UCL researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique using arsenic atoms in silicon that achieves a 97% success rate for single-atom placement (compared to phosphorus’s 70%), potentially solving quantum computing’s twin challenges of error rates and scalability through scanning tunneling microscopy hydrogen resist lithography.
A groundbreaking theory bridges quantum mechanics and general relativity by treating the spacetime metric as a quantum operator and introducing an entropy-based gravitational action that yields modified Einstein equations with an emergent cosmological constant, potentially explaining cosmic expansion and dark matter through a novel auxiliary “G-field.”
Harvard scientists have developed a groundbreaking photon router that creates an optical interface between light signals and superconducting microwave qubits, potentially solving a major quantum computing challenge by enabling different quantum systems to communicate efficiently without bulky wires, thus bringing distributed, fiber-optic-based quantum computers closer to reality.
Researchers have achieved a major quantum computing breakthrough by using a 56-qubit quantum computer to generate certifiably random numbers verified by classical supercomputers, marking a shift from theoretical quantum advantage to practical application with significant implications for cryptography, security, and fairness.
Princeton physicists accidentally discovered and directly visualized Hofstadter’s butterfly—a theoretical fractal pattern of electron energy levels predicted in 1976—using scanning tunneling microscopy on twisted bilayer graphene, revealing not only the long-sought fractal energy spectrum but also new quantum phenomena driven by electron interactions beyond Hofstadter’s original calculations.
The researchers demonstrated the first complete implementation of entanglement-based quantum key distribution using frequency-bin encoding on a silicon photonic chip, overcoming phase noise challenges to achieve stable transmission over 26 kilometers of fiber with a secure key rate of at least 4.5 bits per second.
Silicon vacancy centers in Silicon Carbide show promise as room-temperature qubits for quantum sensing applications, with researchers demonstrating that simultaneously operating both transitions in the spin-3/2 quartet through a novel duplex qubit scheme doubles the signal contrast and improves sensitivity compared to conventional single-qubit approaches.
A landmark study demonstrates fully industrialized fabrication of high-performance silicon quantum dots using 300mm semiconductor wafer processes, achieving impressive metrics including sub-2μeV charge noise, 1-second spin relaxation times, and 99% gate fidelities, while incorporating monolithic cobalt micromagnets, thus establishing a viable pathway for scaling quantum computing through existing semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure.
Researchers have developed a novel first-quantization method for quantum computing that achieves significant improvements in efficiency for molecular energy calculations across arbitrary basis sets, demonstrating both asymptotic speedup in molecular orbital calculations and orders-of-magnitude resource reductions when using dual plane waves compared to second-quantization approaches.
A newly developed framework enhances the predictive power of analog quantum simulations by systematically quantifying and minimizing uncertainties in theoretical approximations used to represent complex quantum many-body systems in Rydberg-atom quantum computers.
Silicon photonic integrated circuit developed by ORNL scientists combines a bidirectionally pumped microring resonator with polarization splitter-rotators to generate broadband, high-fidelity polarization-entangled photons across 116 frequency-bin pairs compatible with existing fiber-optic networks, marking a significant advancement toward a scalable quantum internet.
A QuTech-led research team successfully created a three-site Kitaev chain in a hybrid InSb/Al nanowire that demonstrates enhanced stability of Majorana zero modes compared to two-site chains, marking significant progress toward scalable topological quantum computing.
Researchers have demonstrated that quantum information encoded in topological skyrmions remains resilient to environmental noise even as entanglement deteriorates, representing a breakthrough “digitization” approach that could revolutionize practical quantum technologies without requiring complex compensation strategies.
This research fully maps the statistical outcomes of quantum entanglement, enabling complete description of partially entangled states through mathematical transformation, establishing theoretical limits of quantum physics while opening new avenues for secure quantum testing, communications, and computing without requiring assumptions about device properties.
The research demonstrates a breakthrough Gaussian modulated coherent state continuous-variable quantum key distribution system that operates effectively in daylight and rainy conditions over an 860-meter free-space link, achieving high secure key rates without complex filtering by using a 1550 nm wavelength and polarization-multiplexed local oscillator, significantly advancing practical quantum communication applications.
