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

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Jeff Liang

California prepares to accelerate quantum research and industry

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Matt Perko

UCSB’s Eddleman Quantum Institute announces new round of funding to accelerate quantum research
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Brian Long
A new project aims to understand theoretical aspects of quantum cryptography that could be used to protect computing in the future.

Could quantum computers protect privacy and security?
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A robust new telecom qubit in silicon
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Matt Perko
A researcher in the lab of Stephen Wilson, whose group studies how magnetic interactions can produce unusual states of matter relevant to quantum research.

Using magnetic frustration to probe new quantum possibilities
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Matt Perko, with material from © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin

UCSB physicists accept Nobel Prizes in Sweden
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New UCSB research shows p-computers can solve spin-glass problems faster than quantum systems
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UCSB joins NSF's National Quantum Virtual Laboratory
Newton's cradle

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators awards to UCSB experimentalists opens the door to new insights and innovations
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Illustration by Brian Long
Artist's concept illustration showing a two-dimensional collection of interacting spins in a diamond lattice.

A new dimension for spin qubits in diamond
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Illustration Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
UCSB physics professors John Martinis, left, and Michel Devoret

UCSB physics professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
scientist holds a wafer of chips developed for deployable quantum experiments
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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.

Chip-scale cold atom and trapped ion experiments can unleash the power of quantum science in the field
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Gary Horowitz

Gary Horowitz awarded Dirac Medal for contributions to theoretical physics
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