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Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory devised quantum control protocols that combine measurement with feedback to suppress, or even reverse, a quantum system’s “arrow of time,” pointing toward more capable quantum computers and batteries.
Stanford researchers built a nanoscale device that uses “twisted light” to entangle the spin of photons and electrons at room temperature, a step toward quantum technology that no longer needs near-absolute-zero cooling.
By stacking custom-shaped silver nanoparticles like microscopic building blocks, researchers at Brown and Michigan captured a long-theorized in-between crystal phase that shows quantum light-matter coupling at room temperature.
Scientists in India and Japan watched electrons in ultraclean graphene flow collectively like a nearly frictionless liquid, breaking a century-old physics law by a factor of over 200 and opening a new window onto exotic quantum matter.
QuiX Quantum, NASA, and the University of Twente demonstrated a photon distillation technique that reduced quantum computing errors by 2.2 times, a key step toward practical quantum computers.
Researchers have taken lasers beyond light into the realm of sound, creating a breakthrough phonon laser that manipulates tiny vibrations at the quantum level, potentially transforming gravity measurement and smartphone technology.
MIT physicists have built a powerful new microscope that uses terahertz light to uncover hidden quantum motions inside superconductors, opening new pathways for understanding and developing room-temperature superconducting materials.
Researchers at Harvard and MIT demonstrated error-corrected quantum computing using 48 logical qubits on a 280-qubit processor, a major milestone toward practical quantum computers that could revolutionize drug discovery and materials science.
IBM has stated that 2026 will be the year a quantum computer first outperforms a classical computer on a practical task, unlocking breakthroughs in drug development, materials science, and financial optimization.
Stanford researchers created miniature optical cavities that efficiently collect light from individual atoms, enabling many qubits to be read simultaneously. This light-based approach could solve one of the biggest barriers to building large-scale quantum computers.
A quantum computer has discovered a promising new antibiotic compound in just 48 hours, a process that traditionally takes years of laboratory work.
IBM introduced its 120-qubit Nighthawk processor and an experimental chip called Loon, and reported decoding quantum errors in real time, a key step toward fault-tolerant computing.
