The Quantum Computing industry stands at a fascinating crossroads. With major tech companies and ambitious startups racing to achieve quantum supremacy, the demand for quantum computing talent has never been higher. Yet, this rapidly evolving […]
Heat and computers do not mix well. If computers overheat, they do not work well or may even crash. But what about the quantum computers of the future? These high-performance devices are even more sensitive to heat. This is because their basic computational units — quantum bits or “qubits” — are based on highly-sensitive units, some of them individual atoms, and heat can be a crucial interference factor.
Two seemingly different areas of physics are related in subtle ways: Quantum theory and thermodynamics. How can the laws of thermodynamics arise from the laws of quantum physics? This question has now been pursued with computer simulations, which showed that chaos plays a crucial role: Only where chaos prevails do the well-known rules of thermodynamics follow from quantum physics.
The ARQ19 patent’s claim of achieving long-range quantum key distribution without trusted nodes is unfounded because it relies on an unexplained confidential classical channel between end users that cannot be quantum-based due to distance limitations, making the system’s security ultimately dependent on this non-quantum channel rather than achieving true quantum security.
A physicist at University of Michigan is using quantum computing and machine learning to better understand the idea that everything around us could be just a hologram, the famous so-called holographic duality. Holographic duality is a mathematical […]
Allie Nawrat talks to the Pistoia Alliance, QED-C and QuPharm about the opportunities Quantum Computing may provide to the pharma industry. In a future-casting 2030 vision report, life sciences membership organisation Pistoia Alliance examined technological opportunities […]
Quantum physics courses need updating, according to researchers who interviewed representatives from 21 US companies that specialize in designing and building technologies for quantum applications. The interviews suggest that those graduating with bachelor’s degrees in […]
IBM has published a report concerning quantum computing use cases for life sciences. Some quotes from this report: The search space of potential protein configurations increases exponentially with the size of the protein. Quantum computing has […]
This is a very interesting paper published by well-known people of the Quantum Community. Quantum computational supremacy arguments, which describe a way for a quantum computer to perform a task that cannot also be done […]
The intriguing, upcoming field of quantum biology by Olivier Loose. Scientific inquiry can be a lesson in humility. Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus taught us this in the sixteenth century when submitting the hypothesis that the Sun is sitting […]
By Prakhar Singh (BPCL) The oil and gas industry is known for opting cutting edge technology and digital innovation. Recently in October 2019, researchers at Google/ UC Santa Barbara John Martinis’ group claimed that they have […]
IBM has published a report concerning three quantum computing use cases already being explored by chemicals and petroleum companies. Some quotes from this report: It has already been demonstrated that quantum chemistry simulations will likely […]
January is a good period to sit back and check previous year with easy criticism and to predict new year facts with a fair dose of ‘realistic’ optimism. And a bit of humor (and bias?) […]
An interesting paper from Loïc Henriet, Quantum Engineer and Head of Software at Pasqal, Christophe Jurczak, General Partner at Quantonation and Leonard Wossnig, CEO of Rahko. The original article was published in Medium.com on November 13th, 2019. Machine Learning […]
McKinsey has just issued an interesting paper about innovation in Europe and propose five paths which could build on its strengths and help the continent regain its competitive edge. Some excerpts: Europe’s startup scene is thriving: […]
A very interesting paper from IBM Quantum Computing Team as an answer to the famous leaked preprint of Google regarding quantum supremacy. Some excerpts: Recent advances in quantum computing have resulted in two 53-qubit processors: […]
An interesting though entry-level document from EYQ (EYQ is EY’s think tank) about Quantum Computing. Some quotations/excerpts: “Quantum technologies offer huge potential for disruption. C-suite leaders that want their companies to be relevant tomorrow need […]
The race to cash in is draining universities of talent, fracturing the field and closing off avenues of enquiry, warn Jacob D. Biamonte, Pavel Dorozhkin and Igor Zacharov. This article was originally published in Nature, […]
by Florian Budde and Daniel Volz The chemical industry is poised to be an early beneficiary of the vastly expanded modeling and computational capabilities of quantum computing. Companies must act now to capture the benefits. […]
By Matt Langione, Corban Tillemann-Dick, Amit Kumar, and Vikas Taneja Quantum computers will soon begin to solve many industrial problems that today’s computers cannot. Over time, we expect productivity gains—both cost savings and revenue opportunities—to […]
By Roman Orus, Samuel Mugel and Enrique Lizaso Researchers discuss how quantum computation can be applied to financial problems, providing an overview of current approaches and potential prospects. They review quantum optimization algorithms, and expose how […]