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Insider Brief Maybell Quantum announced plans to establish operations at New Mexico’s Roadrunner Quantum Lab, adding cryogenic infrastructure and local jobs to the state’s quantum ecosystem. The company will deploy four dilution refrigerators at the facility to provide low-temperature testing capabilities for quantum startups and researchers. Maybell joins Qunnect and QuEra Computing as quantum companies … Read more

Insider Brief Researchers from Ghent University and imec highlighted micro-transfer printing as a method for integrating different material systems into silicon photonics platforms. The study shows that micro-transfer printing can enable heterogeneous integration of materials such as III-V semiconductors and lithium niobate with CMOS-compatible photonic technologies. The approach could support future photonic systems for applications … Read more

Insider Brief BTQ Technologies and TIDAL PWR announced a collaboration to develop a trusted quantum data center reference architecture for future AI, HPC, and quantum computing infrastructure. The partnership will focus on quantum data center design principles, post-quantum security requirements, procurement standards, and deployment frameworks. The companies aim to help data center operators prepare for … Read more

Insider Brief The Israel Innovation Authority launched a call for proposals to establish a national quantum computing R&D infrastructure providing industry and academia access to multiple quantum computing platforms. The planned infrastructure will integrate at least three quantum processing technologies and support benchmarking, application development, algorithm research, and technology evaluation. The initiative aims to accelerate … Read more

Insider Brief University of Arizona researchers demonstrated that graphene nanoribbons can survive gamma radiation while producing measurable electrical changes, suggesting they could serve as radiation sensors for fusion reactors and space systems. The proof-of-concept study found that gamma radiation altered the nanoribbons’ electrical behavior without damaging their atomic structure, potentially enabling real-time monitoring of radiation … Read more

Shin Jin-seo finally broke through against artificial intelligence on Sunday, defeating KataGo by four and a half points to become the first professio

Shin Jin-seo, the world’s top-ranked Go player, will take on KataGo in a three-game match beginning Friday, in one of the most closely anticipated hum

Insider Brief Quantum Computing Inc. filed a Form S-8 registration statement to register an additional 13.5 million shares for issuance under its amended employee equity compensation plan, with an aggregate registration value of approximately $118.5 million. The filing follows shareholder approval to increase shares authorized under the 2022 Equity and Incentive Plan from 20 million … Read more

Insider Brief The U.S. Department of Energy announced that ORNL and PNNL have developed domestic technologies to produce ultra-high-purity silicon and germanium precursor materials intended to improve quantum device performance and strengthen the U.S. isotope supply chain. The laboratories reduced concentrations of the noise-inducing isotopes Si-29 and Ge-73 to below 1 part per million in … Read more

Insider Brief IQM and Deutsche Bahn demonstrated a hybrid quantum-classical approach that used real railway scheduling data to solve a large-scale optimization problem on current quantum hardware, providing a framework that could be applied across industries. The project used a real Deutsche Bahn dataset covering 190 trips across five German cities and about 98,500 possible … Read more