After announcing America's first commercially available quantum network at the Quantum World Congress a year ago, EPB leaders from Chattanooga returned to the global gathering of quantum researchers and developers Thursday to tout new software applications to offer more flexibility and ease of access for those developing quantum technologies and applications.

From individualized health care to impenetrable cybersecurity to early warnings of natural disasters, the innovative solutions to the world’s grand challenges will spring from an area of science and technology in which the University of Maryland is a regional and global leader, UMD President Darryll J. Pines declared in a speech Thursday at the second Quantum World Congress.

IonQ, a leader in the quantum computing industry, at Quantum World Congress unveiled two new systems that aim to arm enterprises with the right hardware for achieving commercial advantage: IonQ Forte Enterprise and IonQ Tempo. The two rack-mounted solutions are designed for businesses and governments wanting to integrate quantum capabilities within their existing infrastructure.

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy said the space agency is leveraging quantum-based technologies, like sensing, to better study space and climate change.