The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has received $125 million from the Department of Energy for its Quantum Systems Accelerator, or QSA. The QSA is one of five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers that the Department of Energy renewed funding for, all of which were established in 2020. In the QSA’s last five-year grant, it received $115 million.The QSA is the only National Quantum Information Science Research Center on the west coast. The QSA builds quantum technologies and computing prototypes to develop quantum information science, according to the Berkeley Lab website. QSA Director Bert de Jong added that it typically undertakes projects too risky or innovative for the private sector. Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Miles Kofman 📸: Agranya Ketha . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #lawrencelabratory #QSA ##scienceresearchcenter