QKD Explained: What Quantum Key Distribution Actually Does and Does Not Solve
QKD is a key exchange protocol with genuine information-theoretic security properties. It is also a specialised technology with fundamental…
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Why You Need a Cryptographic Inventory Before You Start PQC Migration
Every PQC migration programme has a first step. Most organisations get it wrong. Without a complete cryptographic inventory, there is no way to know…
How to Use a PQC Risk Assessment to Prioritise Your Migration Roadmap
A score without interpretation is noise. This guide explains the five factors behind the QSECDEF Post-Quantum Risk Assessment, what drives each factor…
Belden Partners with QSECDEF to Advance Quantum-Safe Networking
Belden Inc., a global provider of network infrastructure solutions, has joined forces with Quantum Security & Defence to accelerate the adoption of…
Classiq, NVIDIA and BMW Apply Quantum Computing to Electric Vehicle Design
Israeli quantum computing startup Classiq has teamed up with NVIDIA and the BMW Group to optimise the architecture of electric vehicle mechatronic…
C12 Raises €18 Million to Advance Carbon Nanotube Quantum Computing
French quantum computing startup C12, a spin-off from the Physics Laboratory of the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, has closed an €18 million…
Qblox Secures $26 Million Series A to Scale Quantum Control Stack
Dutch quantum technology company Qblox has closed a $26 million Series A round led by Quantonation and Invest-NL, funding the expansion of its…
Researchers Predict Protein Structure Using Quantum Computing
It is not long after the first quantum computer dedicated to the healthcare research officially unveiled, but we have more exciting news!
Pasqal and IBM Join Forces
So what would IBM a leading Quantum Computing company and French Quantum platform leader Pasqal, announce a plan to join forces, what IBM already has…
Quantinuum Unveils Groundbreaking Quantum Computer
The quantum world just got a lot more interesting. Quantinuum, the largest integrated quantum computing company globally, has introduced the…
Has China Been Stealing Quantum Technology from the USA?
The United States of America, in its most recent Entity List under the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), has added 37 quantum research…
Zoom Deploys Post-Quantum Encryption
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has announced its launch of post-quantum end-to-end encryption (E2EE) service on Zoom Workplace globally
Chinese Scientists Develop Worlds Biggest Quantum Computing Chip
A new chip called "Xiaohong" is the biggest quantum computing chip developed in China so far. It was developed by a team of scientists at the Center…
Online Courses For Quantum Computing
Quantum computing is an evolving field that has sparked a huge global interest due to its massive potential and capabilities. It remains one of the…
Aramco Choose Pasqal in Saudi Arabia
Aramco, a leading global integrated energy and chemicals company that creates value and economic benefits to people and communities worldwide by…
VTT Develops Quantum Algorithms for Hybrid Systems
Finland via the Finnish Technical Resource Center (VTT) is working with CSC, operators of LUMI, a pan-European supercomputer located in CSC’s data…
Pasqal and Thales Work On Quantum Processing in Satellite Planning
Pasqal, a leading quantum computing company that develops neutral atoms quantum processors in 2D and 3D arrays to bring the realisation of practical…
JSC Partners For Quantum-Classical Infrastructure Integration
The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich has partnered with Goethe-University Frankfurt, ParTec, and Quantum Machines to…
Amazon and IQM Join Forces
Amazon and IQM have joined forces to establish IQM’s quantum computing service on Amazon Web Service (AWS) via Amazon Braket, increasing the…
NIST To Release Post-Quantum Cryptography
According to The Record, a White House top official, Anne Neuberger, the White House’s top cyber advisor, has reported that the National Institute for…
Quantum Computing Reduces AGV Scheduling Time
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are portable robots that follow along marked lines or wires on the floor or use radio waves, vision cameras, magnets,…
The Top Skills That Will Get You Into Quantum Tech
Quantum computing is an evolving field that applies quantum mechanics to solve complex computational problems. These problems are deep numeric and…
Bringing Atoms Closer Than Ever Reveals Bizarre Quantum Effects
A new study published in the journal Science details how researchers from MIT brought two layers of ultracold magnetic atoms at 50 nanometers -the…
Scientists Unveil Direct Imaging Of Spin Polarons
Scientists unveil direct imaging of spin polarons
Top 10 Innovations in Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for Advanced Security
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a secure communication process that involves the exchange of encryption keys between two particles within a quantum…
Major Problems with Quantum Computing
The potentials of quantum technology are enormous with applications spanning across healthcare, mobility, sensing, defence and military, aviation,…
Qiskit becomes the full-stack software for quantum technology at IBM
IBM has been a world leader in the field of quantum technology for years and they have developed various solutions to prove their placement as an…
Top 10 global quantum technology companies
These companies have led the revolution of transforming supercomputers that solve computational problems sequentially using bits to quantum computers…
Top 10 universities in the world to study quantum technology
Quantum Technology is one of the most difficult fields to understand due to the level of complexities that are involved in it. Understanding concepts…
University of Turku and USTC achieved high-fidelity quantum teleportation
How researchers from the University of Turku and USTC achieved high-fidelity quantum teleportation
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