds the potential to reform biomedical and health sciences by improving the diagnosis and prevention of diseases. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 150 million to establish the Copenhagen Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing, under which an international research collaboration aims to develop novel quantum sensing principles and techniques for early detection of diseases.