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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, LLC (HRL), a leading research and development institution whose expertise spans quantum computing, quantum sensing, advanced communications, electronics, manufacturing, and materials science.

At the annual Hot Chips conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today is announcing the first dual-architecture mainframe processor, which is being designed to enable enterprises to run operating systems and applications on both the IBM and Arm® compute platforms in future IBM Z and LinuxONE systems.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has successfully joined and cooled down two cryogenic modules into a single environment. The new architecture is designed to scale into the modular, shared, and ultra-cold system required to link hundreds of quantum chips into a more powerful quantum computer capable of solving large problems.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to help enterprises deliver business outcomes by deploying AI at scale across core business operations and complex workflows, while strengthening cyber defense and resilience through programs like OpenAI Daybreak. The partnership includes joint-go-to market initiatives and creating industry-specific solutions for financial services, government, telecommunications, and retail, as well as key enterprise domains such as finance, procurement, customer operations, and HR.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat today announced a new program providing Lightwell at no charge to over 185 leading research universities and 100 major nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and think tanks. Eligible institutions can access Lightwell’s library of validated fixes for open source software vulnerabilities, helping them secure the software and focus resources supporting research, education, humanitarian programs and other public-interest work.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and researchers from the University of Chicago today announced a demonstration in quantum computing that achieves the fundamental criteria for quantum advantage: performing computations beyond the reach of leading classical simulation methods while providing trust that the computation returned accurate results.

Qedma Quantum Computing, a pioneer in quantum error reduction software and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a breakthrough study demonstrating how trusted, error-mitigated quantum computation is possible, and can be used to explore the physics of materials beyond the capabilities of state-of-the-art classical simulations, including those run on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. By combining Qedma’s advanced error mitigation software, QESEM, with IBM quantum computers, researchers observed complex and long-lived quantum dynamics in systems of up to 74 qubits. This enabled them to reach a paradigm where multiple state-of-the-art classical approaches failed to provide consistent, reliable answers.

Algorithmiq and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a major milestone in the development of quantum computing: a joint demonstration of quantum advantage with the simulation of a heterogeneous quantum material, achieved with a new framework that establishes trust in quantum computations when classical verification is unavailable.

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6 million, roughly $1 million more than the global breach average of $4.99 million, according to IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, LLC (HRL), a flagship research and development institution. HRL is a private company jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors. Both Boeing and GM will continue to partner with IBM on quantum applications and advanced technology development following the transaction.

ARMONK, N.Y., July 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced second-quarter 2026 earnings results.

IBM announced IBM Power Autonomous Operations, an AI agent that can help continuously monitor Power systems and autonomously resolve issues to keep operations running smoothly. It complements the recently launched IBM Bob™ Premium Package for i, which brings agentic-driven software designed to accelerate application development on IBM i. These capabilities can accelerate building modern applications so enterprises can innovate at the pace required by their business. Additionally, the entry-level Power S1112 server provides a new compact, efficient option powerful enough to run AI inference locally.

This morning we are releasing selected preliminary second-quarter 2026 financial results. We are still working to close our financial reporting for the quarter and our final results could be slightly different.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced major updates to IBM Bob, its agentic software development platform, including new multi-agent capabilities, built-in AI cost and use analytics, and pre-built, specialized workflows for modernizing enterprise systems.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its second-quarter 2026 financial results on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET. The live webcast of the earnings call can be accessed at www.ibm.com/investor.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat today announced the commercial launch of Lightwell, delivering automated vulnerability remediation at scale through two offerings: Lightwell Network and Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier. Available now, Lightwell Network gives enterprises access to a launch catalog of 6,500+ remediated, digitally signed, and certified application-layer dependencies across major ecosystems, including Java and Python. Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier enters a limited-availability phase, serving as a trusted intermediary for secured patch embargoes and vertical threat coordination.

As enterprises confront a growing volume of software cybersecurity vulnerabilities, expanding cloud and AI environments, and rising operational complexity, the conversation is shifting from...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announces new IBM z17 and IBM LinuxONE 5 configurations, marking the first time IBM is offering rack mount alongside single frame systems across its full Z and LinuxONE portfolio. The expanded IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5 portfolios now offer a wide range of deployment options, engineered with the same flagship performance, security, and ecosystem standards. New single frame and rack mount options provide additional ways for organizations to position their infrastructure where it fits best for their business needs, helping support flexibility and operational efficiency.

A team of scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Cleveland Clinic, and IBM (NYSE: IBM), have calculated nine molecular configurations of a promising material to produce fuel for fusion energy – the first-known instance of such computations on quantum computers.

