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Four more teams enter Quantum Benchmarking Initiative’s final stage

Stage C will test whether utility-scale quantum systems can perform as designed.

Podcast: New quantum-enabled materials

NSF-supported researcher Morteza Kayyalha discusses his work developing quantum-enabled materials and devices...

NIST-Developed Quantum Sensors Improve Nuclear Monitoring

Measures X-ray emissions from plutonium, uranium, and neptunium with unprecedented accuracy, supporting international nuclear safeguards at power plants and weapons facilities.

Eight NSF research institutes to propel U.S. quantum science with $290M investment

Commits more than $290 million to eight NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes, three new and five renewed, to tackle the hardest problems in quantum science.

NIST Researchers Supersize Quantum Technology to Help Detect Faint Photons

Scales up superconducting detectors that count single photons, for use in quantum networks, deep space communication, biomedical imaging, and dark matter searches.

‘Spooky’ Particles Transit DC Suburbs, a Step Toward a Quantum Network

Sends entangled particles along aerial fiber in the Maryland suburbs, showing fragile entanglement can survive real-world conditions, a step toward a quantum network.

It’s about time for quantum manufacturing

Pilots a pipeline, under the It’s About Time program, to build and integrate optical clocks at scale and move quantum sensors out of the lab.

NIST Launches Center to Drive the Manufacture of Quantum Technologies

Establishes the Quantum Manufacturing Engineering Center with SRI International to speed production of scalable quantum components and enabling technologies such as cryostats and lasers.

Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation

Directs federal agencies to advance quantum computing, sensing, and networking to maintain U.S. leadership and economic competitiveness.

Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks

Requires federal agencies to transition to quantum-resistant encryption by 2030-2031 to protect national security systems.

Department of Commerce Announces Letters of Intent With 9 Companies for $2 Billion to Accelerate U.S. Leadership in Quantum Computing

Signs letters of intent for $2.013 billion in CHIPS and Science Act incentives to two domestic quantum foundries and seven quantum computing companies.

National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act (H.R. 8462)

Passed the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee as the companion to S. 3597; awaits a vote by the full House.

National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026 (S. 3597)

Extends the National Quantum Initiative through 2034, adds NIST sensing centers and NSF research centers, and directs a federal post-quantum migration strategy.

NIST Physicists Bring Unruly Molecules to the Quantum Party

Achieves near-perfect control of a calcium monohydride molecular ion using quantum logic spectroscopy, a step toward molecules as building blocks for quantum technology.

In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway.

Reports a new approach to environmental noise in entanglement-based quantum sensors, which could yield more sensitive measurements for uses from health care to mineral exploration.

NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory speeds into the design phase

Selects four teams, each receiving $4 million over two years, to design the NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory, a shared national resource for quantum research.

Commerce Control List Additions and Revisions; Implementation of Controls on Advanced Technologies Consistent With Controls Implemented by International Partners

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is implementing export controls on several semiconductor, quantum, and additive manufacturing items for national security and foreign policy reasons. This rule adds new Export…

Announcing Issuance of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) FIPS 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard, FIPS 204, Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard, and FIPS 205, Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard

This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of three Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS): FIPS 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard; FIPS 204, Module-Lattice-Based…

National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC)

This notice announces an open virtual meeting of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the…

National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee

This notice announces an open virtual meeting of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal…

Request for Comments on Draft FIPS-203, Draft FIPS-204, and Draft FIPS-205

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on three draft Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS): FIPS 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard, FIPS 204,…

Existence and Use of Large Datasets To Address Research Questions for Characterization and Autonomous Tuning of Semiconductor Quantum Dot Devices

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking input regarding needs and gaps in data-sharing approaches to accelerate innovations in using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques…

Preparing a Future Workforce in Quantum Information Science

The rapidly emerging field of Quantum Information Science (QIS) has the potential to produce innovations in quantum computing, simulation, communication, sensing and other technologies which are critical to our nation's…

National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee; Correction

On November 25, 2022, the Department of Energy published a notice of open meeting announcing a meeting on December 16, 2022, of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. This document makes a correction to…

Enhancing the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide letters of interest describing products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Migration…

Request for Information: Access to Quantum Systems

Congress has requested DOE to develop a roadmap to provide researchers access to quantum systems so as to enhance the U.S. quantum research enterprise, stimulate the fledgling U.S. quantum computing industry, educate…

Establishment of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) or (the Department) announces the establishment of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (Committee), pursuant to, the National Quantum Initiative Act, and in accordance…

Establishing the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee

Request for Information on National Strategic Overview for Quantum Information Science

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science (SCQIS) release of the "National Strategic Overview for Quantum Information Science" (hereafter "Strategic Overview") calls…

Notice of Intent and Request for Information: Quantum Information Science Centers

The Office of Science (SC) in the Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 entitled "Quantum Information Science Centers," subject to the availability…

Moiré Patterns Open Up More Possibilities for Quantum Information

Moiré patterns are observed throughout nature, arising from the interference between two overlaid patterns. They are especially pervasive in digital photography, where they introduce image artifacts. These artifacts…