UCL researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique using arsenic atoms in silicon that achieves a 97% success rate for single-atom placement (compared to phosphorus’s 70%), potentially solving quantum computing’s twin challenges of error rates and scalability through scanning tunneling microscopy hydrogen resist lithography.
Researchers at China’s USTC have developed Zuchongzhi-3, a groundbreaking 105-qubit quantum computer that processes calculations 10^15 times faster than the most powerful supercomputers and one million times faster than Google’s latest quantum systems, marking a significant advancement in quantum supremacy.
IonQ is acquiring a controlling stake in quantum safe networking leader ID Quantique (IDQ) to strengthen its global quantum ecosystem, accelerate quantum networking development, and establish a strategic partnership with SK Telecom, with the acquisition expected to close in Q2 2025.
Quantum Machines has raised $170 million in Series C funding, bringing its total to $280 million, as the company’s hybrid control technology for quantum computing systems gains widespread adoption across the industry during a breakthrough year marked by significant hardware and error correction advancements.
An international research team has developed a groundbreaking technique to integrate superconductors with semiconductors by patterning platinum on germanium and heating it to form a superconducting alloy, demonstrating coherent quantum states that could enable hybrid quantum processors combining the scalability of semiconductor qubits with the long-range connectivity of superconducting circuits.
Scientists at EPFL, Switzerland, have built a compact waveguide amplifier by successfully incorporating rare-earth ions into integrated photonic circuits. The device produces record output power compared to commercial fiber amplifiers, a first in the development […]
ORCA Computing is working with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to develop future data processing capabilities. In a year-long programme of activity, MoD will use ORCA’s PT-1 model, the first computer of its kind […]
Dr Anna Kowalczyk, Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Human Brain Health, is one of 15 researchers awarded funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to tackle key quantum […]
Covestro, one of the world’s leading polymer companies, and QC Ware have announced the signing of a five-year collaboration agreement. The objective of the collaboration is to help prepare Covestro to fully deploy quantum algorithms for the discovery of new materials […]
Ultrashort infrared light pulses are the key to a wide range of technological applications. The oscillating infrared light field can excite molecules in a sample to vibrate at specific frequencies, or drive ultrafast electric currents […]
In a special arrangement of atomic spins, Max Planck physicists have measured the properties of the so-called Haldane phase in an experiment. To do so, they used a quantum mechanical trick. In some materials, there […]
Researchers at University of Geneva (UNIGE) and CEA have presented new protocols for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) in a prepare-and-measure setup with an asymmetric level of trust. While the device of the sender (Alice) is […]
Researchers at QuTech in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum internet. This breakthrough was made possible by […]
A new project undertaken by a University of Birmingham researcher at the UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing along with colleagues in the School of Engineering will help to facilitate greater sustainability for future […]
Scientists have demonstrated that wires more than 100 times thinner than a human hair can act like a quantum one-way street for electrons when made of a peculiar material known as a topological insulator. The […]
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics succeeded in massively improving the performance of a component that is crucial to optical quantum systems. Future quantum computers are expected not only to solve particularly […]
Stephanie Wehner at Delft University of Technology has been elected as new member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. She started out as a hacker, and now occupies a world-leading position with her […]
A researcher at EPFL explored the relationship between entanglement and the wave-particle duality of each subsystem.
Developing non-classical light sources that can emit, on-demand, exactly one photon at a time is one of the main requirements of quantum technologies. But although the first demonstration of such a “single photon emitter”, or […]
Researchers from QuTech, in collaboration with Fujitsu and Element Six, have demonstrated the fault-tolerant operation of a quantum bit using a quantum processor based on spin qubits in diamond. The team has realized a logical […]
Richard East (QuEnG):The ZX calculus is a formal diagrammatic language typically used by computer scientists for the analysis and simplification of quantum circuits.
Lausanne, Switzerland and Corbeil-Essones, France – April 27, 2022 LIGENTEC SA, the leading supplier of high performance, low loss, silicon nitride Photonic Integrated Circuits established a R&D Centre in France. Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are […]
As part of her doctoral thesis, Nathalie Nagl developed a new generation of highly compact ultrashort pulse lasers in the infrared spectral range, which can be used, for example, to precisely analyze blood samples. This […]
Quantum Machines, Alice&Bob and European quantum computing research groups led by Prof. Benjamin Huard from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Prof. Florian Marquardt of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, has […]
It is well established that quantum error correction can improve the performance of quantum sensors. But new theory work cautions that, unexpectedly, the approach can also give rise to inaccurate and misleading results — and […]
Exactly one year after the first staring radar was installed at the University of Birmingham campus, a second identical radar has been installed, representing another step in the journey to hosting the very first quantum-enabled […]
Terra Quantum AG announces that it has extended its Series A funding round to $75m, as well as its research offering a ground-breaking solution to the longstanding challenge of efficient power devices for nanoelectronics. Terra Quantum […]
Q-CTRL has announced a partnership with The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland’s largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences, to pioneer R&D in the scale-up of quantum computers. The strategic partnership will leverage Q-CTRL […]
Engineers from Intel and scientists from QuTech have delivered the first qubit made in the very same industrial manufacturing facilities that mass-produce conventional computer chips. This advancement has been a long-standing goal due to its […]
CEA, a French key player in research, development and innovation, and C12 Quantum Electronics, a startup focused on developing the next-generation of quantum computers using carbon nanotubes, today announced a partnership to produce the first […]