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WorldâQuantum Day Fallout: Breakthroughs, Benchmarks & Big Bucks
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Your weekly roundup of the biggest breakthroughs in Quantum Computing
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Google Blog (World Quantum Day)
Google provides three problems quantum could crack. (source)

Medicine: simulating cytochromeâŻP450 with Boehringer to accelerate drugâcandidate screeningâŻ
Batteries: BASF collaboration shows accurate modelling of lithiumânickelâoxide cathodes for cleaner energy storageâŻ
Fusion: Sandia study finds quantum algorithms could slash compute time for reactorâmaterial design
Takeaway: Targeted algorithms are already mapping a path to healthâcare and cleanâenergy winsâwell before faultâtolerant machines arrive.
Big Tech Declares âQuantum Eraâ
Big Tech is claiming its quantum era has begun (Source)

UNâbacked âInternationalâŻYearâŻof Quantumâ sees AmazonâŻ(Ocelot),âŻMicrosoftâŻ(Majorana) and GoogleâŻ(Willow) unveil nextâgen chips, while IBM readies aâŻ>4,000âqubit quantumâcentric supercomputerâŻ
DARPA extends its QuantumâŻBenchmarking Initiative to 18 firms in a race for utilityâscale machines byâŻ2033âŻ
BostonâŻConsultingâŻGroup pegs the marketâs economic upside atâŻ$450â$850âŻbillion byâŻ2040, sparking talent wars and urgent postâquantumâsecurity workâŻ
Takeaway: 2025 marks a pivot from lab demos to boardâlevel deployment strategies; hardware scaleâups and government roadâmaps are converging fast.
UChicago flexes quantum hub
World Quantum Day highlights Chicagoâs quantum ecosystem. (Source)

UChicago scientists announced a fullâqubit microwaveâtoâoptical transducer scheme, clearing a hurdle for hybrid quantum networksâŻ
WellcomeâŻLeap awardedâŻ$2âŻmillion to FredâŻChongâs team to use quantum algorithms for cancer biomarker discoveryâŻ
DOEâbacked Fermilab consortium proposed a siliconâspinâqubit sensor to hunt darkâmatter axions, while Argonne unveiled a new spectroscopy tool for quantum materialsâŻ
Takeaway: Regional ecosystemsâanchored by universities, national labs and startup acceleratorsâare turning WorldâŻQuantumâŻDay into a launchpad for overlapping breakthroughs.
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