Quantum_magazineFormer Microsoft quantum lead Jeff Henshaw joins IonQ as SVP, signaling continued momentum in quantum talent and industry growth. The move highlights increasing competition to scale real-world quantum systems.
Physicists show time can effectively run backward in quantum systems by controlling measurements and feedback. The breakthrough challenges the idea of a one-way “arrow of time” and could enable new ways to control quantum states and energy.
Pasqal highlights quantum computing’s shift from research to real-world deployment, showcasing growing industrial use cases and the convergence with AI. The focus is now on delivering practical value and scaling quantum systems for business impact.
Kvantify and Equal1 are partnering to integrate quantum hardware and software, aiming to accelerate practical quantum computing applications. The collaboration focuses on combining systems and tools to improve usability for real-world scientific and industrial problems.
Researchers used a two-electron quantum walk inside an electron microscope to study how entanglement forms and breaks down due to decoherence. The work helps reveal how quantum effects in free electrons transition toward classical behavior.
Two-electron quantum walks for probing entanglement and decoherence in an electron microscope - Nature Physics
Entanglement between particles offers insights into quantum behaviour, but methods for studying it in free-electron systems are lacking. Now a two-electron quantum walk is used to probe decoherence of free electrons inside an electron microscope.
IBM highlights new updates in its quantum ecosystem, including expanded runtime access for Open Plan users and improved learning tools. The focus is on making quantum computing more accessible while scaling real hardware usage and supporting early applications.
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Coinbase’s advisory board warns quantum computing is not an immediate threat but a future risk to crypto security. It urges early preparation for post-quantum cryptography, since upgrading blockchain systems takes years and attackers could exploit stored encrypted data later.
Coinbase advisory board warns that quantum computing threat is on the horizon and crypto needs a plan
The 50-page paper concludes that while today’s blockchains remain secure, a future “fault-tolerant quantum computer” capable of breaking widely used encryption is increasingly plausible, and preparation must begin now.
NVIDIA is expanding into quantum computing with its new Ising AI family, designed to improve quantum simulation, calibration, and error correction. The tools aim to bridge AI and quantum systems, helping accelerate research toward practical quantum computing.
Researchers show language models can design quantum experiments by generating Python code that describes whole families of setups, not just single cases. This “meta-design” approach could reveal new quantum principles and speed up experimental discovery.
Quantum Elements and Rigetti Computing are exploring AI-driven digital twin simulations to model qubit behavior and errors. The approach could improve benchmarking and accelerate progress toward practical, scalable quantum computing.
