Faster algorithms for combinatorial optimization could prove transformative for diverse areas such as logistics, finance and machine learning. A team of researchers at Google Research has demonstrated the application of the Google Sycamore superconducting qubit […]
Today’s quantum computers contain up to several dozen memory and processing units, the so-called qubits. Researchers from MPQ have successfully interconnected two such qubits located in different labs to a distributed quantum computer. Their system […]
Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution (CV-QKD) enables information-theoretically secure key exchange between two parties using the continuous-variable properties of the quantized electromagnetic light field. The secret key rate of a CV-QKD system is limited by excess […]
Researchers at the US Army Research Laboratory have built a quantum sensor, which can sample the radio-frequency spectrum—from zero frequency up to 20 GHz—and detect AM and FM radio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication signals. The Rydberg […]
With 41.95% of the votes, Ilyas Khan, CEO of the UK startup Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC), has won the title of the “Quantum Personality of the Year 2020“. As a visionary, Ilyas founded CQC in 2014, […]
Recent experimental breakthroughs in satellite quantum communications have opened up the possibility of creating a global Quantum Internet using satellite links.
A team of Microsoft and University of Sydney researchers has developed a novel approach for controlling qubits.
Motivated by recent work showing that a quantum error correcting code can be generated by hybrid dynamics of unitaries and measurements, a team of researchers has studied the long time behavior of such systems. They […]
A team of researchers has proposed an efficient method for simultaneously optimizing both the structure and parameter values of quantum circuits with only a small computational overhead.
A team of researchers from DNRF center bigQ at DTU Physics have, in collaboration with the University of Sheffield, University of York and the Danish company Cryptomathic A/S, developed a Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) […]
Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a source of single photons that can produce billions of these quantum particles per second. Each photon is created by exciting a single […]
Austrian AQT startup has just announced their compact ion-trap quantum computer prototype, demonstrating 24 qubit GHZ entanglement in a room-temperature setup housed in two 19-inch racks. This research work in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck, […]
Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) has just announced their collaboration with Roche, to design and implement noisy-intermediate-scale-quantum (NISQ) algorithms for early-stage drug discovery and development. The multi-year collaboration will combine the expertise of both CQC and […]
SpinQ Gemini is a commercial desktop quantum computer designed and manufactured by SpinQ Technology. It is an integrated hardware-software system. The first generation product with two qubits was launched in January 2020. The hardware is […]
Generating and detecting Genuine Multipartite Entanglement (GME) of sizeable quantum states prepared on physical devices is an important benchmark for highlighting the progress of near-term quantum computers. A common approach to certify GME is to […]
Researchers at California Institute of Technology have explored how topology can endow special properties to a photonic platform in which superconducting qubits are embedded in a waveguide. The researchers showed that this configuration produces topological […]
Riverlane has raised $20m in Series A funding to build Deltaflow, its operating system for quantum computers. This new funding follows a £3.25 million seed round completed in June 2019. The round was led by […]
The Nominees are : Paulina Mazurek (BEIT), Poland Itamar Sivan (Quantum Machines), Israël Ilyas Khan (Cambridge Quantum Computing – CQC), United Kingdom Daniel Twitchen (E6 – Element Six), United Kingdom John Levy (Seeqc), USA The […]
Swiss researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have put forward a detailed plan of how faster and better defined qubits can be created. The central elements are magnetic atoms from the class of so-called […]
A team of researchers from Germany, Russia and UK has designed and experimentally demonstrated an ultrafast optical Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) that uses a totally untrusted photonic source. While considering completely general quantum attacks, […]
Solid-state quantum computers require classical electronics to control and readout individual qubits and to enable fast classical data processing. Integrating both subsystems at deep cryogenic temperatures, where solid- state quantum processors operate best, may solve […]
Chinese researchers showed that to achieve the highest precisions for multiple parameters at the same time requires the saturation of multiple Heisenberg uncertainty relations simultaneously. Real-life applications like magnetometry or quantum gyroscope typically involve precise […]
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that the research team at the Center for Opto-Electronic Materials and Devices was able to generate laser pulses at a rate at least 10,000 times higher than the […]
The French President has just announced that the french research centers, start-ups and industrial groups will have a budget of 1.8 billion euros over five years. France has now a Quantum Plan. The French Quantum […]
John Levy, CEO of the New-York-based Seeqc start-up, is the fifth nominee of the ‘Quantum Personality of the Year 2020’. He co-founded SeeQC in 2018. From 2010-18 he served as the Chairman of BioLite, a […]