Deloitte, IBM (NYSE: IBM), and Red Hat today announced a collaboration to help protect the software supply chain against increasingly automated cyber threats. Deloitte joins the initiative as an integration collaborator for Lightwell, bringing its broader secured software supply chain architecture and cyber risk services to the large-scale enterprise open source security model deployed by IBM and Red Hat.

We are living through one of the most significant transformations in the history of work. AI is reshaping roles, rewiring workflows, and redefining the nature of performance itself. Yet, a new...

IBM unveiled a major semiconductor breakthrough with the introduction of the world’s first sub-1 nanometer (nm) chip technology, featuring a revolutionary transistor architecture at the 0.7 nm, or 7 angstrom node.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat today announced a collaboration to help organizations identify vulnerabilities early and deploy protections fast across open source software, commercial applications, operational technology (OT) and healthcare technologies. By integrating Palo Alto Networks Virtual Patching capability with Project Lightwell from IBM and Red Hat, the collaboration combines rapid network-level protection with software remediation to help organizations reduce exposure to emerging threats.

BM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has joined the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, bringing advanced frontier AI capabilities into security operations to help enterprises counter machine-speed threats. Building on the recently announced Project Lightwell, as part of this effort IBM has launched a new application security service that uses the cyber capabilities of OpenAI’s models to help organizations identify and validate software vulnerabilities with greater speed, and precision.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new and enhanced digital fan features coming to The Championships, Wimbledon in 2026. The watsonx AI-powered capabilities are available on the Wimbledon app and wimbledon.com, which have been fully modernised and redesigned to provide a seamless and personalised experience to millions of global tennis fans during The Championships. Pairing fan-facing innovation with operational transformation, IBM and the All England Club are creating a digital foundation to deeply engage the next generation of tennis fans.

IBM is continuing to innovate mainframes to address and combat the technological challenges of the future. As part of this mission, today we’re announcing the general availability of three new Z software tools designed to not only meet clients where they are, but to start addressing future challenges such as frontier model attacks. These complement our recent developments with Project Glasswing and our commitment to open-source security with Project Lightwell.

A new global study by the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value finds that as enterprises embed AI deeper into core business operations, most surveyed organizations remain locked into AI systems they cannot easily change, reinforcing the growing importance of AI sovereignty to maintain business continuity and performance.

Today, Apptio, an IBM Company (NYSE: IBM), announced significant updates to its solution suite—including the launch of its Conversational Insights, currently in preview, and new capabilities for hybrid IT cost management and cloud optimization—designed to turn technology investment into measurable business outcomes and establish best practices for the financial governance for AI in a time of record infrastructure investments. The new capabilities are designed to specifically strengthen Apptio’s Financial Intelligence Layer that connects cost, consumption, value, and action across all spending and operational data within the enterprise.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the AI control tower for business reinvention, today announced an expanded collaboration to address two of the biggest barriers blocking enterprise AI at scale: the AI-ready data problem and the legacy application layer.

Recently, Uber's COO said AI costs are getting "harder to justify." Microsoft canceled most of its Claude Code licenses, citing spend. And according to Axios, one organization burned through half...

A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value study reveals that as AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-wide deployment, two-thirds of surveyed CIOs and CTOs report being held accountable for AI systems they do not fully control, while governance struggles to keep pace at scale.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Google Cloud today announced the launch of a new Google Cloud Practice, designed to help organizations more quickly scale AI into production and modernize core systems. The new practice combines IBM’s deep industry expertise and IBM Consulting Advantage – the company’s AI-powered platform that helps IBM teams design, build and deploy AI solutions faster using agents and industry workflows – now with Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, cybersecurity and data capabilities.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the AI Builders Challenge, a global challenge with IBM Bob – IBM’s new AI-powered development partner – that will help university students build practical AI and software development skills for the future of work.

IBM applauds the Administration's Executive Order on AI and cybersecurity. As AI becomes more foundational to all of us, including business and government, securing it — and the open source...

Technology moves extremely fast – sometimes faster than policy cycles can adapt. IBM’s perspective has long been clear: control and independence must be built into the architecture, regardless of specific technology. For more than a century, this has defined how we operate in Europe.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced plans to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over the next five years. The investment will span research and development, capital expenditure, manufacturing scaling, ecosystem partnerships, and M&A. Together, these areas are designed to accelerate IBM's quantum roadmap beyond delivering the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer in 2029, and advance quantum leadership anchored in the United States.

