Daily Quantum Update for Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Separating superposition from supposition.
Last Updated on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 08:04 AM EDT
Today’s quote: “Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.” – Neils Bohr
Today’s mentions: Argonne National Laboratory; Barcelona Supercomputing Center; D-Wave Quantum; Delta Gold Technologies; ETH Zürich; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Fujitsu; German Aerospace Center; IBM; Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park; imec; Infleqtion; IonQ; IQM Quantum Computers Oy; Northwestern University; NVIDIA; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Phasecraft; Photon Queue; Protiviti; PsiQuantum; Purdue University; Quantinuum; Quantum Flagship; Quantum Motion; QURECA Ltd; Quside; Roadrunner Venture Studios; Terra Quantum AG; The Pennsylvania State University; University of Chicago; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Melbourne; University of Sydney; University of Toronto; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Zhongqi Wuliang
Today’s book: Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics by William Dunham (Amazon affiliate link)
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Recent News
News and announcement items are categorized from top to bottom and are included in only one section. See the latest quantum computing research papers on arXiv.
Investment, Funding, and Financial News
🔗 Photon Queue Raises Oversubscribed Seed Round to Scale Quantum Memory Systems
Source: Roadrunner Venture Studios
Organizations Mentioned: Photon Queue and Roadrunner Venture Studios
Other Category: 🔦 Photonics
🔗 CQE-led Bloch Quantum Tech Hub raises $55 million to build U.S. quantum supply chain
Source: News [University of Chicago]
Organizations Mentioned: Argonne National Laboratory; Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; IBM; Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park; imec; Infleqtion; IonQ; Northwestern University; Purdue University; University of Chicago; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Geographies: 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌍 Europe, 🌎 North America, 📍 Regional Initiatives and Activities, 🏙️ Illinois, 🏀 Indiana, 🧀 Wisconsin
🔗 Israel earmarks NIS 100 million for national quantum computing R&D infrastructure
Author: Sharon Wrobel
Source: The Times of Israel
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing, 🛂 Sovereign Initiatives
Geographies: 🇮🇱 Israel, 🌍 Middle East
Regional Initiatives and Activities
🔗 Solving Energy Challenges with Quantum Algorithms
Author: Joel Dickens
Source: IQMP [Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park]
Organization Mentioned: Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park
Other Category: 🎼 Quantum Algorithms
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🏙️ Illinois
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Education, Training, Skills Development, and Workforce
Author: Kateryna Dovzhyk
Source: Qureca [QURECA Ltd]
Organization Mentioned: QURECA Ltd
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
Author: Iris Wu
Source: News - PsiQuantum
Organization Mentioned: PsiQuantum
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔦 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Photonic Qubits
Geography: 🏙️ Illinois
Intellectual Property
🔗 Researchers Explore Gold Nanoclusters as a Potential Quantum Technology Platform
Author: Mohib Ur Rehman
Source: The Quantum Insider
Organizations Mentioned: Delta Gold Technologies; The Pennsylvania State University; and University of Toronto
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🥼 Research
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🏢 Ontario, 🔔 Pennsylvania
Commercial and Government Sales and Contracts
🔗 ORNL Deploys New IQM Quantum Computer
Source: Newswise News from Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Organizations Mentioned: IQM Quantum Computers Oy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇺🇸 United States, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics, 🎸 Tennessee
Defense and Military
🔗 Singapore’s military to explore quantum computing for mission planning
Source: ComputerWeekly.com
Organizations Mentioned: IBM and University of Melbourne
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🌏 Asia, 🌎 Oceania
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 The Month Post-Quantum Cryptography Stopped Being Optional
Source: Terra Quantum News [Terra Quantum AG]
Organization Mentioned: Terra Quantum AG
Geography: 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Quantum Computing Applications
Source: Quantinuum
Organization Mentioned: Quantinuum
Quantum Algorithms
🔗 Ashley Montanaro, CEO of Phasecraft on Quantum Advantage, Deep Tech, and the Future of Computing
Author: Riding Unicorns
Source: Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology
Organization Mentioned: Phasecraft
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
Quantum Computing Systems and Components
🔗 Shanghai Startup Unveils Data Center-Ready Quantum Computer at WAIC 2026
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Organization Mentioned: Zhongqi Wuliang
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Neutral Atom Qubits
Geographies: 🇨🇳 China, 🌏 Asia
🔗 Why Silicon Spin Qubits Fit Inside the Data Centre
Source: Quantum Motion
Organization Mentioned: Quantum Motion
Other Category: 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Silicon Spin Qubits
Geographies: 🇬🇧 UK, 🌍 Europe
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Toplogical Qubits, 🥼 Research
Quantum Sensing and Timing
🔗 Atomic sensor at the quantum limit
Source: News - Raumfahrt [German Aerospace Center]
Organization Mentioned: German Aerospace Center
Geographies: 🇩🇪 Germany, 🌍 Europe
Conferences and Events
🔗 Byron Bay Quantum Workshop 2026
Author: Belinda Wong
Source: Quantum at Sydney [University of Sydney]
Organization Mentioned: University of Sydney
Geographies: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🌎 Oceania
Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Source: The Post-Quantum World [Protiviti]
Organization Mentioned: Protiviti
🔗 Inside D-Wave’s Quantum Roadmap with Dr. Trevor Lanting
Source: D-Wave [D-Wave Quantum]
Organization Mentioned: D-Wave Quantum
Other Category: 🛣️ Roadmaps
Additional News and Announcements
🔗 Quside brings verifiable quantum entropy to NVIDIA CUDA workflows with quside-curand
Author: Marta Alcaide
Source: Quside
Organizations Mentioned: NVIDIA and Quside
Geographies: 🇪🇸 Spain, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Europe’s quantum future: join the public consultation
Source: Quantum Flagship
Organization Mentioned: Quantum Flagship
Geographies: 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🌍 Europe
Source: Fujitsu
Organization Mentioned: Fujitsu
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
Geographies: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇹🇼 Taiwan, 🌏 Asia
Research
Source: Asia Research News
🔗 Quantum Computer Stores Data in Vibrations Like Notes on a Guitar
Authors: ETH Zurich and Florian Meyer
Source: SciTechDaily
Organization Mentioned: ETH Zürich
Geography: 🇨🇭 Switzerland
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First Individual Addressing of Organic Molecular Spin-Qubits for Versatile Spin-Photon Interfaces in Quantum Technologies | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
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