April 2025
Top Quantum Stories
Celebrating World Quantum Day at the Colorado Capitol
Dignitaries from CU Boulder joined the Colorado General Assembly at the State Capitol on Monday, April 14, to celebrate World Quantum Day, a global event celebrating how quantum physics has transformed the lives of humans around the globe.
CEO Magazine: Massimo Ruzzene on leveraging Colorado's quantum expertise to drive real-world impact
Ruzzene, who serves as Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation at CU Boulder, discusses how the university is building on Colorado's historical success in quantum to accelerate the translation of new discoveries into real-world applications that benefit society.
Projects from miniature microscopes to quantum-based molecular sensors receive $900K in seed grants
The Research & Innovation Seed Grant program will fund 15 new projects for up to $60K each. Including the 2025 investments, the program has provided more than $18.7M to fund more than 400 innovative projects across campus since 2008.
The coolest technology in the universe
Infleqtion’s star continues to rise as Colorado’s quantum hub grows. The company of firsts, spun out of CU Boulder as ColdQuanta, seems to be everywhere these days, including outer space, while commercializing pioneering research to address needs across several critical markets.
New quantum 'game' showcases promise of quantum computers
A team of theoretical physicists from Colorado have designed a new type of “game” that uses a quantum computer—a device that performs calculations by manipulating small objects like atoms—to precisely shuffle ions around a very small grid, like the world's tiniest game of checkers.
Sense of awe led alum to physics
Ben Chapman (PhDPhys’17), a Principal Quantum Hardware Manager at Microsoft, says what he loves most about physics is “the sense of awe that comes from connecting with length, time and energy scales that are far from the meters, seconds and joules of the human experience.”
