The Center for Quantum Nanoscience was founded in 2017 as part of efforts for South Korea to expand basic science research.

Classified as an Extramural Center of the Institute for Basic Science, it is hosted by Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.

Their dedicated building started construction in 2018 and officially opened in 2019[1][2] during the IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience.

For example, they reduced digital memory down to a single holmium atom on MgO substrate using a scanning tunneling microscope.

[9][10] At time of their publishing, commercially available magnetic memory devices require approximately one million atoms to record the same amount of data.