{"id":381197,"date":"2026-06-30T21:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/381197\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:23:11","slug":"uc-berkeley-quantum-computing-chip-to-be-buried-in-national-time-capsule-celebrating-americas-250th-birthday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/381197\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Berkeley quantum computing chip to be buried in national time capsule celebrating America\u2019s 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quantum computing chip fabricated at UC Berkeley was chosen by California Gov. Gavin Newsom as one of the state\u2019s contributions to a time capsule to be buried in honor of the nation\u2019s 250th birthday, or semiquincentennial.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/america250.org\/news\/america250-officially-seals-americas-time-capsule-and-reveals-final-contents-ahead-of-july-4-burial-in-philadelphia\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">time capsule<\/a> was built and its contents assembled by the congressionally mandated America250 organization to represent all 56 U.S. states and territories, three branches of the federal government and other national partners and institutions. Sealed in June, the capsule will be buried on July 4 at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia and unearthed again in 2276 \u2014 the nation\u2019s 500th birthday, or quincentennial.<\/p>\n<p>Among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2026\/06\/15\/governor-newsom-and-first-partner-siebel-newsom-highlight-californias-contributions-to-the-america250-time-capsule\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California\u2019s seven contributions<\/a> to the time capsule, Newsom selected several items reflecting the state\u2019s innovation economy, including the quantum chip and a segment of a conductor fabricated in San Diego for an experimental nuclear fusion reactor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese items represent the innovative technology California leads the nation and globe in, capturing the remarkable spirit and communities that make the Golden State one-of-a-kind,\u201d the governor\u2019s office wrote in a June 15 announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in the time capsule were a letter to future Californians from the governor and his partner, and a prediction of the state\u2019s future generated by Anthropic\u2019s AI agent, Claude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that a qubit chip from UC Berkeley is among California\u2019s distinguished contributions to the America250 time capsule,\u201d said Chancellor Rich Lyons. \u201cIt\u2019s a fitting symbol of the indispensable role public higher education plays in driving American innovation \u2014 and a reminder that the discoveries happening on our campus today will shape tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A quantum computing chip fabricated at UC Berkeley was chosen by California Gov. Gavin Newsom as one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-381197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}