Adam Quinn

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Postdoctoral Fellow @ Science History Institute. Writing a book on labor & environment in the history of the computer industry. Views expressed here are my own and not my employer's. To read my work & for queries, visit www.adamquinnphd.com

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Adam Quinn Haas Postdoctoral Fellow Adam Quinn is a historian who studies the roles of work and the environment in the history of the United States computer industry. As a postdoctoral fellow with the Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Science History Institute, he will focus on the labor that went into researching materials like high-purity silicon and the chemical processes of transforming these materials into computer components. This research will underscore the materiality of digital technology and its connections to the histories of chemistry, capitalism, pollution, and occupational health. Adam earned his PhD in history from the University of Oregon in 2025. His dissertation was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/Center for Environmental Futures/Just Futures Institute. His work has been published in Time, the Radical History Review, and Smithsonian Contributions to History and Technology.
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This breakthrough required developing an entirely new materials stack made of indium arsenide and aluminum, much of which Microsoft designed and fabricated atom by atom. The goal was to coax new quantum particles called Majoranas into existence and take advantage of their unique properties to reach the next horizon of quantum computing, Microsoft said. The world’s first Topological Core powering the Majorana 1 is reliable by design, incorporating error resistance at the hardware level making it more stable.
Because there are so many types of plastics, it isn’t currently possible to find a one-size-fits-all catalyst that can break them down – especially important for cleaning up microplastics or tackling carbon pollution. Quantum computing could calculate the properties of such catalysts to break down pollutants into valuable byproducts or develop non-toxic alternatives in the first place. Enzymes, a kind of biological catalyst, could be harnessed more effectively in healthcare and agriculture, thanks to accurate calculations about their behavior that only quantum computing can provide. This could lead to breakthroughs helping to eradicate global hunger: boosting soil fertility to increase yields or promoting sustainable growth of foods in harsh climates.
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