Scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in quantum technology by deriving an exact mathematical expression for entanglement distillation under specialized conditions, correcting flawed theories from two decades ago and advancing theoretical capabilities far beyond current experimental limitations.
Researchers successfully simulated Google’s 53-qubit Sycamore quantum circuit seven times faster than the original quantum computer using 1,432 GPUs and innovative tensor network algorithms, effectively refuting Google’s quantum advantage claim.
Scientists have discovered and experimentally confirmed the existence of “quadruplons,” genuine four-body quasi-particles consisting of two electrons and two holes tightly bound together in a monolayer semiconductor, which represent a fundamentally new type of matter excitation beyond previously known quasi-particles like excitons and bi-excitons.
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.
A groundbreaking theory bridges quantum mechanics and general relativity by treating the spacetime metric as a quantum operator and introducing an entropy-based gravitational action that yields modified Einstein equations with an emergent cosmological constant, potentially explaining cosmic expansion and dark matter through a novel auxiliary “G-field.”
IBM Quantum and Qiskit team announced the IBM Quantum Developer Certification — the world’s first ever developer certification for programming a quantum computer. The purpose of this test, a 60-questions exam, is to certify that the members […]
Using the D-Wave hybrid solver service, Multiverse Computing developed an algorithmic approach to rapidly generate portfolios that can be optimized against a variety of constraints. Every investment entails some measure of risk—the fundamental question is whether the reward […]
Except for Value at Risk and option pricing, quantum algorithm are not often used to solve problems in finance. Indeed, such analysis are computationally too expensive to perform on classical computers. In this study, authors […]
Increasing Crop Efficiency with QC: a presentation to the Washington DC Quantum Computing MeetUp in March 2021
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have developed a detection method that can be used to track quantum transmissions. Quantum information is sent over long distances in the form of photons which are […]
Researchers at the QT Hub are exploiting quantum technology to develop sensors and timing devices.
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have measured and controlled a superconducting qubit using light-conducting fiber instead of metal electrical wires, paving the way to packing a million qubits into a […]
Benchmarking of Quantum Computing devices is necessary to measure their performance, and to guide their use and future development. As Quantum Computing systems become more complex, they need to be benchmarked in terms of practical […]
Researchers at QuTech, a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO, have shown that germanium semiconductor technology can be used to build a two-dimensional array of qubits to function as a quantum processor. Electrons trapped in […]
Brilliance Quantum, an Australian startup, unveils world-first diamond quantum computer technology.
Many machine learning algorithms on quantum computers suffer from the dreaded “barren plateau” of unsolvability, where they run into dead ends on optimization problems. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have established theorems that guarantee […]
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba demonstrated second-order nonlinear optical effects in diamonds by taking advantage of internal color center defects that break inversion symmetry of diamond crystal. Previously, scientists thought that the inversion-symmetric nature […]
BMW teamed up with Entropica Labs, a Singapore-based quantum computing startup, and Honeywell Quantum Solutions for finding out if Quantum Computing had the potential to optimize and speed up supply chain management. (Forbes) Read more.
A team of researchers at IBM Quantum and ETH, Switzerland, has introduced a variant of Quantum Amplitude Estimation (QAE), called Iterative QAE (IQAE), which does not rely on Quantum Phase Estimation (QPE) but is only based on Grover’s Algorithm, which reduces […]
IBM has announced the general availability of Qiskit Metal, an open-source platform that automates parts of the design process for quantum chips. The tool tool was first announced late last year as part of the […]
A research team at NUST MISIS, Russian Quantum Center and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, has created a quantum sensor that grants access to measurement and manipulation of individual two-level defects in qubits. A leading qubit technology […]
Researchers at the Tohoku University and Purdue University have, for the first time, developed the technology for the nanosecond operation of the spintronics-based probabilistic bit (p-bit)—dubbed “the poor man’s quantum bit” (q-bit). Magnetic Tunnel Junctions […]
SINTEF, NTNU and the University of Oslo want to make Norway “Quantum-Ready”, and have taken the matter into their own hands by together establishing the Norwegian Quantum Computing Centre. This center gathers a strong interdisciplinary, cross-institutional team […]
Scientists has tuned a quantum dot so that it can measure ultra-cold temperatures without the need for direct electrical connections to the outside world. A cryogenic quantum dot thermometer is calibrated and operated using only […]
The famous UK insurance company Lloyd’s has published a very interesting white paper about the impacts of Quantum Computing with a focus on Insurance and Finance domaines. It’s also a very nice summary of all […]
A team of researchers at Osaka City University has developed a quantum algorithm they called Bayesian eXchange coupling parameter calculator with Broken-symmetry wave functions (BxB), that predicts the electronic states of atoms and molecules by […]
It’s called a quantum cryoprober and in the world of exotic high-tech tools, this one that sits in a lab at Intel’s campus in Oregon is truly unique. Intel worked with the Finnish firms Bluefors and Afore to design […]
Researchers from Louisiana State University have introduced a smart quantum technology for the spatial mode correction of single photons. The team has exploited the self-learning and self-evolving features of artificial neural networks to correct the distorted spatial profile of single photons.
Researchers at Florida State University found a way to automatically infer parameters used in an important quantum Boltzmann machine algorithm for machine learning applications. The work could help build artificial neural networks that could be used […]
Quantum measurements are prone to noise, which can enter the system in many ways. For quantum communication, increasing the system’s dimensionality – the number of available encoding levels – can increase its resistance to noise. […]