National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST and University of Colorado Boulder researchers report programmable localized coherent control of Penning-trap ion crystals with more than 100 ions using an ultraviolet-compatible spatial light modulator.

Describes Kyber, the lattice-based key encapsulation mechanism selected by NIST. Directly relevant to post-quantum cryptography products and standards compliance.

Describes stateless hash-based signatures selected in the NIST PQC process. Important for conservative quantum-safe signature deployments.

NIST standardizes ML-KEM for post-quantum key establishment. Major compliance driver for quantum-safe migration products.

NIST standardizes ML-DSA for post-quantum digital signatures. Critical for enterprise PKI and software signing migration.

NIST standardizes SLH-DSA for stateless hash-based digital signatures. Supports high-assurance quantum-safe signature use cases.

Commerce announced letters of intent with nine quantum companies for up to $2 billion of support.

NIST finalized the first three post-quantum cryptography standards for broad implementation.

PQShield expanded commercialization of post-quantum cryptography products after NIST standardization.

National Institute of Standards and Technology and Argonne National Laboratory are algorithmically grouped through similar technology focus signals for QAtlas ecosystem discovery.

National Institute of Standards and Technology and Brookhaven National Laboratory are algorithmically grouped through similar technology focus signals for QAtlas ecosystem discovery.

National Institute of Standards and Technology and Fermilab Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center are algorithmically grouped through similar technology focus signals for QAtlas ecosystem discovery.

Berkeley Lab supports quantum information science in materials, computing, sensing, and networking. Founded: 1931. Estimated employees: 1000+. Known funding: Government funded. Notable products: Advanced Quantum Testbed.

LANL conducts quantum computing, communication, sensing, and theory research. Founded: 1943. Estimated employees: 1000+. Known funding: Government funded. Notable products: LANL Quantum Institute.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory develops quantum information, integrated nanosystems, and sensing technologies for national security applications. Founded: 1951. Estimated employees: 1000+. Known funding: Government funded. Notable products: Quantum information and integrated nanosystems programs.