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Q-CTRL has announced the integration of the NVIDIA Ising open model family into its Boulder Opal Scale Up software, a move designed to replace manual calibration with autonomous, physics-informed AI agents. As quantum processors scale toward thousands of qubits, the complexity of characterizing nois

IQM Quantum Computers has announced the implementation of AI-driven agentic calibration, a system designed to automate the tuning of superconducting quantum processors using the NVIDIA Ising open model family. Revealed on World Quantum Day, this development aims to eliminate the "manual bottleneck"

Infleqtion has announced the integration of the NVIDIA Ising Decoding AI model into its Sqale neutral-atom quantum computing platform. The collaboration aims to address the classical computing bottleneck in quantum error correction (QEC), where the speed of decoding syndrome data must match the micr

Northwestern University and Fermilab have partnered to release a high-dimensional dataset generated at the Northwestern EXperimental Underground Site (NEXUS) to train and validate the NVIDIA Ising open model family. Located 107 meters beneath the surface at Fermilab, the NEXUS facility provides a lo

EeroQ and Conductor Quantum have announced a functional proof-of-concept for an autonomous quantum computing lab utilizing NVIDIA Ising, the recently released family of open-source AI models. The demonstration showcased the ability of AI agents to independently execute and debug experiments on physi

memQ has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a hardware- and network-aware quantum compiler under the Heterogeneous Architectures for Quantum (HARQ) program. The initiative aims to move beyond current "homogeneous" roadmaps—where systems are designed aro

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — From cancer research to challenges beyond the reach of traditional AI, four UK start-ups are using quantum technologies to bring new innovations to market. The start-ups have joined the DeepTech Catalyst Quantum incubator programme (DTC Quantum), where they will u

Insider Brief: A CubeSat no larger than a shoebox entered low Earth orbit aboard SpaceX’s March 30th Transporter-16 mission, carrying a compact quantum communication system built by a commercial startup out of Turkey and the Netherlands. The payload, developed by Qubitrium, is designed to test the f

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Lucy, inaugurated today by the Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, Anne Le Hénanff, is the world’s most powerful quantum computer based on photonic technology. It is now coupled to GENCI’s Joliot-Curie supercomputer , hos

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — On World Quantum Day, IQM Quantum Computers today announced AI-driven agentic calibration, an automated approach to tuning quantum systems with NVIDIA Ising. The development marks a step toward making quantum computing operationally viable for enterprises, AI fact

A major obstacle in the development of powerful quantum computers is the growing number of cables required to control a computer as the number of qubits increases. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have now demonstrated that several qubits can share the same cable—without si

Beginning in the 1950s, silicon transformed the electronics industry by enabling smaller and faster devices that could be reliably manufactured at scale. More than six decades later, silicon-based semiconductors remain at the heart of many modern technologies, including so-called "classical" compute

In quantum physics, objects can exist in multiple states at the same time—a phenomenon known as quantum superposition, where a particle does not have a single definite value of position or momentum until it is measured. A major open question is whether gravity, one of the fundamental forces, also fo

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions.

When laser flashes hit matter, electrons are knocked off their orbits around the atomic nuclei. This can generate extremely hot plasmas composed of charged particles—ions and electrons. Researchers at HZDR have now observed this ionization process in more detail than ever before. To do so, they comb

For the last 80 years, the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), which describes all electromagnetic interactions, has been a cornerstone of the standard model, withstanding the scrutiny of countless experiments and agreeing with observations down to the smallest known precisions. Yet, some high-

From ketchup to quicksand, non-Newtonian fluids have long fascinated and puzzled scientists. Unlike ordinary fluids, their flow properties change depending on how much force is applied, but the precise mechanics governing this behavior remain poorly understood—particularly under rapid deformation. N

Adelaide University researchers have successfully tested a new type of portable atomic clock at sea for the first time, using technology that could help power the next generation of navigation, communications and scientific systems. The research team, from the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Se

In a tank on the bottom floor of a University of Chicago research laboratory, scientists summon "The Blob" into existence by firing water jets to create an artfully choreographed series of rings.

A key factor for the performance of sensors is the speed at which the system returns to its initial state after a disturbance or measurement, similar to the taring of a balance. In the quantum sensor under investigation, this corresponds to the transition of electrons from an energetically excited s

A new study by scientists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) shows that when a pressure disturbance moves across an ultrasoft elastic material, such as a gel or a biological tissue, it generates a V-shaped wake that's strikingly similar to the waves that

Quantum computers stand to revolutionize research by helping investigators solve certain problems exponentially faster than with conventional computers. Current quantum computers encounter a challenge where they lose stored information in a process known as quantum scrambling. However, scientists at

An international team of scientists, including researchers from Loughborough University, has developed a method to dramatically speed up the discovery and design of advanced materials. The study, published in Physical Review Letters, shows how the new approach can map complex phase diagrams in as li

Superconductors—materials that can conduct electricity without energy loss—are crucial for next-generation high-efficiency, ultrafast electronics. However, most superconductors share a critical limitation: they lose their superconducting properties in strong magnetic fields. In contrast, a class of

Researchers have discovered evidence that superconductivity can be controlled by influencing the surrounding environment, a finding that may lead to more efficient electronics down the road, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Physics.

The simplicity of a hydrogen atom makes it an ideal model for studying atomic structure and interactions. Yet, despite the fact that its simplest form consists of only one proton and one electron, physicists have had a hard time pinning down the exact charge radius of the proton. But a new study, pu

Physicists in China have simulated the effect of "false vacuum decay": a phenomenon believed to play out constantly in the seemingly empty expanses of space, and which one theory even suggests could bring an abrupt end to the entire universe. In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, Yu-Xin C

Acoustic metamaterials are a fast-evolving family of materials which manipulate sound waves in ever more advanced ways. Now, a team led by Changqing Xu at Nanjing Normal University in China has engineered an acoustic metamaterial, a "ghost tunnel": a structure which acts as a near-perfect waveguide

For years, scientists have dreamed of using atomically thin van der Waals (vdW) materials to build faster, more efficient photonic chips. These materials can be stacked and tuned with extraordinary precision, opening possibilities far beyond those of conventional technologies. The challenge is that

A new study, published in Physical Review Letters, reports that scientists have successfully imaged the formation of cavity-induced density waves induced by laser light in an ultracold quantum gas. Previously, only global signals, such as photon leakage or the peak in energy deposition of a fast cha

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