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.
Researchers at China’s USTC have developed Zuchongzhi-3, a groundbreaking 105-qubit quantum computer that processes calculations 10^15 times faster than the most powerful supercomputers and one million times faster than Google’s latest quantum systems, marking a significant advancement in quantum supremacy.
Amazon Web Services has unveiled Ocelot, a groundbreaking quantum chip that uses cat qubits and bosonic quantum error correction to significantly reduce resource requirements, achieving bit-flip times approaching one second while requiring only one-tenth the resources of traditional approaches, potentially revolutionizing the path to commercially viable quantum computing.
The researchers team has succeeded in placing light sources in atomically thin material layers with an accuracy of just a few nanometers. This might path the way to optical quantum computers. (ElectronicsWeekly.com) Read more.
The team used a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The ability to analyze the magnetic structure at the nanoscale can help in the development of new materials and drugs and moreover to characterize and control quantum systems. (Asian […]
A new algorithm will allow quantum computers to investigate how the classical world emerges from the quantum world. Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have developed a new quantum computing algorithm to better understand the quantum-to-classical […]
A team of researchers led by Osaka University have been able to demonstrate how information encoded in the circular polarisation of a laser beam can be translated into the spin state of an electron in a quantum […]
If you’re trying to model an uncertain economic future, consider using a machine that runs on probability. Researchers from IBM, ETH Zurich and J.P. Morgan have recently figured out how to run a simplified risk calculation on […]
The team had been able to turn Majorana particles on and off. Next step would be to implement these particles on quantum chips and to manipulate them. (ScienceAdvances) Read more.
The company‘s biomolecular models can integrate outputs from quantum computers to accelerate CPU or GPU-based methods routinely used in structure-based drug discovery, such as molecular similarity and conformational search. (nextbigfuture.com) Read more.
Physicists have built a super-fast version of the central building block of a quantum computer, completing an operation in 0.8 nanoseconds. (University of New South Wales) Read more.
Google wants to make the quantum programmer life easier with its new open-source software. Developers may better experiment with the quantum machines, including Google’s own super-powerful quantum processor. (MIT Technology Review)
Purdue University researchers are among the first to build a gate, what could be a quantum version of a transistor, with qudits. Whereas qubits can exist only in superpositions of 0 and 1 states, qudits […]
ABN AMRO and Qutech are working to develop a technology based on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) to improve banking security.
It’s a long due problem for building a Quantum Internet. The Chinese research team has achieved to eliminate the need of quantum memory in a quantum repeater. That paths a new way on long-distance quantum […]
Researchers have developed hybrid algorithms to run on size-limited quantum machines. They used decomposition methods to break the problem down into smaller pieces that the quantum computer could manage. (DOE/Argonne National Laboratory) Read more.
The Russian government has signed a number of agreements with several state-owned enterprises to distribute responsibilities for the development of a wide range of technologies. Under the new contracts, Russian Railways will manage the development […]
Current semiconductor manufacturing equipment should not be the obvious choice to make quantum computers, whatever technology (superconductor or trapped-ion). Despite 10nm capability, these tools have for relative precision which is insufficient for quantum devices. Quantum […]
Experiments suggest that exotic superconducting materials share a “strange metal” state characterized by a quantum speed limit that somehow acts as a fundamental organizing principle. The findings, reported in Nature Physics by a team working at the University […]
New highly sensitive quantum sensors for the brain may in the future be able to identify brain diseases such as dementia, ALS and Parkinsons, by spotting a slowing in the […] The post Quantum brain […]
A ground-breaking new project spearheaded by UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing researchers at the University of Birmingham and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) will see a fibre optic cable installed underneath the […] The post First UK […]