Quantum computing

Prof. Dan Schachman, who serves as Chairman of the Wolf Prize Foundation, Prof. Moti Haiblum, President of the State Yitzhak Herzog and Minister of Education Yoav Kish. Photo by Press Office, Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Physics for 2025: Recognition of quantum computing researchers, including Prof. Motti Heiblum of the Weizmann Institute

Prof. Jayendra Jain, Prof. Moti Haiblum and Prof. James Eisenstein won the prestigious award for their contributions to understanding the unique properties of two-dimensional electron systems in strong magnetic fields, and in particular in studying the fractional quantum Hall effect.
Majorana 1, the eight-qubit topological quantum processor, was unveiled at Microsoft's Station Q 2025 conference.Credit: Microsoft

Quantum breakthrough on the way to a fault-proof computer

Microsoft and Purdue Collaboration Brings Topological Qubit System Building Closer
An advanced quantum system in a laboratory at Tel Aviv University. Photo: Tel Aviv University Spokesperson

Practical experience with a quantum computer – already in your undergraduate degree 

Until now, practical experience in quantum computing was only open to researchers and graduate students, but now students at Tel Aviv University will be able to operate a quantum computer as early as their undergraduate degree.
Individual pentene molecules (yellow) on the insulating layer (blue). Right: electrons with parallel spins (small arrows) flow from the tip of the tungsten (top) to the molecule (bottom). Credit: ETH Zurich / Ashwarya Vishwakarma and Stefan Kobarik

Scientists have developed a new method of controlling quantum states using magnetic qubits

Spin-polarized currents can also be used to control the quantum states of individual electronic spins. The results of the research, published in the scientific journal Science, may be used in various technologies in the future, for example in the control of my condition
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Quantum flow circuits

Researchers have built a component that amplifies quantum signals that can be used to upgrade quantum computing capabilities
Prof. Dorit Aharonov. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

"Quantum computing is not a future vision, but a current reality"

This is what Prof. Dorit Aharonov, one of the founders of the company 'Kedma Quantum Solutions' and a lecturer at the Hebrew University, said at the meeting of the Silicon Forum - a forum of the leaders of the high-tech industry in Israel, which took place on July 1, 2024 and dealt with quantum computing.
The Israeli supercomputer IQCC. Credit: Dima Kramanitsky

Quantum Machines opens the Israeli Center for Quantum Computing funded by the Innovation Authority

The center is the first in the world to combine multiple quantum computing platforms with supercomputers, using DGX Quantum developed in partnership between Quantum Machines and Nvidia
The institute's scientists were looking for how to establish an efficient method for processing information in quantum computers - and unexpectedly discovered a new type of vortices that are created when two photons collide

When a particle of light sees the light

The institute's scientists were looking for how to establish an efficient method for processing information in quantum computers - and unexpectedly discovered a new type of vortices that are created when two photons collide
The relevant image created describes the revolution in the field of quantum computers by maintaining quantum coherence at room temperature, presenting a chromophore within an organometallic framework, and emphasizing the innovation and potential of quantum computing and sensing technologies. The image was created by DALEE artificial intelligence software

Breakthrough in quantum computers: qubits are stable at room temperature

achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of quantum computers, by maintaining quantum coherence at room temperature. Quantum coherence describes the ability of a quantum system to maintain a well-defined state over time,

Non-grieving anions observed for the first time - a new technology for quantum computing?

The non-Abelian anions are quasi-particles with fascinating statistical and topological properties. Until recently, these particles were only theoretical, but now a research group from Harvard University has created them for the first time in the laboratory. The discovery is made
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For the first time in Israel: the Technion Institute presents a practical certificate study program for the training of high-tech workers in quantum technology

The first study program of its kind from the Technion Continuing Studies is designed to train professional and skilled personnel for the industry dealing with computing and quantum technology, which is developing by leaps and bounds and is expected to change the tech worlds from end to end
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IBM unveils a new generation of processor for quantum computing - with much improved performance

IBM Quantum Heron introduces IBM's highest quantum computing performance ever, with 133 qubits and an architecture that improves error reduction by five times compared to its predecessor - Eagle
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Classiq files a quantum research laboratory in the field of life sciences and health in collaboration with NVIDIA and Ichilov

At the same time, the Israeli company Quantum Machinery will use at the Israeli Quantum Computing Center a technology that combines NVIDIA Grace Hopper superchips with quantum processors (QPUs)
The picture shows an energy band diagram of a micro-resonator based on a GaAs semiconductor as studied in the experiment, in which a quantum condensation of light-matter coupled quasi-particles called exciton-polaritons (exciton-polaritons) - through two-photon absorption. The achievement paves the way for new coherent control schemes and the realization of an efficient laser source in the terahertz (THz) range of electromagnetic radiation

First observation of "two-photon absorption for quantum condensation"

