Insider Brief: E.ON is working to resolve energy grid complexity through quantum computing with IBM to address challenges posed by renewable energy sources and their shifting consumption patterns. Quantum algorithms developed by E.ON and IBM calculate energy costs under varying weather conditions, using Qiskit and dynamic circuits to optimize energy Read more…
Insider Brief: The Albanese Government is investing over AUD$60 million (approximately $39 million) through the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) program to support quantum and counter-disinformation technologies relevant to Australia’s defense priorities. The EDT program has signed 21 contracts with Australian universities and industry partners, Read more…
Insider Brief: Seven businesses have joined Digital Catapult’s Quantum Technology Access Programme to fast-track quantum computing applications in sectors such as transport, defense, and telecommunications. The program, part of the ‘Quantum Data Centre of the Future’ project, combines quantum and classical technologies to explore real-world applications, with participants including BAE Read more…
Insider Brief: The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) received a 100-qubit quantum computer from Pasqal, integrating it with the JURECA DC supercomputer to provide hybrid classical-quantum resources for European researchers. The EuroHPC JU project HPCQS intends to establish a quantum-HPC infrastructure, with Pasqal quantum systems being deployed in Germany and France Read more…
Guest Post by By Arun Nadarasa, MRPharmS The NHS is embarking on a transformative journey to align with its 10-Year Health Plan, an ambitious roadmap aimed at reshaping healthcare from analogue to digital, reactive to preventative, and hospital-centred to community-focused care. Central to this vision is the integration of emerging Read more…
Insider Brief O2 Telefónica is incorporating quantum technologies in its mobile network, collaborating with AWS, Telefónica Tech, and UPM to enhance network optimization, data security, and prepare for 6G advancements. Through a pilot project leveraging Amazon Braket, O2 Telefónica explores quantum computing for optimizing mobile tower placement in Munich, addressing Read more…
Insider Brief: The NQCC, in collaboration with STFC and UKRI, launched the SparQ Proof of Concept Call in July 2024, offering up to £75,000 ($95,000) for business-led projects focusing on quantum solutions in healthcare, energy, and logistics. The newly announced selected projects address areas such as aerodynamics, cancer detection, renewable Read more…
Insider Brief The UK government has launched a £9.5 million funding competition to accelerate quantum computing and networking technologies, with grants ranging from £300,000 to £3 million. Innovate UK invites proposals from UK-registered businesses to address key technological barriers in quantum systems, focusing on hardware development and commercialization. Applications close Read more…
Insider Brief Quantum computing poses a significant threat to current encryption systems like RSA and ECC, necessitating a shift to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), according to researchers from the Indian Institute of Science. Algorithms such as Shor’s could enable quantum computers to break RSA and ECC, which secure critical data for Read more…
From: The Conversation Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, is famously incomplete. As proven by physics Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, when matter collapses under its own gravitational pull, the result is a “singularity” – a point of infinite density or curvature. At a singularity, space, time and matter are crushed and Read more…