New tool can help enterprises document control, demonstrate their compliance, and build greater trust in an AI-driven world Across global enterprises, digital sovereignty has become a defining...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat today announced Project Lightwell, a $5 billion commitment backed by new frontier AI capabilities and a global force of more than 20,000 engineers to help enterprises secure open source software. Together, these investments establish a new model for enterprise use of open source software, from upstream development through production environments.

IBM has announced a new five-year global agreement with Abertis, a leading infrastructure and mobility management group, to modernize Abertis's technological infrastructure. The collaboration includes migrating to SAP S/4HANA, and aims to improve system scalability, reliability and user experience across multiple countries. This new agreement extends more than a decade of collaboration and supports Abertis's digital transformation.

Three things to know: How IBM shaped the digital sovereignty agenda at Think 2026 By: Anne Robinson, SVP and Chief Legal Officer, IBM Starting THINK 2026, IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna said, “

Today, IBM and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) announced a Letter of Intent (LOI) to build an American quantum chip, foundry securing the nation’s global quantum leadership and fueling the country’s growing quantum ecosystem. The CHIPS incentive from the DoC will support the research and development efforts of a new IBM company: Anderon, which will be America's first pure-play quantum foundry. This initiative represents one of the most significant commitments by the U.S. Government to date in quantum R&D to position the United States to manufacture most of the world’s quantum wafers.

As AI accelerates cyberattacks, the biggest risk for enterprises is no longer whether vulnerabilities will be found, but how quickly organizations can respond. Frontier models are shrinking...

IBM today kicked off the IBM Sports Tech Startup Challenge at Web Summit Vancouver, marking the first showcase in a global initiative to find and accelerate cutting-edge AI startups transforming the world of sports.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced two new managed services – Red Hat AI Inference on IBM Cloud and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service on IBM Cloud – to help enterprises accelerate AI adoption and run security-forward, scalable and predictable virtualization environments.

At Think 2026, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced new capabilities delivered through IBM Enterprise Advantage, a first-of-its-kind asset-based consulting service that helps clients build and operate their own hybrid-AI platforms.

Aramco (2222.SE) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced their intended collaboration on opportunities to advance artificial intelligence, agentic AI, automation, material science and other mutually agreed domains in the industrial sector. The collaboration builds on a longstanding relationship and strong alignment around innovation, operational excellence, and solving complex, large-scale challenges.

Available 19 June 2026, IBM zSecure Secret Manager enables organizations to move from manual, fragmented certificate processes to policy-driven automation of certificate renewal to reduce...

Enterprises don’t need another way to build agents—they need a way to operationalize the agents they’ve already built. In large organizations, agents are being created everywhere—across...

We are excited to introduce IBM Data Gate for Confluent, a new capability that brings IBM Z data to the centre of the modern, real-time data foundation powering enterprise AI. IBM Z systems...

The rise of AI is intensifying pressure to address digital sovereignty, while also reshaping what organizations require from it. For years, sovereignty conversations centered on where data...

At NVIDIA GTC, IBM, Nvidia and Nestlé showcased what’s possible when GPU acceleration meets open data architecture—demonstrating up to 5x faster analytics workloads while reducing costs by as...

Think 2026, 4 - 7 May in Boston, MA, is where bold organizations are making the agentic leap—redesigning their businesses with AI at the core to unlock unprecedented ROI. This year’s event...

Today, at its annual Think conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced its most comprehensive expansion of enterprise AI and hybrid cloud management capabilities to date. Products and capabilities unveiled today include the next generation of IBM watsonx Orchestrate for multi-agent orchestration, IBM Confluent to bring real-time data to AI, IBM Concert platform for intelligent operations, and IBM Sovereign Core for operational independence.

At Think 2026, IBM announced the general availability of IBM Sovereign Core, a new software platform designed to help organizations build and operate AI-ready sovereign environments and verify their control — giving enterprises and governments an end-to-end approach to digital sovereignty.

Scientists at Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have used IBM quantum computers and two of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to simulate protein complexes spanning up to 12,635 atoms. These are the largest-known simulations of biologically meaningful molecules performed with quantum hardware yet, and signal that quantum computers are maturing into useful scientific tools which can help solve fundamental problems in biology, chemistry, and life sciences.

This year, we celebrate the 40th year of the strategic partnership between IBM and Oracle. To mark the milestone, we are advancing our partnership to help meet our customers’ evolving needs and...

Migrating to the cloud was supposed to make infrastructure easier to provision and manage. For many enterprises, the reality is more complicated. New pain points emerged that undermine the...

