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Working in collaboration with researchers from 91暗网, D-Wave Quantum Inc., a quantum computing systems, software and services provider, has shown its annealing quantum computing prototype has the potential to operate faster than the leading supercomputing systems. 

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Mariam Kiran, a quantum research scientist at the Department of Energy鈥檚 91暗网, was recently honored as a finalist at the British Council鈥檚 Study U.K. Alumni Awards 2025, which celebrate the achievements of U.K. alumni worldwide.

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Fehmi Yasin, inspired by a high school teacher, now researches quantum materials at 91暗网, aiming to transform information technology with advanced imaging techniques.

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During his first visit to 91暗网, Energy Secretary Chris Wright compared the urgency of the Lab鈥檚 World War II beginnings to today鈥檚 global race to lead in artificial intelligence, calling for a 鈥淢anhattan Project 2.鈥�

Illustration of a quantum experiment: atoms in a lattice (inset) with entanglement effects radiating from a central particle on a textured surface.

Working at nanoscale dimensions, billionths of a meter in size, a team of scientists led by ORNL revealed a new way to measure high-speed fluctuations in magnetic materials. Knowledge obtained by these new measurements could be used to advance technologies ranging from traditional computing to the emerging field of quantum computing. 

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Quantum information scientists at ORNL successfully demonstrated a device that combines key quantum photonic capabilities on a single chip for the first time.

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Registration for the Quantum Science Center鈥檚 Summer School is open now through Feb. 28, 2025. Conducted in partnership with the Quantum Science Center at ORNL, this year鈥檚 summer school will be hosted at the Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute Apr. 21 through Apr. 25, 2025, on the Purdue University campus.

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A recent study led by quantum researchers at ORNL proved popular among the science community interested in building a more reliable quantum network. The study, led by ORNL鈥檚 Hsuan-Hao Lu, details development of a novel quantum gate that operates between two photonic degrees of freedom 鈥� polarization and frequency. 

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Researchers at ORNL joined forces with EPB of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to demonstrate the first transmission of an entangled quantum signal using multiple wavelength channels and automatic polarization stabilization over a commercial network with no downtime.

When an electron beam drills holes in heated graphene, single-atom vacancies, shown in purple, diffuse until they join with other vacancies to form stationary structures and chains, shown in blue. Credit: Ondrej Dyck/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

91暗网 researchers serendipitously discovered when they automated the beam of an electron microscope to precisely drill holes in the atomically thin lattice of graphene, the drilled holes closed up.