Benchmarks are the rulers of AI, in both senses of the word. As measuring sticks, they work according to an extremely simple logic: If you want to know what an AI model can do, devise a standardized test to gauge it. But AI benchmarks can…
Nature Physics, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03442-w According to the laws of thermodynamics, information can be converted into energy. An information engine that harnesses environmental memory and exhibits…
Nature Physics, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03458-2 Strong coupling between light and matter is typically realized in resonators. Now it is shown that this can happen in a cavity-less waveguide scenario in…
Nature Physics, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03480-4 By breaking both material and cavity symmetries, waves can be funnelled into robust closed-loop patterns. This dual-symmetry-breaking approach enables the…
Quantum Source is building a photonic quantum computer by trapping single atoms within optical cavities, enabling precise light interaction.
Google Quantum AI has shown that “magic state cultivation” works in practice on its Willow processor, reducing errors about 40x compared to without it. This is a crucial step towards scaling up quantum computing to practical use…
Ira Geraci, PhD at NetraMark, applies concepts from theoretical physics—including advanced mathematics—to uncover hidden patterns in clinical trial data.
SEALSQ Corp reported $16.3M in 9M 2026 revenue, up 65% year-on-year, and has $465M to advance its development of Semiconductors, PKI, and Post-Quantum technology hardware.
Researchers have developed a hybrid GaP-on-diamond platform that strengthens quantum-light interactions, enabling deterministic interactions between photons and diamond-based qubits. This chip-based platform, combining gallium phosphide…
Hengyun Zhou’s MIT team designed compact codes to protect fragile quantum information, encoding over one logical qubit per two physical qubits.
Dynamical instabilities boost signals for enhanced sensing, improving a quantum sensor’s ability to detect weak perturbations.
Researchers improved control over the direction of light from integrated quantum emitters, achieving more efficient unidirectional emission in photonic crystal slabs.
New research details a composite pulse technique for faster, more accurate control of systems combining qubits and oscillators.
Quantum XChange added Kfir Godrich, former Managing Director and Chief Innovation Officer of BlackRock, to its advisory board.
A blueprint from Quantum Source combines photons & atoms to address fault tolerance and connectivity—barriers for existing platforms.
Interfacing atoms with optical nanofibers allows study of light-matter interactions, and researchers have now trapped 4000 atoms in these nanoscale structures. ΛGM cooling enhances loading, nearing the collisional blockade regime.
Qunnect’s Qu-MEM, the world’s first commercial quantum memory, earned a spot on TIME’s 2026 Best Inventions list.
Nearly seventy years after transistors entered the commercial market, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and advanced robotics are expanding possibilities for industry. Building the industrial foundation for quantum deserves…
A Bayesian phase stabilization technique achieves quantum link integrity at the shot-noise limit, crucial for scalable networks.
Luxquanta’s Nova lq QKD system is now part of Canada’s Kirq testbed, a $10 million+ project for evaluating quantum-safe communications on live networks.
Researchers used informationally complete (IC) measurements, like classical shadows, to implement quantum subspace expansion on a quantum processor.
QRL is funding University of Manchester researchers to advance post-quantum cryptography, focusing on isogeny-based methods for secure digital signatures.
Dr. Axel Y. Poschmann received the Test of Time Award at CHES 2026 for his design of PRESENT, a lightweight cipher now part of the ISO/IEC 29192-2 standard, foundational to IoT security.
Engineers tested if shipping a ConScience AB QiB1 quantum processor from Gothenburg to Singapore, and back, impacted its performance.
Heriot-Watt’s Integrated Quantum Networks (IQN) Hub, coordinating Quantum City, showcased UK quantum technologies to over 2,000 visitors at New Scientist Live.
Researchers used a first quantization mapping for quantum systems, efficiently encoding scattering on a quantum computer.
UIC is now part of the eight-university Midwest Quantum Collaboratory, fostering research & workforce development in quantum technology.
Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have found that spin waves, ripples in the magnetic state of a material, can interact with superconducting circuits. This creates a hybrid system where these two…
Xanadu's founder asks shareholders for his patience
ZeroTier announces RC3 of ZeroTier Quantum, bringing fully quantum-secure networking into saas, sovereign, and air-gapped environments. The release marks the final production step, proving ZeroTier Quantum can deliver secure, quantum-safe…
IonQ announced the pricing of a $2.0 billion equity offering, consisting of 16,500,000 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 5,005,400 shares, each at $93 per share or warrant, as well as seven-year warrants to…
MITRE’s PQC Capability Development Report assesses maturity of technologies adopting post-quantum cryptography, focusing on asymmetric cryptography for confidentiality and authentication.
Argonne & UIUC built the first system coupling spin waves with a superconducting circuit, enabling one-way quantum signal flow.
Coinbase, one of the largest custodians, currently safeguards roughly 15% of all Bitcoin in existence.
People may think of soil as just dirt, but it is anything but inert. Beneath your feet, a vast network of mycorrhizal fungi is hard at work, trading minerals with plant roots. This trading system helps enrich the soil, and it sequesters 13…
Nature Physics, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03492-0 The experimental realization of intrinsic 2D kagome materials with controllable flat bands has remained challenging. Now a van der Waals kagome material…
Nature Physics, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03466-2 Quantum computers require simultaneous control of multiple qubits, which is challenging to achieve in nanoscale semiconductor devices. Now high-fidelity…
Nature Physics, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03468-0 Vitrimers—polymers that form covalent networks—show glassy behaviour with viscosity decoupled from structural relaxation. This decoupling is now found to…
About 65 million light-years from Earth, three galaxies don’t look quite right. They aren’t whirlpools bursting with light, but pallid objects dimly illuminated by a smattering of stars. “They have this ghostly appearance,” said Michael…
Nature Physics, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03485-z Digital twins could transform how fusion plasmas are predicted, designed and controlled. We argue that realizing this promise requires multi-fidelity…
Nature Physics, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03488-w Zebrafish can determine the amount of tissue to regrow after appendage amputation. Now, a study shows that a signal gradient that scales with the amount of…
Nature Physics, Published online: 13 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03483-1 Higher education institutions in the Middle East are not yet making the most of the synchrotron light source in Jordan.
Everything that’s swept the world since the 2022 release of ChatGPT — “the AI economy”; data centers; chatbots acting as best friends, doctors, and mathematicians; talk of existential risk — it all starts, in some sense, with an intern in…
Nature Physics, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03487-x Although photonic quantum skyrmions can be generated as entangled or single-photon states, a means to switch between the two is required for quantum…
Nature Physics, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03427-9 In cell monolayers with a vortex-like orientation defect, cells converge towards the core of the defect and form a highly organized three-dimensional mound.…