Research led by Kent and the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has resulted in the discovery of a new rare topological superconductor, LaPt3P. This discovery may be of huge importance to the future operations of quantum computers. Superconductors […]
Quantum Nation Switzerland – Good, but there’s something missing
Author: Christoph Ebell SwissICT is the largest Swiss association for the ICT industry. Its recently established Policy Commission sent a letter to the Federal Council expressing the association’s concern about the possible exclusion of Switzerland from the […]
LIGENTEC joins Swiss Quantum Hub
We are delighted to announce that LIGENTEC SA, leader in low loss Silicon Nitride Integrated Photonics, has become a member of the Swiss Quantum Hub (SQH). Swiss based LIGENTEC provides custom specific integrated photonics circuits for […]
Quantum computing: cold chips can control qubits
A specially designed chip to control qubits can operate at extremely low temperatures, and opens the door to solving the ‘wiring bottleneck’. Researchers and engineers from QuTech in the Netherlands and from Intel Corp., jointly […]
Google wants to build a useful quantum computer by 2029
Google’s new Quantum AI campus. Image: Google Google is aiming to build a “useful, error-corrected quantum computer” by the end of the decade, the company explained in a blog post. The search giant hopes the technology will […]
Observation of triple-point Fermions
Fermions can either exist as individual particles, like electrons, protons, and neutrons, or as so-called quasiparticles. The latter are composed of many components, but behave like a single fermion particle. What characterises fermions is that […]
Nicolas Gisin in the 2022 Larousse dictionary
Professor Nicolas Gisin, Honorary Professor of the Physics Section of the University of Geneva and ID Quantique’s co-founder and board member, is among the personalities to be included in the Larousse dictionary 2022 edition. Nicolas Gisin […]
4th generation QKD XG Series
ID Quantique (IDQ), the world leader in quantum-safe security solutions, today launched the Cerberis XG at the Inside Quantum Technology conference (IQT). This is the first of a series, aiming at providing the highest level […]
Light meets superconducting circuits
Researchers in the group of Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have now developed a novel approach that uses light to read out superconducting circuits, thus overcoming the scaling challenges of […]
Qnami closes 4.0M CHF Series A round
Qnami announced today the closing of a 4.0M CHF (4.4M USD) Series A financing round led by Venture Capital funds Runa Capital and SIT Capital, further supported by Seed Round investors Quantonation, Verve Ventures, Zürcher […]