The achievement may accelerate research in new quantum technologies and developments in security, biological sensing, wireless communication and more
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Rolls-Royce and Classiq have developed a quantum computer for computational fluid dynamics in jet engines

The companies presented at the ISC 2023 conference the world's largest quantum circuit for industrial simulation, in order to promote the development of quantum computing in the field of aviation and space. Also revealed at the conference: the Jülich supercomputer center
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Moderna and IBM will investigate the development of mRNA-based therapies with the help of quantum computing and artificial intelligence

As part of the collaboration, IBM will provide modern scientists with access to quantum computing systems, and they will learn how quantum computing technologies can be applied to problems that were previously intractable for classical computers.
IBM's Quantum System One quantum computer at the Cleveland Clinic. PR photo

IBM and Cleveland Clinic unveil quantum computer to develop drugs for cancer, Alzheimer's and other serious diseases

The IBM Quantum System One computer is part of a ten-year research collaboration between the companies. Among the first research projects - research to find existing drugs for Alzheimer's patients and other diseases, which is leading
Illustration of the rotating quantum microscope. Electrons pass from the needle (the inverted pyramid) to the sample in several places at the same time (vertical green lines) without losing their quantum wave character (purple)

New eyes on the quantum world

Weizmann Institute of Science scientists present the rotating quantum microscope
Coupling between impurities (foreign atoms) and superconducting circuits (illustration). Huge potential for quantum information storage

A quantum circuit

Researchers have built an electrical circuit that can retain quantum information over time, which may improve the performance of future quantum computing
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Tabor Electronics announced a quantum server that requires a shorter cooling time than the big companies

Tabor Electronics is about to finish these days the development of a first server of its kind in the quantum world. Tabor products were used by IBM to build the largest quantum computers to date. The computer will reach milli degrees Clovetin
Green light absorbs the nitrogen vacancy defects in a diamond crystal which is emitted in a metallic resonator and enables the operation of the quantum microwave amplifier with low noise. Photo credit: Technion spokespeople

A new technology for detecting microwave radiation will help in space exploration and quantum computing

Today, there are already several effective technologies for amplifying and detecting weak microwave signals, and some allow detecting even a single microwave particle (photon), but they require the use of superconducting materials cooled almost to the temperature
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Building a blue and white quantum computer

The Innovation Authority announced the establishment of the largest conglomerate in its history - a quantum computing conglomerate with the participation of Elta, Quantum Art, Classic, Kedma and Raphael. The technological development will be supported by leading academic groups in Israel
The diagram simulates our algorithm for playing cards. The immediate effect of measuring one qubit on the others is similar to covert communication between players. Quantum computers use this effect to win the game with a higher probability compared to classical players. The diagram combines from left to right: 1) card game, 2) quantum circuit, 3) coin lottery (probability), 4) measurement of the qubits, 5) use of a classical algorithm that reduces the amount of noise, 6) analysis of the results. Design: Yael Barnea

Beats under influence

Researchers developed an algorithm that showed a basic quantum phenomenon: the immediate effect of one variable on other variables

First simulation of a wormhole on a quantum computer

A team of researchers from Harvard University, MIT and Calcutta in collaboration with Google successfully simulated a traversable wormhole with the help of a quantum computer. The experiment performed on Google's quantum processor demonstrated a transition of
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IBM unveils 'Osprey' - a 433 qubit quantum processor and Quantum System Two

The company also announced at the "Quantum Summit" a new quantum software - Qiskit Runtime - which handles error correction and mitigating background noise, which hinders the quantum processors from operating and providing reliable results

Fundamental concepts in quantum physics: Bell's inequality - which was the basis of the Nobel Prize

Inspired by the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, we will discuss Bell's theorem without introducing formulas and inequalities. In this article we will illustrate how experiments with entangled particles contradict the assumption that there are hidden variables and that quantum mechanics indeed
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Quantum computation using hybrid algorithms

The quantum systems are in the stage of "small and noisy computers." Until we create noise-free quantum systems, a lot of work is being done combining classical systems with an emphasis on algorithms that will allow quantum calculations to be performed in existing systems
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The Innovation Authority chose Quantum Machines to establish the Israeli quantum computing center

For the first time in the world, a quantum computing center is being established that includes three different quantum technologies with a common control layer * Project budget - NIS 100 million for three years
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Israel joined the quantum computing standardization organization QED-C

According to Aviv Zaevi, Vice President of Technological Infrastructure at the Innovation Authority, in the field of quantum computing (not including quantum communication and encryption) there are currently about thirty companies operating that will be able to expose and influence standardization * The Innovation Authority also intends
Figure 4: Graphical illustration of using the principles of quantum mechanics to realize parallel computation

Want to keep your information in the cloud? You should start exploring the use of quantum communication today

Is the current generation of electronic encryption strong enough to protect your information online today? The American Standards Office thinks not
Classiq software visualization screen. PR photo

