Researchers Demonstrate the Missing Link for Ultra-Secure Quantum Internet
Towards an Unhackable Quantum Internet with Harvard and MIT A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and…
Quantum Information Science
Chip-Based Quantum Key Distribution Devices Improve Quantum-Secured Communication
Researchers demonstrate fast and cost-effective platform for keeping data secure. Researchers demonstrated new chip-based devices that contain all the optical components necessary for quantum key…
MIT System “Recruits” Defects for Easier Scaling of Quantum Devices
System “recruits” defects that usually cause disruptions, using them to instead carry out quantum operations. In an advance that may help researchers scale up quantum…
Tapping Graphene’s Hidden Potential for the Advancement of Quantum Information Science
Berkeley Lab scientists tap into graphene’s hidden talent as an electrically tunable superconductor, insulator, and magnetic device for the advancement of quantum information science. Ever…
Solving Vexing Problem in Building Quantum Computers With Particle Accelerator Technology
Last year, researchers at Fermilab received over $3.5 million for projects that delve into the burgeoning field of quantum information science. Research funded by the…
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…
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…
New Quantum Detector Measures the Tiniest Energies in Superconducting Circuits
A new device measures the tiniest energies in superconducting circuits, an essential step for quantum technology. Quantum physics is moving out of the laboratory and…
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…
New Quantum Loop Allows Testing of Spooky Action at a Great Distance
Argonne, University of Chicago scientists perform initial measurements through a 52-mile fiber-optic testbed. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and…
New Optical Atomic ‘Tweezer Clock’ May Be Most Accurate and Precise Timekeeper Yet
Atomic clocks are used around the world to precisely tell time. Each “tick” of the clock depends on atomic vibrations and their effects on surrounding…
Super-Fast Electro-Opto-Mechanical Switch for Future Cars and Quantum Computers
Switching light beams quickly is important in many technological applications. Researchers at ETH have now developed an “electro-opto-mechanical” switch for light beams that is considerably…
Quantum Supremacy Achieved by NASA and Google
Google, in partnership with NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has demonstrated the ability to compute in seconds what would take even the largest and…
Blanket of Entangled Light Pulses for Larger and More Powerful Quantum Computers
Researchers from DTU Physics describe in an article published on October 18, 2019, in Science, how — by simple means — they have created a…
Surprise From Ring-Shaped Nanoparticle Leads to Improved Quantum Information Technology
Breaking of rotational symmetry in ring-shaped nanoparticle leads to surprising quantum property when illuminated with laser. Particles that are mere nanometers in size are at…
Nanoscale Radiation Detector 100x Faster – Boosts Quantum Technology
Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work. The nanoscale radiation detector is a hundred times faster than its predecessors, and…
Quantum Internet Is One Step Closer to Reality With U.S. Army Research Breakthrough
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — A U.S. Army research result brings the quantum internet a step closer. Such an internet could offer the military security,…
Quantum Entanglement between Widely Separated Atoms
Scientists have demonstrated a method of heralding entanglement between spins of two single rubidium-87 atoms trapped independently 20 meters apart, paving the way towards quantum…