Quantum eMotion Corp. (QeM) and Taiwan-based secure semiconductor designer JMEM TEK have executed an international project consortium agreement to develop a quantum-resilient Universal Security System
Nord Quantique has closed a $30 million growth equity investment round, elevating the company’s pre-money valuation to $1.4 billion and establishing its status as a technology unicorn. The private cap
Aramco has partnered with neutral-atom quantum computing developer Pasqal to inaugurate Saudi Arabia’s first operational quantum computer. Housed at the Aramco data center in Dhahran, the deployment i
Yuval Boger interviews Brian Gaucher, an experienced engineer and IBM veteran who co-chaired ERVA’s report Engineering Research to Advance Quantum Technologies. Brian explains that while U.S. quantum
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has transitioned nine cryptographic algorithms to the third round of its Additional Digital Signature Selection Project, as detailed in NIST I
Xanadu Quantum Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU) has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. This quarter represents a major landmark for the Toronto-based compa
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has allocated $1.5 billion over a ten-year period to establish the NSF X-Labs initiative. Managed by the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partn
Equal1 has announced the release of RacQ, a silicon-spin quantum computing system designed for integration into standard 19-inch data center racks. An evolution of the company’s Bell-1 server, the Rac
Google Quantum AI and Google.org have launched the Research Program at the Intersection of Life Sciences & Quantum AI (REPLIQA), a $10 million initiative dedicated to applying quantum science and
IonQ has officially opened a new 22,000-square-foot laboratory suite in Boulder, Colorado, dedicated to quantum computing research, development, and semiconductor chip testing. The facility, located w
Over the years, I’ve written two op-eds for The New York Times about quantum computing, at the NYT editors’ invitation: Quantum Computing Promises New Insights, Not Supermachines (2011) Wh
WHOA … I’ve won the inaugural Luca Trevisan Award for Expository Work in Theoretical Computer Science! This has a particular meaning for me as someone who knew Luca Trevisan as well as I did for
Holy crap … yesterday I was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences! If you don’t believe me, click the link and keep scrolling down until you hit the name “Aaronson.” But the
Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare (1934-2026) won the 1980 Turing Award for numerous contributions to computer science, including foundational work on concurrency and formal verification and the invent
When I was pursuing a PhD at Caltech, so was my friend Jeremy. He used to throw a dinner party every few months. The email invitations welcomed friends to partake of his cooking and, if we wished, to
As experimental capabilities advance rapidly, the quantum computing community faces a critical elephant in the room: What will these quantum machines eventually be useful for? Will they deliver the pr
Imagine that every week for twenty years, people message you asking you to comment on the latest wolf sighting, and every week you have to tell them: I haven’t seen a wolf, I haven’t heard a wolf, I b
For those of you who haven’t seen, there were actually two “bombshell” QC announcements this week. One, from Caltech, including friend-of-the-blog John Preskill, showed how to do quantum fault-t
Yesterday Dana, the kids, and I went to the theater to watch The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist, the well-reviewed new documentary about whether AGI will destroy the world. This was surely
Last summer, I was privileged to teach a two-week course on theoretical computer science to exceptional 11- and 12-year-olds at Epsilon Camp, held at Washington University in St. Louis. The course was
I’m on a spring break vacation-plus-lecture-tour with Dana and the kids in Mexico City this week, and wasn’t planning to blog, but I see that I need to make an exception. Charles Bennett a
Scott’s foreword: I’ve known fellow quantum computing theorist Daniel Gottesman, now at the University of Maryland, for a quarter-century at this point. Daniel has been a friend, colleague
Recently, my coworkers and I put out a preprint “Classical solution of the FeMo-cofactor model to chemical accuracy and its implications’’ (Zhai et al. 2026). It is a bit unusual to write comment
It’s happening. Your inbox registers an email from the chair of a faculty-hiring committee. With trembling fingers, you click on the message. “We were very impressed…we’re delighted to offer…” M
We are now at an exciting point in our process of developing quantum computers and understanding their computational power: It has been demonstrated that quantum computers can outperform classical one
My husband and I visited the Library of Congress on the final day of winter break this year. In a corner, we found a facsimile of a hand-drawn map: the world as viewed by sixteenth-century Europeans.
