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.
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.
Scientists at University of Buffalo report that they can manipulate the electronic properties of this super-thin material in ways that could be useful for encoding quantum data.
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Quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity are two pillars of modern physics. However, a coherent unified framework of the two theories still remains an open problem. Attempts to quantize general relativity have led […]
A research team at University of Buffalo has developed a “traffic light” that can bring quantum waves to a halt. The scientists isolated a specially built nano-conductor at an extremely cold temperature — minus 273 […]
Project BioSensing, a collaboration among two of Germany’s Fraunhofer institutes and Dutch Leiden University’s Institute of Physics, was developed to overcome the limits of modern biosensors by applying quantum technology. DNA-stabilized metal quantum clusters (QC-DNAs), […]
Researchers in the University of Arizona Department of Materials Science and Engineering have demonstrated the possibility for acoustic waves in a classical environment to do the work of quantum information processing without the time limitations […]
It’s hard not to mention the current breaking news that everyone can read today everywhere, maybe even on tabloids. All the buzz came from a paper which might have been posted on NASA website where […]
Bristol-based FluoretiQ was founded two years ago and has just been backed by Bristol Private Equity Club (BPEC). The company uses technology built on advances in glycan chemistry and quantum optics to identify bacterial infections in […]
Boston-based Aliro Technologies, a spinout of the NarangLab at Harvard University, aims to develop a hardware-agnostic quantum computing software platform. Its vision is to create the “Java of quantum computing”. The startup has just closed […]
Quantum Chemistry Breakthrough: DeepMind Uses Neural Networks to Tackle Schrödinger Equation.
The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is pleased to announce a technology collaboration with IBM Q™ to drive quantum education opportunities with members of the Ventures in […]
Team at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has discovered a new method, called image charge detection, to detect electrons’ transitions to quantum states. Electron needs to be immobilized to be used as quantum […]
Scientists at the Purdue University built a device that is a modified version of magnetoresistive random-access memory, or MRAM, which some types of computers use today to store information. The technology uses the orientation of […]
Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have coaxed photons into interacting with one another with unprecedented efficiency which is a key advance toward realizing long-awaited quantum optics technologies for computing, communication and remote sensing. The […]
IBM launched a new 53-qubit quantum computer along with a new quantum computing center in New York State. The center will house 14 quantum computers. IBM is building out the ecosystem for quantum computing research […]
A team from Dartmouth College and MIT has designed and conducted the first lab test to successfully detect and characterize a class of complex, “non-Gaussian” noise processes that are routinely encountered in superconducting quantum computers. […]
Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have identified how to distinguish between true and ‘fake’ Majorana states in one of the most commonly used experimental setups, by means of supercurrent measurements. Majorana states have exotic […]
Researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and the Southern University of Science and Technology in China announces the first experimental demonstration of the QHE (Quantum Hall Effect) in three dimensions. (The […]
Quantonation is the first VC fund dedicated to Quantum Technologies and Deep Physics. The Paris-based fund invests in early stage companies worldwide and help them scale to become the leaders of an emerging industry.
Methods of processing quantum data become more important as quantum computing devices improve their quality towards fault tolerant universal quantum computers. These methods include discrimination and filtering of quantum states given as an input to […]
Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) and the University of Innsbruck provides direct access to their ion-trap quantum computer via Cirq, a framework developed by Google focused on developing and implementing quantum algorithms. Cirq can be used […]
Researchers at Dutch Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) focus on a type of classic algorithm called a random walk algorithm. Random walk algorithms are used when a computer is looking for something but doesn’t know […]
BASF and HQS Quantum Simulations, both German companies, collaborates in quantum chemistry for prediction of chemical reactivity. They used the hybrid quantum-classical variational quantum eigensolver algorithm in combination with the unitary coupled-cluster ansatz (UCCSD-VQE) that could provide […]
Quantum Circuits, a startup founded in 2017, is networking mini quantum devices together like Legos to create quantum computers easier to scale up. The startup uses quantum teleportation entangling a microwave photon in one module with […]
Researchers at QuTech have made an important advance towards functional quantum computers. They have demonstrated a fully controllable chip with ten qubits that can store quantum information for up to one minute. Controlling such a […]