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  1. IonQ, World's Leading Quantum Platform Company, Opens New Quantum Computing R&D Lab In Boulder 5/12/2026

    IonQ today announced a new laboratory suite in Boulder, Colorado that will house state-of-the-art Quantum Computing R&D and semiconductor chip testing facilities that will be used to develop and refine technologies central to future generations of its leading quantum computing systems.

  2. Modular Photonics Alignment System For Fiber-Optics Applications With Higher Loads 5/12/2026

    Physik Instrumente (PI), a global leader in precision motion control and nanopositioning systems, introduces the F-572 High-Performance 3- to 6-Axis Photonics Alignment System, designed for high-throughput active alignment applications in photonics manufacturing and test.

  3. Lightium Selects Aras Innovator To Support Development Of Photonic AI Chips 5/12/2026

    Aras, a leading provider of digital thread solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM) and engineering AI, today announced that Lightium, a Switzerland-based startup specializing in photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has selected Aras Innovator to establish a connected foundation for managing the complexity of its photonic chip development.

  4. Photonic Inc. Closes Investment Round With Over $200M USD ($275M CAD) 5/12/2026

    Photonic Inc., a global leader in distributed quantum computing, today announced the final close of over $200M USD ($275M CAD) in investment, giving the company a $2B USD ($2.7B CAD) post-money valuation.

  5. Forging Europe's Quantum Hardware Backbone – Q*Bird Joins €50M P4Q Pilot To Accelerate Industrial Photonic Chips For Quantum Secure Communication! 5/12/2026

    Q*Bird, the Dutch leader in quantum secure communication, is proud to be part of Photonics for Quantum (P4Q), a new €50M European pilot line launching in 2026 to industrialise the photonic chip technologies that will power the next generation of quantum systems.

  6. Powerful Shrinking Technique Could Enable Devices That Compute With Light 5/12/2026

    Using a new technique that can create vacancies at any site across a material and then shrink it to about 1/2,000 of its original volume, MIT researchers have designed nanotechnology devices that could be used for optical computing and other applications involving the manipulation of visible light.

  7. Researchers Measure Energy Below A Zeptojoule–Enough For A Red Blood Cell To Move A Nanometer 5/12/2026

    A new method for measuring incredibly miniscule amounts of energy – less than a trillionth of a billionth of a joule – could give quantum computing and the hunt for dark matter a boost, while paving the way for counting individual photons.

  8. New Coalition Launches To Advance And Scale Optical Connections For AI Data Centers 5/12/2026

    3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced it has joined a group of leading technology companies to establish a new multi-source agreement (MSA) focused on advancing open, interoperable specifications for expanded beam optical (EBO) connectivity in AI infrastructure.

  9. Atoms Vibrate On Circular Paths – With An Unexpected Twist 5/12/2026

    In international team of researchers, including scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, for the first time directly observed how angular momentum is transferred and conserved within a crystal lattice.

  10. University Of Arizona Research Powers New Optical Switching Technology Designed To Reduce Data Center Energy Consumption 5/12/2026

    Local communities across the United States are up in arms about proposals to build massive Data Farms in their communities.