SandboxAQ has announced a significant funding round of over $300 million from prominent investors including Fred Alger Management, T. Rowe Price Associates, Mumtalakat, and notable individuals like Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff and Yann LeCun. The […]
Maryland Aims to Become Global Quantum Hub with $1B IonQ Partnership
IonQ, a leading quantum computing company, has announced a major partnership with the University of Maryland and the State of Maryland to establish the region as the “Capital of Quantum.” This landmark initiative aims to […]
Quantum Physics Powers New Era of Ultra-Fast Optical Switches
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a revolutionary photonic switch that transforms data transmission in fiber-optic networks. The switch, detailed in Nature Photonics, measures just 85 by […]
Autonomous Quantum Refrigerator: A Breakthrough in Error-Free Quantum Computing
Scientists at NIST and Chalmers University of Technology have developed a groundbreaking quantum refrigeration system that achieves record-low temperatures for quantum computing operations. This innovative approach addresses one of quantum computing’s fundamental challenges: maintaining qubits […]
Antimony Atom Brings Schrödinger’s Cat to Life
UNSW researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum computing by implementing the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment using an antimony atom, as published in Nature Physics. Led by Professor Andrea Morello, the team developed a […]
Single-Atom Spintronics: Light-Controlled Current in Thallium-Lead Alloys
A University of Tokyo research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in spintronic technology by successfully controlling spin-polarized current direction in single-atom thallium-lead alloy layers at room temperature. Led by researchers Ibuki Taniuchi, Ryota Akiyama, […]
Beyond Bosons and Fermions, Mathematical Possibility of Paraparticles
Rice University physicists have made a breakthrough in particle physics by mathematically demonstrating the possibility of paraparticles, challenging the long-held binary classification of particles as either fermions or bosons. The research, led by Associate Professor […]
Split Electrons: A Breakthrough in Topological Quantum Computing
Scientists have made a breakthrough in quantum computing by discovering how electrons can appear to split in half through quantum interference, potentially bringing us closer to creating topological quantum computers. This research, published in Physical […]
Decoding general error correcting codes and the role of complementarity
Among various classes of Quantum Error Correcting Codes (QECCs), non-stabilizer codes have rich properties and are of theoretical and practical interest. Decoding non-stabilizer codes is, however, a highly non-trivial task. In this paper, researchers show […]
Towards a spectrally multiplexed quantum repeater
Extended quantum networks are based on quantum repeaters that often rely on the distribution of entanglement in an efficient and heralded fashion over multiple network nodes. Many repeater architectures require multiplexed sources of entangled photon […]