A groundbreaking compact solid-state laser system generates 193-nm coherent light for semiconductor lithography while also producing the first-ever 193-nm vortex beam carrying orbital angular momentum, offering superior coherence and potential applications in wafer processing, defect inspection, and quantum technologies.
OQTOPUS is a groundbreaking open-source quantum computing operating system created collaboratively by Japanese institutions, offering comprehensive customization from setup to execution while significantly reducing implementation complexity, thus making quantum computing more accessible to a broader range of users and accelerating its practical adoption.
Researchers from the University of Innsbruck and the University of Waterloo have achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing by using qudits (quantum units with multiple values) instead of traditional qubits to efficiently simulate quantum electrodynamics in two dimensions, demonstrating magnetic field interactions between particles and opening new possibilities for solving previously intractable problems in particle physics.
Chinese and South African scientists have established the world’s longest quantum satellite link spanning nearly 13,000 kilometers, demonstrating unbreakable encryption using quantum key distribution to securely transmit images between continents in a groundbreaking collaboration that marks the first quantum satellite communication in the Southern Hemisphere.
QuTech researchers, collaborating with Fujitsu and Element Six, have achieved a significant quantum computing milestone by demonstrating diamond spin-based quantum gates with error rates below 0.1%—satisfying a critical threshold for quantum error correction and bringing us one step closer to scalable quantum computation.
A quantum internet protocol using minimum cost aggregation and network concatenation enables efficient distribution of entangled bits with bounded error between arbitrary clients across multiple quantum networks regardless of distance, overcoming previous limitations and forming the necessary foundation for global-scale quantum networking.
A research team has achieved a breakthrough in quantum communication by implementing an eight-dimensional quantum superdense coding protocol on a 16-mode photonic chip, demonstrating an unprecedented channel capacity exceeding 3 bits through the generation of high-fidelity entangled quDit states and efficient Bell state measurements that distinguish eleven orthogonal states, significantly outperforming classical communication limits.
Researchers propose a novel quantum sensing protocol that uses in-cavity squeezed states and optimized transient control to mitigate the Rayleigh curse limitation, enabling more sensitive dark matter detection in microwave cavities without requiring non-Gaussian quantum resources that would be incompatible with the strong magnetic fields needed for axion searches.
Researchers have successfully created quantum holograms using metasurfaces, enabling unprecedented control over entangled photon pairs where the polarization of one photon can selectively erase holographic content in its partner, demonstrating precise quantum control with applications in secure communication and anti-counterfeiting technology.
Stochastic Quantum Signal Processing integrates randomized compiling into quantum signal processing to achieve quadratic error suppression (ϵ → O(ϵ²)), reducing query complexity by nearly half across multiple quantum algorithms including Hamiltonian simulation, phase estimation, ground state preparation, and matrix inversion.
Researchers successfully observed “dissipative phase transitions” in quantum systems using a superconducting Kerr resonator at near-absolute zero temperatures, revealing phenomena like “squeezing,” metastability, and “critical slowing down” that could revolutionize quantum computing and sensing technologies through enhanced stability and precision.
Researchers from the Quantum Internet Alliance have created QNodeOS, the first operating system for quantum networks, which abstracts hardware complexity to enable easier development of quantum networking applications across different hardware platforms, marking a crucial step toward making quantum internet technology accessible and practical.
D-Wave Quantum Inc. has achieved the world’s first demonstration of quantum computational supremacy on a useful real-world problem, using their Advantage2 prototype quantum annealer to perform complex magnetic materials simulations in minutes that would take a classical supercomputer nearly one million years and consume more than the world’s annual electricity.
The Quantum Zeno Monte Carlo algorithm bridges the gap between noisy intermediate-scale quantum and fault-tolerant quantum computing eras by offering polynomial computational complexity and resilience to both device noise and Trotter errors without requiring initial state overlap or variational parameters, as demonstrated on IBM’s NISQ devices with up to 12 qubits.
The researchers propose a digital-analog quantum computing approach using superconducting circuits to efficiently simulate the Hubbard-Holstein model of fermion-boson interactions with high fidelity, outperforming purely digital methods and offering applications in materials science, chemistry, and high-energy physics.