August 2026
Top Quantum Stories
$37.5M NSF award aims to define new quantum frontiers, take technology from lab to field
The U.S. National Science Foundation, through its Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes, is investing in the next phase of ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ and its partners’ work to advance quantum science research and engineering.
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ and NIST deliver fourth annual Q-School Single Photonics Short Course
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held the fourth annual Q-School Single Photonics Short Course: Sources, Detectors and Measurements from Aug. 11–14.
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ spinout Infleqtion secures three Genesis Mission projects from U.S. Department of Energy
The projects include collaboration with ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ and span AI-optimized quantum circuit design for nuclear applications, deployable atomic quantum sensing with Agentic AI and nuclear fusion energy research.
Recent grad heads to Washington to help shape quantum policy
Joey Pontiff (Phys’26) is taking his physics and political science education to the nation’s capital this summer, working for the Commission on Quantum Primacy—a national initiative focused on supporting U.S. leadership in quantum technologies.







