Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

The UK has launched the Integrated Quantum Networks Hub (IQN Hub), a major new initiative to develop secure and scalable quantum networking technologies. Led by Heriot-Watt University and backed by over £42 million ($54.4 million USD) in funding from EPSRC and industry partners, the Hub aims to lay the groundwork for a national quantum internet. It brings together 13 universities, two national labs, and over 40 companies to address core challenges in quantum communication infrastructure, protocols, and standards. The IQN Hub builds on the UK’s strengths in quantum networking, particularly in entanglement distribution and quantum key distribution (QKD), and will target [...]

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge have successfully demonstrated the UK’s first long-distance quantum-secured data transmission, including a live quantum-encrypted video call, over a 410-kilometre fibre optic link. The achievement represents a major milestone in the development of a future quantum internet, integrating multiple quantum key distribution (QKD) technologies with existing classical communication infrastructure. The system uses two QKD approaches: encoding keys in single photons and distributing entanglement between nodes. This marks the first time both methods have been simultaneously deployed on a long-range network, enabling ultra-secure data sharing over standard fibre infrastructure without the need for major hardware [...]

Danish photonic quantum hardware company Sparrow Quantum has raised €21.5 million ($24 million USD) in Series A funding to scale production and commercialization of its deterministic single-photon source technology. The round was led by PensionDanmark with participation from EIFO (Export and Investment Fund of Denmark), Novo Holdings, and existing investors including 2xN, LIFTT, and the European Innovation Council. The funding builds on a €4.1 million seed round from 2023 and is intended to help meet growing market demand across Europe. Sparrow Quantum’s core technology, the Sparrow Core chip, was developed out of research by founder Peter Lodahl at the Niels Bohr [...]

Researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have experimentally demonstrated control over polariton Rabi oscillations through ferroelectricity induced by crystallographic phase transitions in a perovskite semiconductor (MAPbBr₃). The work, published in Advanced Science, shows that quantum particle states can be modified without external fields, offering a new method for controlling quantum information carriers using intrinsic material properties. The team constructed a microcavity incorporating the perovskite material and showed that phase transition–driven changes in crystal structure led to up to 20% modulation in Rabi oscillation frequency and up to 44% variation in oscillator strength. These effects were attributed [...]

Quantum eMotion Corp. (QeM), a developer of quantum-powered cybersecurity tools, has established a U.S. subsidiary, Quantum eMotion America (QeMA), based in Irvine, California. The expansion aims to increase QeM’s commercial presence in the U.S., focusing on defense, enterprise, and academic sectors. The location was chosen for its proximity to strategic technology hubs and access to talent and customers in cybersecurity and national security domains. John Young, a board member of Quantum eMotion and a cybersecurity industry veteran with over three decades of experience, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of QeMA. Young has held leadership roles at IBM and McDonnell Douglas [...]

Fred Chong, Seymour Goodman Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, has been awarded $2 million from Wellcome Leap to lead Phase 3 of a quantum computing initiative aimed at cancer biomarker identification. The funding is part of the Quantum for Bio program, which supports applications of quantum computing in biomedical research. The project focuses on extracting predictive cancer biomarkers from multimodal biological data using a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm. In previous phases, Chong’s team reduced quantum resource demands by learning from smaller instances and validated their algorithm on real cancer datasets. They simulated circuits with up to 32 qubits [...]

ORCA Computing presented a set of completed use cases at the Digital Catapult’s Quantum Technology Access Programme (QTAP) Showcase, highlighting the application of photonic quantum computing in real-world industrial contexts. Companies including Vodafone, BAE Systems, Autonomia, Origami Labs, Viasat, ZF Group, SIMULEX Limited and MBDA developed and deployed quantum applications using ORCA’s PT-2 photonic platform and software development kit. Use cases included a network optimization algorithm executed by Vodafone and early algorithm development by BAE Systems. SIMULEX successfully implemented a quantum-enhanced application on ORCA’s hardware, while Origami Labs explored photonic quantum computing for commercial challenges. Participants noted minimal onboarding time, emphasizing the accessibility of the ORCA SDK for rapid [...]

The University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) has launched the Maryland Institute for Quantum Applications. The new center will focus on exploring how quantum computing, sensing, and networking technologies can be applied to national intelligence and security challenges. It builds on ARLIS’s prior work in assessing and integrating quantum technologies for government use, and on UMD’s broader quantum science research portfolio. The launch follows ARLIS’s recent acquisition of nearly $25 million in quantum-related research funding and aligns with Maryland’s Capital of Quantum initiative—a public-private effort announced in January 2025 to drive $1 billion in quantum investment. [...]

SaxonQ and Quantum Machines have jointly conducted the first public demonstration of real-time applications on a portable, room-temperature quantum computer. At Hannover Messe 2025, the company showcased two live demonstrations: a quantum-enhanced image recognition task and a quantum chemical calculation of H₂ energy levels. Both applications were executed using a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center qubit processor operated at ambient conditions. The system is powered by a standard wall outlet and requires no cryogenic cooling or complex infrastructure, highlighting its potential for deployment beyond laboratory environments. Quantum Machines’ OPX+ control platform provided high-precision microwave control essential to the demonstration, enabling stable and efficient [...]

OpenSSH 10.0 has been officially released, introducing a number of protocol changes and security upgrades, including a key enhancement for post-quantum security. The release makes the mlkem768x25519-sha256 algorithm the default for key agreement. This hybrid algorithm combines ML-KEM (a NIST-standardized key encapsulation mechanism) with the classical X25519 elliptic curve method, offering quantum-resistant properties while maintaining compatibility and performance. This shift marks a major step in practical quantum readiness for secure communication infrastructure. The mlkem768x25519-sha256 hybrid is designed to resist attacks by both classical and quantum adversaries, aligning OpenSSH with the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) selected post-quantum cryptographic [...]