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Fermilab’s long legacy of pioneering superconducting magnet technology is entering a new chapter with the launch of the MAGNet Environment Simulator. The test platform will support cutting-edge research aimed at enabling the powerful magnets needed for future fusion energy systems.

Daniel Bafia will develop a new measurement approach that uses magnetic vortices to investigate defects and interfaces that can limit the performance of superconducting quantum devices. The project could provide researchers with a new way to understand and ultimately reduce sources of energy loss in quantum materials.

Building on her earlier work with quantum amplifiers for a leading dark matter experiment, Rakshya Khatiwada will use a four-qubit entangled system to test whether it offers a sensing advantage when exposed to a simulated dark matter signal. The project, based at Fermilab, could open the door to detecting dark matter candidates such as axions and dark photons.

Two new awards will expand Fermilab’s critical role in the Genesis Mission by developing custom microelectronics and advancing quantum information science.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics to Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Leaders from U.S. national laboratories and industry will come together at Fermilab on October 13 to participate in a special public evening focused on the future of fusion energy.

A first-of-its-kind blinded materials characterization study spanning 22 superconducting quantum devices, seven characterization techniques and six leading institutions helps build the scientific foundations of scalable quantum computing.

Quantum computing is becoming a revolutionary tool for scientific discovery.

Fermilab is among the initial partners in Microsoft Quantum’s newly established quantum research center. Opening in the Discovery District, Maryland, the center will feature a quantum hardware makerspace, where researchers can develop new approaches to hands-on quantum training. As part of this effort, Fermilab will expand the capabilities of its Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit, or QICK, an open-source quantum control and readout system, providing flexible new tools to the quantum community.