A Sensor So Good, It’s “Spooky” – Using Quantum Entanglement to Detect Magnetic Excitation
A sensor using quantum entanglement can determine if a single magnetic excitation is present in a millimeter-sized sphere. This moves us closer to the limit…
Quantum Computing
MIT Devises More Efficient Error Correction for Quantum Devices
A new study suggests a path to correcting the “jitters” in quantum devices, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical. Labs around…
Quantum Computing Breakthrough: Energy Quantization in Superconducting Nanowires
Physicists demonstrate energy quantization in high-temperature superconductors. The development of a quantum computer that can solve problems, which classical computers can only solve with great…
Artificial Atoms in Silicon “Quantum Dot” Create Stable Qubits for Quantum Computing
Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have created artificial atoms in silicon chips that offer improved stability for quantum computing. In a paper published today in Nature…
Artificial Intelligence ‘Sees’ Quantum Advantages – Help Toward New Efficient Quantum Computers
Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Valiev Institute of Physics and Technology, and ITMO University have created a neural network that…
New Method to Verify That Quantum Chips Accurately Performed Complex Computations
A new method determines whether circuits are accurately executing complex operations that classical computers can’t tackle. In a step toward practical quantum computing, researchers from…
Performance Benchmark Advanced for Quantum Computers
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a quantum chemistry simulation benchmark to evaluate the performance of quantum devices and…
Quantum Computing Breakthrough: Silicon Qubits Interact at Long-Distance
Princeton scientists demonstrate that two silicon quantum bits can communicate across relatively long distances in a turning point for the technology. Imagine a world where…
A Playground for Exotic Physics, A Platform for Stable Quantum Computing
Recent research settles a long-standing debate. Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong — this is the crossover event you’ve been waiting for. Well, at least…
Random Hardware Errors Make a Quantum Computing Future Unlikely
Google announced this fall to much fanfare that it had demonstrated “quantum supremacy” – that is, it performed a specific quantum computation far faster than…
New Way to Split and Sum Photons With Silicon Is Breakthrough for Quantum Computing, Solar Energy
A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized…
Quantum Computers Learn to Check Their Own Answers
Quantum computers can potentially answer questions beyond the capabilities of classical computing – but their answers might not be reliable University of Warwick scientists have…
MIT Magnetic Wave Circuit Step Toward Highly Efficient Spintronic Computers
Circuit design offers a path to “spintronic” devices that use little electricity and generate practically no heat. MIT researchers have devised a novel circuit design…
New Nanoantenna Technology Developed to Harvest Light
University of Illinois Researchers Develop New Framework for Nanoantenna Light Absorption Harnessing light’s energy into nanoscale volumes requires novel engineering approaches to overcome a fundamental…
Kick-Starting Moore’s Law With Breakthrough ‘Synthetic’ Method for Making Microchips
Breakthrough method for processing nanomaterials heralds advances in quantum computing, nanotechnology. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically-thin semiconducting…
Military-Grade Communications With Quantum Chip 1,000 Times Smaller Than Current Setups
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a quantum communication chip that is 1,000 times smaller than current quantum setups, but offers…
Light-Based ‘Tractor Beam’ Precisely Assembles Nanoscale Structures
Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific standards — such as beams of a desired composition or rivets…
Summit Supercomputer Harnessed for Quantum Supremacy Milestone (Video)
A joint research team from Google Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that a quantum…