For the past decade, quantum computing has struggled to balance promise and practicality. While the world’s most advanced systems remain engineering marvels, they’re bedeviled by the same flaw: the ...

For close to a century, scientists have been trying to marry Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and quantum theory—our two best bets on understanding the universe on a macroscopic and ...

This story was adapted from a version published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Read the original here. The Department of Energy (DOE) has renewed funding for the Quantum Systems Accelerator ...

In the 1960s, a group of physicists and historians began a massive project meant to catalogue and record the history of quantum physics. It was called Sources for History of Quantum Physics (SHQP). As ...

IBM has introduced two different quantum chips that it believes could help demonstrate "quantum advantage," or the ability for a quantum computer to solve a problem faster than a classical computer, ...

Partnership with IonQ enables faculty and students to conduct cutting-edge research and translate to real-world applications benefiting society The University of Chicago will partner with global ...

A team at the University of Stuttgart has engineered a compact short-pulse laser that achieves up to 80% efficiency—far surpassing current models. Their new multipass design reuses light within a ...

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Nov. 4 that it has renewed funding for two multi-million-dollar quantum research centers led by Chicago-area national laboratories. Q-NEXT, a National ...

The Department of Energy announced $625 million in funding Tuesday to renew five quantum research centers established under the first Trump administration. Each research center is set to receive $125 ...

Nov. 4, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $625 million in funding to renew its five National Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers, originally established under the ...

The US Department of Energy building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP) (Photo by ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images) The Department of Energy is refreshing ...