{
  "id": 13308712,
  "title": "California teen's quantum-error method beats top 2 rivals in 100K tests, wins $25K",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/california-teens-quantum-error-method-beats-top-2-rivals-in-100k",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-09T22:05:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/discovery/meet-alexander-miller-the-18-year-old-california-student-who-built-a-quantum-error-mitigation-method-that-beat-two-leading-approaches-across-100000-test-cases-and-won-a-25000-davidson-scholarship/articleshow/134842836.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alexander Miller, an 18-year-old student from Irvine, California, has won a $25,000 2026 Davidson Fellowship for developing RIDA, a quantum error mitigation method. His research consistently achieved lower error than two leading approaches across 100,000 test cases. The Stanford-bound student hopes his work will help advance quantum computing applications in drug discovery and materials science.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}