In a milestone that brings quantum computing tangibly closer to large-scale practical use, scientists at Oxford University Physics have demonstrated the first instance of distributed quantum computing. Using a photonic network interface, they successfully linked two separate quantum processors to form a single, fully connected quantum computer, paving the way to tackling computational challenges previously out of reach. The results have been published today in Nature.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science is announcing a Funding Opportunity of $625 million available to support National Quantum Information Science Research Centers to accelerate the transformational advances needed in Quantum Information Science.

the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $71 million in funding for 25 projects in high energy physics that will use the emerging technologies of quantum information science to answer fundamental questions about the universe.

Quantum Brilliance (QB), a global leader in mass deployable, room temperature diamond quantum technology, today announced that it raised USD $20 million in its Series A funding round to accelerate the company’s mission to deliver quantum devices for applications across sectors.

In a significant milestone for scalable quantum computing, Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing scale-up founded by academics from University College London and Oxford University, has demonstrated rapid, large-scale characterisation of quantum devices fabricated using commercial semiconductor processes. Quantum Motion has designed a silicon chip featuring an integrated array of 1024 quantum dots on an area of less than 0.1mm² and validated them in less than 5 minutes—at least 100 times faster than the current state of the art. The chips were manufactured by GlobalFoundries, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, with whom Quantum Motion has announced a partnership to develop quantum processors based on a scalable silicon platform.

BlueQubit, a quantum software startup founded by Stanford alumni, has announced a $10 million Seed funding round led by Nyca Partners, with participation from Restive, Chaac Ventures, Presto Tech Horizons, NKM Capital, BigStory, Untapped Ventures, Formula VC, and Granatus. This investment will support BlueQubit’s mission to deliver practical quantum advantage, equipping enterprises to solve complex problems that are increasingly beyond the reach of classical computing.

IBM and Pasqal today announced an update to their intended collaboration to build new, integrated frameworks for quantum-centric supercomputing with Qiskit, the world’s most performant quantum software.

NVIDIA today announced it is working with Google Quantum AI to accelerate the design of its next-generation quantum computing devices using simulations powered by the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform.

In an article published September 23, 2024 in the journal Physical Review A, JQI researchers proposed a way to use the physics of superconducting junctions to let each function as more than one qubit. They also outlined a method to use the new qubit design in quantum simulations. While these proposed qubits might not immediately replace their more established peers, they illustrate the rich variety of quantum physics that remains to be explored and harnessed in the field.

A research team at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory created a novel advanced microscopy tool to “write” with atoms, placing those atoms exactly where they are needed to give a material new properties.