EHU researchers Urko Petralanda and Luis Elcoro, in collaboration with DIPC researchers, report the article titled “Two-dimensional topological quantum chemistry and catalog of topological materials”, published in Science, that maps the electronic properties of nearly 9,000 single-layer materials and identifies more than 4,000 topologically non-trivial or obstructed entries.

A research team led by faculty at the Duke Quantum Center (DQC) has observed string-breaking dynamics related to particle-antiparticle formation on a quantum simulator, one of the first in the quantum-physics field.

As quantum computing moves from the laboratory into real-world applications, Florida Atlantic University quantum technology leader Robert Loredo offers organizations a practical roadmap for preparing for the era of quantum advantage. In his new book, Quantum Readiness for Leaders, published by Packt Publishing, Loredo explores how executives and technology leaders can develop quantum strategies, build specialized teams, forge partnerships, protect data, address post-quantum cybersecurity threats and identify opportunities to harness quantum technologies for business and society.

Researchers have developed a key-decoupled circuit-model blind quantum computation protocol that enhances privacy protection in delegated quantum computing while reducing the operational burden on the client. By independently generating encryption and decryption keys, the protocol avoids gate-by-gate propagation of decryption information and conceals the target operation within its Pauli equivalence class. A low-overhead statistical verification strategy based on randomly sampled Pauli observables is further introduced to detect deviations by the quantum server. Proof-of-principle experiments on an IBM superconducting quantum processor, together with multi-qubit numerical simulations, demonstrate the feasibility and scalability of the approach for privacy-preserving quantum cloud computing.