August 2025

Insider Brief Quantum Research Sciences (QRS), an Indiana-based software company and Purdue Innovates client, has secured a U.S. Air Force contract to develop ACID-R, an artificial intelligence-driven platform that streamlines how the service identifies and evaluates commercial technology proposals. The ACID-R system enables vendors to upload capability statements, then uses Read more…

Insider Brief Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrated the first integration of quantum networking with commercial fiber-optic infrastructure, transmitting quantum signals using standard Internet Protocol (IP). The team’s silicon-based “Q-chip” coordinated quantum and classical data, achieving over 97% transmission fidelity while routing signals on Verizon’s live network. This approach Read more…

Insider Brief Glasgow-based M Squared Lasers, once a leading UK photonics and quantum technology firm, has ceased trading and entered administration after nearly 20 years in business. In the UK, “administration” is similar to U.S. bankruptcy protection, with court-appointed administrators taking control of companies that can’t pay their debts. M Read more…

Insider Brief Kothar Computing has launched FORGE, a scientific computing platform designed to solve complex quantum many-body problems with high performance and ease of use. The browser-based environment allows quantum researchers to model, simulate, collaborate, and publish in fields such as condensed matter physics, chemistry, and material science in minutes Read more…

Insider Brief Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a spin qubit that is simultaneously faster and more robust, a step that could support future quantum computer development. Using germanium nanowires coated with silicon, the team applied a controlled mix of energy levels to exploit spin-orbit coupling, achieving a Read more…

Insider Brief Palo Alto Networks announced new security solutions to help enterprises prepare for quantum-era threats while securing workloads across multicloud and AI-driven environments. The release includes a Quantum Readiness Dashboard, industry-first cipher translation for applications lacking quantum-safe encryption, and new Quantum-Optimized Hardware with 14 upgraded firewall models. The updated Read more…

Panel event with Fujitsu, Quantinuum, Oxford Instruments, and D-Wave to explore how quantum is being used to solve real-world problems today Quantum technology is no longer confined to physics labs or academic journals. From optimizing global supply chains to simulating chemical reactions, quantum systems and infrastructure are increasingly being deployed Read more…

Insider Brief: Krysta Svore explains that being “quantum-ready” means acting now—implementing post-quantum cryptography, securing data, and preparing infrastructure for scalable machines. She highlights how progress comes from uniting research and engineering, where each advance in qubits, error correction, and control software uncovers new applications and challenges. Svore emphasizes that quantum Read more…

Insider Brief Researchers from Alice & Bob and Inria have developed the most hardware-efficient method to date for preparing magic states, another potential step toward universal fault-tolerant quantum computing. Their “unfolded distillation” method reduces qubit requirements to just 53 per magic state—an 8.7× improvement over prior approaches—while also being five Read more…

Insider Brief Researchers at Singapore University of Technology and Design have developed a new quantum framework called Quantum Topological Signal Processing (QTSP) to analyze complex, higher-order relationships in network data for better recommendations. QTSP leverages quantum linear systems algorithms to process signals on higher-dimensional structures, such as triangles or tetrahedra, Read more…