Quantum Leaps and Big Bets: Global Quantum Breakthroughs & Deals (Aug 24–25, 2025)
USC researchers demonstrated that a neglected quasiparticle dubbed ‘neglecton’ added to Ising anyons enables universal topological quantum computing, published in Nature Communications. University of Sydney researchers realized a universal logical gate set for GKP qubits encoded in a single trapped ytterbium ion, effectively encoding two logical qubits. Chalmers University (Sweden) and Aalto University (Finland) unveiled a magnetism-based quantum material that protects qubits from noise using ordinary magnetic interactions, reported in Physical Review Letters. Ben-Gurion University researchers used levitated nanodiamonds in a matter-wave interferometer to place million-atom diamonds in quantum superposition separated by nanometers. A Berlin team led by Jens Eisert