Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

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 [...]

Researchers at the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center have completed the world’s first fine-tuning of a billion-parameter AI model using a superconducting quantum computer. The experiment ran on Origin Wukong, China’s third-generation superconducting quantum system, powered by a 72-qubit chip developed domestically. The quantum processor executed large-scale parallel quantum tasks to accelerate fine-tuning, yielding improved performance on both psychological dialogue and mathematical reasoning benchmarks. The study showed that even after reducing model parameters by 76%, training effectiveness increased by 8.4%, and accuracy on a math reasoning task rose from 68% to 82%. The results suggest quantum resources can complement classical [...]

Bosch and Element Six, a synthetic diamond manufacturer under De Beers Group, have announced a joint venture to accelerate the commercialization of diamond-based quantum sensors. Element Six will take a 25% stake in Bosch Quantum Sensing, which was originally formed in-house by Bosch in 2022 and currently employs 30 staff in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The joint venture builds on a development collaboration between the companies initiated in 2023. The sensors rely on engineered synthetic diamonds to detect extremely weak magnetic fields, a key requirement for precision sensing in fields such as medical diagnostics, inertial navigation, and resource exploration. Bosch will integrate the [...]

The EuroQCS-France consortium, led by GENCI and CEA, has enabled remote access to a 12-qubit photonic quantum processor developed by Quandela. This system, now available to European researchers, is architecturally aligned with the forthcoming Lucy system to be deployed at TGCC (Très Grand Centre de Calcul), CEA’s computing center, by the end of 2025. Early access allows users to begin running applications on real hardware using Quandela’s Perceval programming environment. The initiative builds on a previous deployment of a 6-qubit system and was facilitated by EuroHPC JU’s selection of Quandela and attocube systems AG as the technology providers for EuroQCS-France. Application [...]

The Australian government has invested $15 million AUD ($9.06 million USD) in Canberra-based QuintessenceLabs through the National Reconstruction Fund (NRF), leading a $20 million AUD ($12.08 million USD) funding round. The investment is intended to support domestic manufacturing, international expansion, and continued development of the company’s quantum-resilient cybersecurity technologies. This is the NRF’s eighth investment to date, and its second in quantum technology, following a $13 million AUD ($7.85 million USD) investment in Quantum Brilliance in December 2024. QuintessenceLabs produces both hardware and software for encryption systems based on quantum physics, including quantum random number generators (QRNGs) and secure key management [...]