Q-Next

Q-NEXT Chief Science Officer David Awschalom talks with the Chicago Sun-Times about encryption, computing and the growing ecosystem in the Midwest:

🔗 https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/30/quantum-computing-benefit-university-chicago-fermi-technology-science

"Partnerships with industry can make ... the sector as whole more attractive to government, philanthropic, and corporate institutions that are investing in our future, and they can spur the development of new discoveries. ...By crafting responsible, mutually beneficial collaborations between university and industry research, we enhance both. We create an academic world that is as connected as the real world, opening up new opportunities for exploration and innovation." —Q-NEXT Chief Science Officer David Awschalom

In a Crain's Chicago Business op-ed, Awschalom talks about the indispensability of cross-sector collaboration for quantum science and all frontier science. Check it out: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/students-and-society-benefit-industry-collaboration-op-ed (subscription required)

Opinion: Why students and society benefit when universities collaborate with industry University education, academic research, and industry innovation are not siloed projects — and nor should they be.

Five more years!

We're happy to announce that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has renewed Q-NEXT for another five years.

Q-NEXT is establishing the science and technology for the networked quantum information processing of the future. Led by Argonne National Laboratory in partnership with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Q-NEXT is a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center that unites leaders at two national laboratories, 11 universities and six technology companies.

Leveraging its partners’ respective strengths and capabilities, Q-NEXT is building entanglement-enabled technologies to connect the world through quantum information.

Learn more about Q-NEXT and our plans for the next five years: https://www.anl.gov/article/argonneled-qnext-quantum-center-renewed-for-five-years