Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

Silicon quantum computing developer Diraq has officially opened its U.S. Technology Hub in Santa Monica, California. Launching with a 20-person engineering team, the new facility targets integrated circuit (IC) design, cryogenic CMOS architecture, device modeling, and machine learning. Diraq plans to double the hub's headcount over the next 12 months to support the trans-Pacific scaling of its CMOS-compatible silicon spin-qubit processors. [ Diraq Trans-Pacific Engineering Infrastructure Stack ]U.S. Operations NodesCore Engineering & Testing ScopeSydney Headquarters & R&D• Palo Alto (U.S. HQ & Ecosystem)• Cryo-CMOS & IC Design (LA Hub)• Sydney Centre of Excellence• Santa Monica (Engineering Hub)• Device Modeling & ML [...]

The Swedish Ministry of Education and Research (Regeringskansliet) has officially published Sweden’s National Quantum Strategy (Sveriges strategi för kvantteknikområdet). Setting a unified policy, infrastructure, and commercial roadmap extending to 2036, the strategy establishes a national framework to translate Sweden's academic research into commercially viable deep-tech enterprises, secure sovereign communications, and align national efforts with broad European and Nordic defense initiatives. [ Sweden National Quantum Strategy Framework (2026–2036) ]Strategic PillarsNational Infrastructure & EcosystemSecurity & Alliances• Research & Industrial Leadership• Wallenberg Centre (WACQT / Chalmers)• PQC & Quantum-Safe Migration Mandates• Deep-Tech Commercialization & VC• Swedish Centre for Quantum Technology• Nordic Council Quantum Working [...]

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a magnetic shielding architecture that scales the physical width of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) up to 0.1 mm (100 µm)—100 times wider than standard nanoscale SNSPDs and 20 times wider than previous state-of-the-art implementations. Published in Optica, the design uses active current "rails" to eliminate edge-current crowding, suppressing dark-count noise rates by 10 orders of magnitude while achieving near-unity detection efficiency across the mid-infrared spectrum. [ Wide-SNSPD Structural Architecture & Performance Metrics ]Physical SpecificationsNoise & Sensitivity MetricsIndustrial & Scalability Impact• 100 µm (0.1 mm) Active Wire Width• 10¹⁰ [...]

The State of New Mexico (via Economic Development New Mexico) has finalized an Intergovernmental Agreement allocating $3 million to The University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Quantum New Mexico Institute (QNM-I). The strategic investment focuses on expanding the state's quantum talent pipeline, supporting research infrastructure, and driving commercialization across the Southwest quantum corridor. Three Core Strategic Pillars The $3 million funding initiative targets three operational priorities to accelerate the transition of quantum research into regional economic development: Research Capacity: Funding directly supports UNM-based quantum information science (QIS) research to attract top-tier faculty, graduate researchers, and undergraduate talent. Workforce Development: Expands specialized educational [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $7.3 million in total funding for eight multi-institutional research projects under its "Quantum Outposts on the Energy and Intensity Frontiers" initiative. Operating under the DOE Office of Science’s High Energy Physics (HEP) program, the projects integrate quantum information science (QIS) tools into particle accelerator experiments, collision analyses, and neutrino research. Colliders, Entanglement Signatures, and Neutrino Sensing The initiative targets fundamental questions in high-energy physics by deploying specialized quantum sensors and quantum computing algorithms: BNL & University of Pittsburgh Collaboration: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) will lead one of the eight outposts—"Quantum Information Signatures at [...]

During its 43rd Foundation Day celebration, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)—the telecom technology R&D center under India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT)—officially launched a suite of 14 indigenous quantum-secure products. The event featured addresses by Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, highlighting India's strategy to integrate quantum security and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) into national communications and future 6G network architectures. [ C-DOT Quantum Communications & 6G Stack ]Quantum Product PortfolioNational 6G & Telecom IntegrationCommercialization & Export Mandate• 14 Production-Grade Quantum Solutions• Bharat 6G Vision Alignment (IMT-2030)• "Made in India, For the [...]

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a $290 million total investment across eight Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCIs) to accelerate fundamental research, hardware development, and workforce pipelines under the National Quantum Initiative Act. The funding includes $37.5 million, five-year renewals for inaugural Midwest research centers alongside new multi-institutional awards targeting core engineering bottlenecks in superconducting qubit manufacturing, practical quantum error correction (QEC), and optical frequency sensing. [ Complete NSF $290M Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) Portfolio ]Institute Name & Lead InstitutionFunding Status & AmountCore Technical Focus Area• NSF QuBBE (UChicago)• Renewed ($37.5M)• In Vivo Sensing & Protein Spin Qubits• [...]

The General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury have announced dual initiatives to accelerate post-quantum cryptography (PQC) deployment across federal identity management systems, physical facility access, and financial sector networks. Grounded in OMB Memorandum M-26-15 and Executive Order 14412, the efforts establish operational frameworks and interagency workstreams to transition critical government and economic systems to quantum-resistant encryption standards. [ Federal & Financial PQC Migration Stack ]GSA Identity & Physical AccessInteragency Governance & StrategyTreasury Financial Task Force• FICAM Architecture Modernization• Bi-Weekly FICAM Working Group• Workstream 1: PQC Sector Alignment• FIPS 201 PACS Lab PQC Testing• 40 Representatives Across [...]

Sheffield-based post-quantum cybersecurity specialist Sitehop has launched a dedicated national security unit aimed at protecting legacy defense infrastructure across the UK and its Five Eyes intelligence partners (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). Designed to counter "harvest now, decrypt later" risks and AI-driven cyber threats, the initiative delivers sovereign, hardware-rooted post-quantum cryptography (PQC) without requiring expensive replacements of aging defense operational technology (OT) networks. [ Sitehop National Security Unit Architecture ] Hardware PlatformSecurity ArchitectureDeployment Target• SAFEcore Edge Encryption Unit• Reprogrammable Hardware Stack• Five Eyes Allied Infrastructure• World's Smallest PQC Footprint• Auto-Wipe Tamper Resistance• Defense OT & Legacy Retrofits• [...]

Photonic quantum computing developer Xanadu (NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU) and Japanese chemical manufacturer Mitsubishi Chemical have announced the second phase of their joint R&D partnership to advance semiconductor fabrication through quantum simulation. The expanded initiative is supported by national innovation programs from both the Canadian and Japanese governments, including the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) and Japan's Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP). The SIP program component is led by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and the Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT). [ Xanadu & Mitsubishi Chemical [...]