At IBM, we’ve always believed that your data shouldn’t just sit in a silo; it should be the engine that powers your enterprise intelligence. That’s why we launched IBM Db2 Genius Hub: a...

As enterprises move from experimenting with AI to operationalizing it at scale, one reality becomes clear: AI must work reliably where enterprise data lives. For many organizations that means...

At Think 2026, we’re introducing the next stage in the autonomous evolution: we’re taking Db2 Genius Hub from an AI that recommends to one that acts, under human supervision and within defined...

On 19 January 2026, IBM announced Enterprise Advantage, a new asset-based consulting service designed to help organizations scale secure, governed agentic AI across their business operations...

At IBM Think 2026, we are announcing private preview for IBM Cyber Fraud, a new AI-assisted fraud investigation solution designed to help organizations move from manual, fragmented investigations...

Today at IBM THINK 2026, IBM announced the winners of the 2026 Partner Plus Awards, representing outstanding partners from around the world. IBM partners play a pivotal role in driving client...

Tune in live Tuesday, May 5 at 8:30 a.m. ET as IBM (NYSE: IBM) CEO Arvind Krishna opens IBM Think 2026 and explains how AI is becoming the defining force in business, what it takes to lead, and how quantum computing is emerging as the next frontier.

A new global study from the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value finds that the accelerating pace of AI is pushing CEOs to redesign how C-suite roles are structured to drive greater business impact across the enterprise.

As the Formula 1 season arrives in United States for the first time in 2026 for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Ferrari today introduced – new and enhanced AI powered capabilities to the Scuderia Ferrari app experience. The highly interactive features were designed to bring Scuderia Ferrari's passionate global fanbase of nearly 400 million Tifosi closer than ever to the team, the drivers and the cars they love – on race day and beyond.

Next week at Think 2026, we'll outline the forces shaping the Enterprise AI Race, forces that apply with particular urgency to private equity. The organizations gaining ground today are not the ones betting on a single model. They are the ones redesigning how their businesses operate, building hybrid architectures that give them control, and deploying AI in ways that orchestrate value that compounds over time.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Dallara Group, a world-leading racing and high-performance vehicle manufacturer, today announced a collaboration to advance vehicle design and optimization using AI and explore the use of quantum computing. The work combines Dallara’s expertise in high-performance vehicle engineering with IBM’s leadership in AI for physics and quantum computing to investigate how to accelerate aerodynamic design and open a path to even more advanced simulation workflows.

IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today announced the launch of the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab, advancing their long-standing collaboration to shape the next era of computing. The new lab expands its scope to include quantum computing, alongside foundational artificial intelligence research, with the goal of unlocking new computational approaches that go beyond the limits of today’s classical systems.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the global availability of IBM Bob, an AI-first development partner built for enterprise teams. Bob doesn’t just help developers write code fast. It works across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), from planning and coding to testing, deployment, and modernization, with the governance and security controls enterprises need.

In a world shaped by AI‑driven systems and increasingly complex supply chains, leaders are under pressure to show exactly how data moves, how systems behave, and who has the authority to make...

By bringing together AI capabilities from both companies, Google Cloud’s strength in developer-centric design with IBM’s strengths in hybrid cloud, data management, and automation, we can help clients build a more unified and flexible foundation for their AI and cloud strategies.

"The first quarter was a strong start to the year with broad-based revenue growth across our segments. These results reflect the integrated value of our portfolio and the trust clients put in us to improve their operations. As clients scale use cases, AI continues to be a tailwind for our global business. IBM products and services are helping clients orchestrate, deploy and govern AI across hybrid environments," said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Given this strong start, we continue to expect more than 5 percent constant currency revenue growth and an increase of about $1 billion in year-over-year free cash flow in 2026."

This is where IBM Consulting and Adobe are deepening our collaboration. Together, we’re pairing Adobe’s Customer Experience Orchestration capabilities, like Adobe Real-Time CDP, with IBM’s agentic AI expertise, orchestration tools like Adobe Experience Platform Agent Orchestrator and IBM watsonx Orchestrate, and responsible governance to help companies identify customer intent quickly and act before the moment passes.

In the first ever Q4Bio Challenge, research teams sought to demonstrate scalable quantum algorithms for healthcare, with Algorithmiq’s work alongside Cleveland Clinic and IBM earning $2 million Q4Bio prize.

The $2.3 trillion global sports economy is experiencing robust growth, with annual revenues projected to reach $8.8 trillion by 2050. Like all other industry leaders, sports leagues, teams, and...

Why the convergence of physical and digital supply chain risks demand a new strategy Insight powered by the IBM Institute for Business Value Just yesterday, fresh strikes in the Middle East hit...

