Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett won the 2025 Turing Award for founding quantum information science and developing BB84 quantum cryptography for secure communication.
Daily briefing: Funding calls plummet as NIH turns away from agency-directed science
The NIH shifts funding strategy toward unsolicited research proposals driven by individual scientists' interests rather than addressing specific scientific problems.
Founders of quantum information win top prize in computer science
Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett won the Turing Award for establishing quantum information science foundations and enabling secure quantum communication and computing.
Draft quantum order tasks many agencies with reinvigorating the tech's development
The White House will issue an executive order coordinating a whole-of-government effort to advance U.S. quantum information science, industry, and infrastructure.
Energy allocates $625M for national labs' quantum research
The Department of Energy will allocate $625 million over five years to revitalize five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers housed at major national labs.
