August 21, 2026 — Caltech's Quantum Sim Nails a 40-Year-Old Physics Call
Caltech says its team used a neutral-atom quantum simulator to directly measure forty-year-old conformal field theory predictions for the first time, raising the question of what 'useful quantum computing' really means today. Also: Rigetti reorganizes to scale on-premises deployments, Crypto4A claims a post-quantum hardware security first, Blockstream demos quantum-safe signatures on hardware wallets, an error-detection paper digest circulates on X, and Pasqal's SPAC merger gets a shareholder vote date.
Universal Pattern Revealed in Quantum Matter — Caltech Newsroom
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