IBM will host the first-of-its-kind ‘Masters at Madison Square Park’ immersive viewing experience for all four days of the Masters Tournament, Thursday, April 9 – Sunday, April 12. Fans in New York City will have the exclusive opportunity to play a replicated iconic hole on an AI-powered golf simulator and watch the action unfold with live viewing of the Tournament all weekend long. Limited edition merchandise and specialty themed food and beverage items are part of this experience, as well.

IBM today announced a strategic collaboration with Arm to develop new dual‑architecture hardware that helps enterprises run future AI and data intensive workloads with greater flexibility, reliability, and security.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that 11 of its artificial intelligence (AI) and automation software solutions — including several products from the watsonx portfolio — have received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization.

IBM and ETH Zurich announced today a 10-year collaboration to advance the next generation of algorithms at the intersection of AI and quantum computing. This initiative represents the latest milestone in the long-standing collaboration between the two institutions, further strengthening a scientific exchange that has helped create the future of information technology.

IBM and NationSwell developed Responsible Use of AI for Social Impact playbook. This playbook offers practical guidance for nonprofits, funders, universities and technology partners seeking to adopt AI in ways that are ethical, safe and useful in real-world settings.

Insight powered by the IBM Institute for Business Value President Trump recently signed the Cyber Strategy for America. It is one of the most significant shifts in national cybersecurity posture...

IBM announced new results that its quantum computer can simulate real magnetic materials with results that match neutron scattering experiments, marking a significant step towards using quantum computers as reliable tools for scientific discovery. The work, reported in a pre-print, was conducted by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Purdue University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee and IBM.

ElevenLabs and IBM announced they are collaborating to bring ElevenLabs Text to Speech (TTS) and Speech to Text (STT) to IBM watsonx Orchestrate, an agentic AI orchestration platform, providing clients with tools to deliver richer, more natural voice interactions designed to improve agentic AI-driven experiences while also addressing the security and scalability needs of enterprises.

IBM recently published a playbook on maximizing business value with the mainframe. This shares our proven approach for driving innovation with our clients, based on decades of experience. It starts with the most important step: choosing the best-fit platform for applications within your hybrid cloud environment.

In consulting, our role has always been to help organizations redesign how they operate. So, when AI is fundamentally changing how work gets done across every sector, the impact on our profession is especially profound.

On March 20, the White House released its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, a legislative blueprint covering seven areas, from innovation and child safety to workforce development and energy infrastructure. It puts American AI leadership squarely at the center of national policy. This is a significant step, and an important one.

IBM and the Masters Tournament today announced new and enhanced digital fan features now available on the award-winning Masters digital platforms. The watsonx AI-powered capabilities – the latest in a 30-year collaboration between IBM and the Masters – are designed to bring the rich history and on-course excitement of the Tournament to life for millions of golf fans around the world.

Charles H. Bennett, a research scientist at IBM (NYSE: IBM) and IBM Fellow, has been named a co-recipient of the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award by the Association for Computing Machinery.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced at GTC 2026 an expanded collaboration with NVIDIA to help enterprises operationalize AI at scale. Advancing efforts across GPU-native data analytics, intelligent document processing, on-premises and regulated infrastructure deployments, cloud, and consulting, the collaboration aims to give enterprises the data foundation, infrastructure, and expertise to move AI from pilot to production.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the industry’s first published quantum‑centric supercomputing reference architecture, a new blueprint for integrating quantum computing into modern supercomputing environments. The architecture shows how quantum processors (QPUs) can work alongside GPUs and CPUs—across on‑premises systems, research centers, and the cloud—in order to tackle scientific challenges that no single computing approach can solve on its own.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX) today announced a collaboration aimed at developing new processes and materials to support sub-1nm logic scaling. Building on a long record of successful partnerships, the new agreement will focus on the joint development of novel materials, fabrication processes, and High-NA EUV lithography processes to advance IBM’s logic scaling roadmap.

SEI®(NASDAQ: SEIC) today announced it has joined forces with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to accelerate enterprise transformation through agentic AI and automation and modernize how it operates, innovates, and delivers value to clients—reinforcing the company’s commitment to sustainable growth.

An international team of scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM), The University of Manchester, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, EPFL and the University of Regensburg have created and characterized a molecule unlike any previously known — one whose electrons travel through its structure in a corkscrew-like pattern that fundamentally alters its chemical behavior. Published today in Science, it is the first experimental observation of a half-Möbius electronic topology in a single molecule.