Quantum technology

The laws of quantum promise a new level of computing power, incredible sensors and unhackable communications—all under exploration at the University of Chicago, Argonne and Fermi national laboratories.

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Nationwide effort to build quantum networks and usher in new era of communications

Department of Energy unveils blueprint for quantum internet in event at University of Chicago

An illustration of information exchange between magnons, shaded in red on the left, and photons, shaded in blue on the right

Opening the gates to the next generation of information processing

Cheng Chin in the lab with a lot of equipment

In long-awaited breakthrough, UChicago scientists harness molecules into single quantum state

A concept illustration of quantum wave-particle duality

Nation’s first quantum startup accelerator, Duality, launches at UChicago’s Polsky Center and Chicago Quantum Exchange

Researcher works in gloves on metallic quantum assembly

For first time, researchers send entangled qubit states through a communication channel

Abstract dots and points of light

Pivotal discovery could open new field of quantum ‘magnonics’

Cords and cables and scientific equipment on a metal surface in a lab

Fermilab and partners achieve sustained, high-fidelity quantum teleportation

View from Rockefeller Chapel Tower with snow

What we’ll remember from 2020—at UChicago and beyond

Quantum illustration by Peter Allen

Chicago Quantum Summit highlights new U.S. quantum centers, economic opportunities

Students in lab

In new step toward quantum tech, scientists synthesize ‘bright’ quantum bits

Quantum illustration by Peter Allen

Chicago Quantum Summit to foster national collaborations, build quantum economy