March 2025

Insider Brief: NSERC and NRC are providing over CA$11 million (approximately $7.6 million) to fund six collaborative research projects advancing quantum sensing technologies. The initiative is in-line with Canada’s National Quantum Strategy, supporting research, workforce development, and commercialization through partnerships between universities, SMEs, and government agencies. The funded projects are Read more…

Insider Brief Cineca announced an agreement with IQM Quantum Computers to install Italy’s most powerful quantum computer. IQM’s Radiance quantum computer, featuring a 54-qubit processing unit, will be integrated into the Leonardo supercomputer in Q4 2025. The on-premises installation at Cineca aims to support advanced scientific research and strengthen Italy’s Read more…

Insider Brief Quantum computing is still underestimated but could see commercial applications within a few years, according to venture investor Karthee Madasamy. Madasamy, whose fund backs PsiQuantum, said the company’s photon-based approach could make quantum systems easier to scale, potentially accelerating adoption. While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suggested practical quantum Read more…

Insider Brief The Tatarstan Quantum Consortium was established at a workshop on March 6, 2025, at Innopolis University, aiming to position Tatarstan as a leader in quantum computing and technologies by 2030. Key participants, including Innopolis University, Q Deep, and Kazan-based research institutions, emphasized collaboration across disciplines to advance quantum Read more…

“The Superposition Guy’s Podcast”, hosted by Yuval Boger, Chief Commercial Officer at QuEra Computing Konstantinos Karagiannis, the leader of quantum computing services at Protiviti. We discuss the dual aspects of quantum computing: its promise in transformative use cases and its threats in post-quantum cryptography. Konstantinos explains why organizations need to Read more…

Insider Brief A study published in Physical Review E suggests that the brain’s ability to process information efficiently comes from long-range network interactions rather than isolated regions, using a quantum-inspired mathematical framework. Researchers developed the Complex Harmonics Decomposition (CHARM) method, based on Schrödinger’s wave equation, to model brain dynamics and Read more…

Guest Post By Jason Ball, Ph.D., Engineer, Liquid Instruments At this year’s SPIE Photonics West Exhibition, one of the most omnipresent topics of interest was that of quantum technology. While conference discussions demonstrated how this emerging field continues to offer promising results on the road toward commercialization, the reality is Read more…

Insider Brief Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern and artist Bruce Rosenbaum collaborated to create a steampunk-inspired sculpture that visually represents quantum thermodynamics. The eight-inch metallic sculpture, designed with input from scientists and artists, illustrates a quantum engine that converts random microscopic motion into useful energy. Debuting at the American Physical Society’s Read more…

Insider Brief: Oxford Instruments NanoScience, Oxford Quantum Circuits, and Quantum Machines are launching the Architect platform: an open-architecture quantum computing system that integrates OQC’s Lucy Gen2 processor, Quantum Machines’ OPX1000 controller, and Oxford Instruments’ ProteoxMX dilution refrigerator. The platform addresses key barriers in quantum computing by providing hands-on access to Read more…

Insider Brief: SEEQC is installing a cross-qubit scaling platform at the National Quantum Computing Centre in Oxfordshire, making it the first deployment of its kind in the UK. The platform uses Single Flux Quantum digital logic to enhance quantum computing control systems, addressing scalability and efficiency challenges. SEEQC, which recently Read more…