The quantum computing company Classiq is launching a first-of-its-kind global competition for quantum software development

The competition, designed to encourage innovation and creativity in the field, will award prizes and international recognition to the world's leading quantum software developers
IBM quantum scientist Dr. Maika Takita at the IBM Quantum Lab at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York. Photo PR

IBM marks a goal: a practical quantum computer with hundreds of thousands of qubits in a few years

As part of its road map for the quantum era, the computing giant will introduce a quantum processor with 433 qubits this year, next year a processor with over a thousand qubits, and in 2025 a processor with more than 4,000 qubits and a capacity
The IBM SystemOne quantum computer. Photo: Andrew Landelman

HSBC and IBM will collaborate on the development of quantum computing applications for the financial world

The British investment bank is interested in recruiting quantum computing scientists and training internal teams to develop applications for pricing and optimization of stock portfolios, risk analysis and fraud prevention
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Classiq collaborates with NVIDIA on quantum software and simulation of large quantum circuits

The collaboration will allow organizations to explore the possibilities inherent in quantum software even before dedicated hardware has appeared. Today's quantum computers are still limited to a few qubits, and as the number of qubits increases, so does the noise
Quantum marbles in action - an artistic illustration of a material wave rolling down a steep slope. Credit: Enrique Sahagún, Scixel. Courtesy of the Technion spokesperson

Quantum computers also have a maximum speed

Scientists at the Technion and the University of Bonn present the factors that dictate the maximum speed of quantum computations. This is through an experiment that uses quantum "matter waves".
Financial data analysis with the help of a quantum computer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Global cloud service provider NTT Data has chosen Classic's quantum software development platform

The international company has been using Classic's platform for several months in order to build unique quantum algorithms for assessing credit risks
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Researchers have developed a new device that will allow protection against quantum cracking

The researchers succeeded in creating an extremely tiny device that produces and emits single photons and on which the information can be transmitted in a quantum bit. Every touch, or even making a measurement inevitably changes the information encoded on the photon
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IBM: We managed to cross the 100 qubit mark on a quantum processor

The technology giant revealed for the first time a quantum processor with 127 qubits. The company says that this is the first processor whose performance cannot be imitated using classical computing. The number of bits required for such an operation is large
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Classiq will collaborate with the Fraunhofer Institute and other universities in developing new methods for industrial quantum use

Classiq joins the SEQUOIA project focused on software engineering of quantum applications and industrial hybrid quantum algorithms
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NVIDIA is collaborating with Google AI, IBM and other companies to accelerate research in quantum computing

"Researchers can accelerate their quantum computing work using our cuQuantum SDK on popular services or a new device based on the NVIDIA DGX system." says Hansen Huang, CEO of Nvidia"
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CLASSIQ filed a suite of patents on the quantum software core

The company says that these patents will increase and strengthen the portfolio of patents that enable the design of quantum algorithms on classical computers
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Researchers are expanding the use of deep learning to distinguish ciphertext from random noise

In 2019, researchers began to show promising results using neural networks. Now a team of researchers at the Technological Innovation Institute (TII) in the United Arab Emirates, working together with the Polytechnic Institute of Turin in Italy, has analyzed the improvements
Scott Crowder, IBM's vice president of quantum computing. Screenshot from ChipEx2021

"Quantum computing brings us to worlds that were impossible in classical computing"

So said Scott Crowder, IBM's vice president of quantum computing. Crowder attended the ChipEx2021 conference. "Among other things, we can study how bacteria use their energy efficiently or predict the effects of events such as
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Atoms with long memory for quantum computers

How can the lifetime of a qubit - the quantum memory unit - be extended?
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"Students and graduates of computer science must convert to quantum programming, because this is the future"

This is what Nir Minrabi, CEO of Classiq, says in an interview with the Hidan website. This requires a certain set of tools that includes linear algebra and an understanding of quantum theory. The company is developing a software language for quantum computers that will allow
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IBM and the Fraunhofer Institute unveiled Europe's most powerful quantum computer

The computer, of the IBM System One type, includes a quantum chip of 27 qubits and a quantum volume of 32. It operates inside an armored glass case - like the one behind which the Mona Lisa is displayed - and at temperature
The ChipEx conference in the pre-corona era is returning now as well. Photo: Niv Kantor

The corona is over, CHIPEX is returning to a physical conference on 21/6 and a virtual one the next day

This year we put emphasis on the hot areas in the industry including quantum computing, artificial intelligence, data security in hardware, EDGE Computing, TinyML as well as advanced methods for designing and manufacturing chips
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IBM publishes a roadmap for quantum computing: a computer with more than a thousand qubits by 2023

The field of quantum computing is currently based on relatively small devices, and a computational capacity that suffers from noise disruptions and disturbances. A 1,000-qubit system would be a significant milestone that could clearly demonstrate the benefits of