TeraGlo is redefining how we identify and understand materials, using portable quantum sensors that deliver real-time insights from construction sites to the lunar surface. Their revolutionary platform, Quantum AI Material Sensing (QAIMS), delivers portable, real-time material identification with unmatched speed and precision. Whether it’s improving safety in construction, accelerating critical mineral exploration, or detecting hazardous substances in the field, TeraGlo’s sensors are built to transform decision-making across mining, defence, health, construction, and even space.
Australia’s productivity is in a slump. The latest figures from the Productivity Commission are not just numbers on a page, but a warning sign. As a nation, we seem to be working harder but not smarter, signalling an unsustainable trend if the trend continues.
The Q-CTRL contracts, valued at $38 million, will augment the company’s field-validated quantum sensing technologies for demanding real-world use cases in high-performance military vehicles.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with technology company Quantum Brilliance, has made the first big steps in the advance of quantum computers for scientific discovery with the installation of a Quantum Brilliance computer system at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. Lab staff will use ORNL’s first on-site, commercial quantum computer cluster to explore ways to integrate this emerging technology into classical high-performance computing infrastructures and tap its potential for massive computational power gains.
Congratulations to Prof Michelle Simmons, Jeremy O’Brien, Prof Michael J Biercuk, & Dr Andrew Horsley, Dr Marcus Doherty
At a technology hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this year, US senator Ted Cruz held up a golden computer chip he said was worth $1bn and would unlock a new era of quantum computing.
Australia has spent nearly three decades laying the foundations of a world-class quantum ecosystem, and the results are now clear. From pioneering breakthroughs in quantum computing and sensing, to leading-edge advances in quantum communications, enabling technologies and workforce development, Australia is rapidly emerging as a trusted global partner for next-generation quantum solutions.
UNSW researchers, including Sydney quantum expert Prof