Quantum
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A new mathematical tool to simulate quantum material’s properties more quickly
Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods are the gold standard for studying equilibrium properties of quantum many-body systems. However, in many...
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AWS opens up its Amazon Braket platform as ‘launch pad’ for quantum computing
IonQ, one of the hardware partners for the Amazon Braket quantum computing platform, uses a specialized type of chip known as a linear ion...
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A quantum protocol for sharing a secret amongst many parties
Anyone who has sent an email will know that often information must be sent to several people: one sender and many receiving parties....
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DOE Unveils Blueprint for ‘Unhackable’ Quantum Internet: Central Roles for Argonne, Univ. of Chicago, Fermilab
At a press conference held today at the University of Chicago, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled a strategy for the development of a...
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The World’s New Fastest Supercomputer Is an Exascale Machine for AI
Twice a year, the world’s fastest supercomputers take a test to see which is top of class. These hundred-million-dollar machines usually run on...
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A love for sci-fi sparked Megan Brown’s STEM path and led to quantum computing at Microsoft
Megan Brown and her cat Apollo. (Photo courtesy of Megan Brown) Megan Brown grew up in a house where an interest in science and science...
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A quantum light squeezer to reduce quantum noise
MIT Physicists have designed first of its kind of quantum “light squeezer” that operates at room temperature to reduce quantum noise in an...
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Quantum Superiority: How Far Away?
Some technologies, it’s said, are “always 10 years away” – we hear this in reference to autonomous vehicles and quantum computing. Of course,...
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Searching for Dark Matter With Quantum Computers, One Blip of Light at a Time
For decades, scientists have struggled to define the stuff that comprises a quarter of the universe: dark matter. As experiments continue to...
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Teleportation is possible in the quantum world
Teleportation has been demonstrated in many experimental quantum information processing platforms, and it is an essential tool for quantum...
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Atos delivers Quantum Learning Machine to Japan
Today Atos announced that it has sold its Atos Quantum Learning Machine (QLM), the world’s highest-performing commercially available quantum...
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A New Startup Intends to Build the World’s First Large-Scale Quantum Computer
An ambitious plan to build a quantum computer the size of a soccer field could soon become a reality. A startup founded by the researchers...
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China Takes Another Step Towards Uncrackable Quantum Communication
Uncrackable quantum communication is a step closer after Chinese researchers demonstrated a practical way to share security keys over 1,120...
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D-Wave Systems opens free access to hybrid quantum computing for coronavirus researchers
D-Wave Systems’ hardware makes hybrid quantum-classical applications available through its Leap cloud service. (D-Wave Systems Photo)...
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A surprising quantum effect observed in a “large” object
While working with the resistivity of a type of delafossite – PdCoO2 – scientists at EPFL’s Laboratory of Quantum Materials found that the...
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MIT’s Tiny New Brain Chip Aims for AI in Your Pocket
The human brain operates on roughly 20 watts of power (a third of a 60-watt light bulb) in a space the size of, well, a human head. The biggest...