Tag: #quantum

NSF Announces X-Labs, Pledges Up to $1.5 Billion Over a Decade to Translate Research into Technology

NSF unveiled X-Labs, a TIP-led program to fund milestone-driven teams with up to $1.5B over 10 years to build sensing and quantum platforms.

#nsf, #xlabs, #quantum, #ai, #innovation

Cisco-backed team posts preprint and unveils prototype 'Universal Quantum Switch' for photonic entanglement routing

Cisco-backed researchers posted a preprint and announced a prototype 'Universal Quantum Switch' that routes entangled photonic qubits with low decoherence and MHz–GHz reconfiguration.

$CSCO, #quantum, #photonics, #cisco, #quantumnetworking

Google paper sharply lowers hardware estimate for quantum attacks on elliptic-curve crypto

Google researchers estimate a quantum computer could break 256-bit elliptic-curve signatures with under 500,000 qubits, raising urgency for post-quantum migration.

#quantum, #cryptography, #blockchain, #algorand

Ottawa commits C$900 million to NRC to fast-track drones, quantum and other defence tech

Canada will route more than C$900 million through the National Research Council to speed drones, quantum, biomedical and dual-use tech under Carney’s new strategy.

#canada, #defence, #nrc, #drones, #quantum

Scientists Break 33-Year Ambient-Pressure Superconductivity Record, Map Push Toward Room Temperature

Two PNAS papers report 151 K superconductivity at normal pressure via pressure quenching—and propose a coordinated roadmap to reach room-temperature materials.

#superconductivity, #materials, #physics, #pnas, #quantum