My top 10 ghosts (solo acts and ensembles). If Bruce Willis being a ghost in The Sixth Sense is a spoiler, that’s on you — the movie has been out for 26 years. Einstein and I have both been spoo
Welcome back to: Has quantum advantage been achieved? In Part 1 of this mini-series on quantum advantage demonstrations, I told you about the idea of random circuit sampling (RCS) and the experimental
The field of quantum computing has advanced beyond the level of error-prone physical qubits to an era of reliable quantum computation with logical qubits. To continue making progress toward fault-tole
Recently, I gave a couple of perspective talks on quantum advantage, one at the annual retreat of the CIQC and one at a recent KITP programme. I started off by polling the audience on who believed qua
Snow is haunting weather forecasts, home owners are taking down Christmas lights, stores are discounting exercise equipment, and faculty-hiring committees are winnowing down applications. In-person in
Quantum computing promises transformative advancements, yet it also poses a very real risk to today’s cryptographic security. In the future scalable quantum computing could break public-key cryptograp
Microsoft Quantum is continuing to advance the global quantum ecosystem by adding cutting-edge features to its compute platform. By developing powerful error-correction codes that are applicable to ma
We are announcing a new enterprise agentic platform called Microsoft Discovery to accelerate research and development (R&D) at Microsoft Build 2025.Our goal is to bring the power of AI to scientis
Built with a breakthrough class of materials called a topoconductor, Majorana 1 marks a transformative leap toward practical quantum computing. Quantum computers promise to transform science and socie
We find ourselves in an exciting and pivotal time. We are at the advent of the reliable quantum computing era. This past November, Microsoft successfully created and entangled 24 logical qubits in col
Azure Elements Purpose built to accelerate scientific discovery Microsoft and Atom Computing have made rapid progress in reliable quantum computing by creating and entangling 24 logical qubits made fr
Microsoft and Quantinuum applied Azure Quantum’s qubit-virtualization system to Quantinuum’s H2 trapped-ion quantum computer to create 12 highly reliable logical qubits. Additionally, the teams demons
Azure Quantum Elements is making research in chemistry and materials science faster, easier, and more productive by integrating new tools based on generative AI and high-performance computing. M
Photonic executed a teleported CNOT gate between physically separated silicon spin qubits, thus satisfying the first requirement of long-distance quantum communication. In November 2023, Microsoft and
That’s right, folks—we’re saying goodbye to our longtime home here on Medium.com. Check our new space at ibm.com/quantum/blog for all future Qiskit blogs.The Qiskit team has spent over seven years bui
By Abby Mitchell, Jake Lishman, Luciano Bello, Matthew Treinish & Blake JohnsonQiskit 1.0 will be released in February 2024 🎉This is a huge milestone, the culmination of six years of open-source e
By Maria Violaris, PhD student at the University of OxfordTraveling backwards and forwards in time is a common trope that appears often in science fiction. However, as we enter the holiday season, I f
In recent months, the Qiskit Ecosystem has undergone a series of changes, additions, migrations, and upgrades all driven by a common goal: to provide the community with a greater role in the developme
By Jay ShahThe Bloch sphere is one of the most popular and recognizable tools for helping new learners understand quantum computing fundamentals. Now, there’s a Qiskit Ecosystem project that helps use
By Abby Mitchell, Luciano Bello, Matthew Treinish, Jake LishmanWe’re excited to announce the release of Qiskit v0.45! Read on for a summary of the key highlights and, as always, you can find the full
By Zhiding Liang, Jinglei Cheng, and Hanrui WangThe world of quantum computing is always evolving. Researchers and scientists are constantly pushing the boundaries, looking for ways to improve the met
By Maria Violaris, PhD student at the University of OxfordCan a cat be dead and alive at the same time? In 1935, quantum physicist Erwin Schrödinger came up with a thought experiment showing that, acc
Today, we’re announcing important changes to Qiskit.org that you should be aware of. Starting on November 29, 2023, Qiskit Documentation and Qiskit educational resources will live on IBM Quantum Platf
By Robert Davis, Julien Gacon, Abby Mitchell, and Luciano BelloWhen it comes to quantum circuits, sometimes the “do it yourself” approach is best. Even for common subroutines like the quantum Fourier