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Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS Centers to Support National Quantum Initiative WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $625 million over the next five years to establish two to five multidisciplinary Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers in support of the National Quantum Initiative. The National Quantum…
Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS DOE SC hereby announces its interest in receiving applications from multi-institutional, multidisciplinary teams (requesting support between $10 and $25 million per year) to establish National Quantum Information Science Research Centers referred to in the rest of this announcement as “Centers.” The goal of this FOA…
Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS The United States and the Government of Japan today signed the Tokyo Statement on Quantum Cooperation in support of continued collaboration in research and development to advance quantum information science and technology (QIST) for economic, societal, and security benefits. The statement encourages increased engagement in QIST through…
Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS Google, in partnership with NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has demonstrated the ability to compute in seconds what would take even the largest and most advanced supercomputers thousands of years, achieving a milestone known as quantum supremacy. “Quantum computing is still in its infancy,…
Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS A joint research team from Google Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that a quantum computer can outperform a classical computer at certain tasks, a feat known as quantum supremacy. Quantum computers use the laws…
Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS The United States has taken a giant leap forward in quantum computing. Google announced Wednesday that its quantum computer Sycamore has proven the scientific theory of “quantum supremacy,” demonstrating that a quantum computer can perform tasks that reach beyond the capabilities of classical computers. Sycamore showcased an…
Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 104(a) of the National Quantum Initiative Act (Public Law 115-368) (Act), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order…
Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS Today, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) took significant steps in the implementation of the National Quantum Initiative Act, signed into law by President Trump in December. As called for in the Act, OSTP chartered the National Quantum Coordination Office, which…
Home/ QUANTUM IN THE NEWS Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes are large-scale interdisciplinary research projects that aim to advance the frontiers of quantum information science and engineering. Research at these Institutes will span the focus areas of quantum computation, quantum communication, quantum simulation and/or quantum sensing. The institutes are expected to…
