The BMFTR-funded SPINNING project has successfully demonstrated that hybrid-integrable, scalable, and near-room-temperature solid-state quantum components represent a robust and energy-efficient alternative to established quantum computing hardware platforms. The developed spin qubits in diamond outperform comparable commercially available superconducting systems in terms of longer operation times and lower error rates. Photonic coupling over distances of more than 20 meters promises to serve as a foundation for more powerful distributed quantum computers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Parker Solar Probe science and engineering team, a collaboration of scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), NASA, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), and more than 40 other partner organizations, received the 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy, awarded by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), on June 12.