Insider Brief Five UC Santa Barbara researchers will participate in three NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes focused on quantum sensing, superconducting quantum systems and quantum computation. The eight QLCI institutes will receive a combined $290 million NSF renewal, with each institute receiving about $28 million to $37 million over five years. The institutes will combine … Read more
Insider Brief UMass Amherst hosted NeSQom 2026, a workshop that brought together researchers in quantum networking, quantum information science, quantum security and classical networking. About 50 researchers from across the U.S. discussed open problems and systems architecture for hybrid classical-quantum networks to inform the National Science Foundation’s research agenda. The workshop produced open-problem statements focused … Read more
Insider Brief EigenQ and Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. have filed a registration statement with the SEC for their proposed business combination, which remains subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals. The transaction would result in SVAQ becoming a Delaware corporation named EigenQ Holdings, with EigenQ continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary. EigenQ recently secured approximately $45 … Read more
Insider Brief CTM and Huawei have launched what they describe as the world’s first integrated QKD-communication target IP network to strengthen quantum-secured communications in Macao and the Greater Bay Area. The network integrates quantum and conventional communication channels into a single network architecture for protecting sensitive government, financial and critical infrastructure services. CTM plans to … Read more
Insider Brief The University of Illinois Chicago has joined the Midwest Quantum Collaboratory, a consortium of eight universities focused on quantum research, innovation and workforce development. UIC’s membership will support collaboration among its faculty and students with researchers at other Midwest universities across quantum computing, communication, sensing and related fields. UIC plans to use the … Read more
Insider Brief C12 and Thales have developed QuantumTrack, a hybrid quantum-classical approach for real-time multi-target radar tracking that won the 2026 Quantum Effects Award for Quantum Computing Hardware. QuantumTrack matched the time-to-solution of the best classical solver in the reported benchmark and was about 100 times faster than competing quantum annealers on C12’s Callisto emulator. … Read more
Insider Brief The EU-funded Q-VERSE project aims to develop open, standardized software tools that enable quantum applications to run across different hardware platforms without dependence on a single provider. Simula will lead work on hybrid quantum-classical workflows, automated testing, noise mitigation and performance benchmarking. The 36-month project brings together Simula and 12 partner organizations from … Read more
Insider Brief Researchers operated a programmable quantum photonic processor in orbit, demonstrating two-photon interference as an early step toward onboard quantum computing. The processor manipulated two photons in a six-path optical circuit, but detector failures, radiation damage and sunlight-related noise constrained its performance. Future work aims to process Earth-observation data aboard satellites, although the experiment … Read more
Insider Brief The Quantum Kid brings quantum physics to wow² Space at ETH Zürich on October 31 — Halloween! — with 10-year-old Kai dressed as the Grim Reaper. Families and quantum-curious kids in the Zurich area are invited to come along. Tesseract Quantum is crowdfunding CHF 3,500 for a professional video of the event and … Read more
Insider Brief Florida State University will establish a campus-scale quantum communication testbed with $2.1 million in federal Community Project Funding through NIST. The testbed will connect a central quantum communication hub with nodes at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory to study performance under environmental stresses. Researchers will use the … Read more