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Quantum Science

We’re transforming our understanding of space and time, unveiling new connections and revolutionizing the future of computing. 

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science illustration
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Illustration by Brian Long
Artist's concept illustration showing a two-dimensional collection of interacting spins in a diamond lattice.
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illustration of two scientists
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Illustration Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
UCSB physics professors John Martinis, left, and Michel Devoret
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scientist holds a wafer of chips developed for deployable quantum experiments
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Matt Perko
Professor Daniel Blumenthal's lab develops chip-scale components that can bring the power and precision of quantum science outside of the tightly controlled environment of the lab.
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Gary Horowitz in blue collared shirt on blue background.
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Jeff Liang
Gary Horowitz
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white man in front of blackboard
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Matt Perko
Joseph Polchinski at UCSB’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, where he advanced pivotal ideas in string theory and quantum gravity.
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scientist at work
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Matt Perko
A researcher at work in materials scientist Stephen Wilson's Lab
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woman with dark hair in forest
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Lyn Photography
Physicist and computer science assistant professor Murphy Yuezhen Niu
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Electrical and computer engineering professor in his lab
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Matt Perko
Daniel Blumenthal

Cold atoms on a chip
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photo of world's first quantum topological processor
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Used with permission from Microsoft
Majorana 1, the eight-qubit topological quantum processor unveiled at Microsoft Station Q's 2025 conference
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Bright colors and different shapes meant to illustrate a photonic array
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Brian Long
Artist's concept illustration of a photonic memory array
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Laser reflect on optic table un quantum laboratory
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