New quantum effect in erasing information in qubits

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information that may have significant implications for the design of quantum computing chips. The thermodynamics of computation was brought to the fore […]

Coherent qubit operation in nanowire-based Transmon

Scientists at Microsoft Quantum Lab have investigated a semiconductor transmon with an epitaxial Al shell fully surrounding an InAs nanowire core in the low EJ/EC regime. Little-Parks oscillations as a function of flux along the hybrid wire […]

Could Schrödinger’s cat exist in real life?

Generally, quantum mechanics applies to the tiny world of atoms and particles. The question is what it means for large-scale objects. A team of scientists proposes an experiment that may resolve this question once and […]

Ultrafast Oscillation of Light Waves Unveiled in Plasma Spark

A German-Canadian collaboration, with physicists from the attoworld-team of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, and the Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory of the National Research Council and the University of Ottawa, […]

Physicists control transport of stored light

A team of physicists led by Professor Patrick Windpassinger at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has successfully transported light stored in a quantum memory over a distance of 1.2 millimeters. They have demonstrated that the […]

Quantum sensing solutions for gas safety

SK Telecom announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Gas Safety Corp. to cooperate in the commercialization of next-generation gas safety solution based on quantum sensing technology. Named Quantum Gas Imaging, […]

Magnetic and electronic properties of topological insulators

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have shed light on the relationship between the magnetic properties of topological insulators and their electronic band structure. Their experimental results offer new insights into recent debates regarding the […]

Generating photons for quantum communication

MIT researchers using superconducting quantum bits connected to a microwave transmission line have shown how the qubits can generate on demand the photons, or particles of light, necessary for communication between quantum processors. The advance […]

Quieter semiconductor quantum bits

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have demonstrated the lowest noise level on record for a semiconductor qubit. In any semiconductor platform such as silicon, charge noise is caused by imperfections in the material environment that hosts qubits. […]

Quantum simulation beyond the coherence time

Iterative approaches to Quantum Simulation (QS) are restricted to simulation times less than the coherence time of the Quantum Computer (QC), which limits their utility in the near term. Researchers at Los Alamos have developed […]

Honeywell achieved a Quantum Volume of 128

Honeywell has just announced they achieved a Quantum Volume of 128 on their Quantum Computer in late September 2020.  The system successfully passed the Quantum Volume 128 test outputting heavy outcomes 71.78% of the time, […]

Air Liquide: Majority stake in Cryoconcept

Air Liquide has acquired 80% of the capital of the French company Cryoconcept which specialises in dilution refrigeration. This transaction enables Air Liquide to strengthen its expertise in the field of extreme, or close to absolute […]

CERN meets quantum technology

The CERN Quantum Technology Initiative (QTI), which was announced in June, sees CERN join a rapidly-growing global effort to bring about a “second quantum revolution” – whereby phenomena such as superposition and entanglement, which enable an […]

Fault-Tolerant Operation of a Quantum Error-Correction Code

Researchers at University of Maryland and the Duke University have managed to present the first implementation of Fault-Tolerant (FT) logical state preparation. They have experimentally demonstrated fault-tolerant preparation, rotation, error syndrome extraction, and measurement on a logical […]

Quantum entanglement between distant and different objects

A team of researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have succeeded in entangling two very different quantum objects. Researchers succeeded in making entanglement between a mechanical oscillator—a vibrating dielectric membrane—and a cloud […]

Predicting molecular behavior using Quantum Computing

Researchers at Osaka City University create a quantum algorithm that removes spin contaminants while making chemical calculations on quantum computers. This allows for precise and accurate predictions of electronic and molecular behavior with degrees of […]