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Scientists Invent New Chip for Generating Control Signals for Multiple Qubits

Scientists and engineers at the University of Sydney and Microsoft Corporation have opened the next chapter in quantum technology with the invention of a single chip that can generate control signals for thousands of qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers.

3 Feb 2021

Radboud Physicists Take First Steps Toward a Quantum Brain

An intelligent material that learns by physically changing itself, similar to how the human brain works, could be the foundation of a completely new generation of computers. Radboud physicists working toward this so-called "quantum brain" have made an important step.

2 Feb 2021

University of Glasgow Partners with Oxford Instruments NanoScience on Quantum Computing

Today, the University of Glasgow, a pioneering institution at the leading edge of quantum technology development and home of the Quantum Circuits Group, announced it’s using Oxford Instruments’ next generation Cryofree® refrigerator, Proteox, as part of its research to accelerate the commercialisation of quantum computing in the UK.

21 Jan 2021

New Phononic Switch Holds Great Promise for Spintronics and Quantum Computing

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and collaborators at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Alabama at Birmingham have discovered a new light-induced switch that twists the crystal lattice of the material, switching on a giant electron current that appears to be nearly dissipationless.

20 Jan 2021

New Quantum Algorithm for Calculating Energy Difference Between Molecular Spin States

Understanding how the natural world works enables us to mimic it for the benefit of humankind. Think of how much we rely on batteries. At the core is understanding molecular structures and the behavior of electrons within them.

20 Jan 2021

First Patent for Quantum Computing Chip Landed by Archer Materials

In an important commercial step for the Aussie small cap, Archer Materials (“Archer”) has landed its first quantum computing patent associated to the company’s 12CQ quantum computing chip technology.

From Archer Materials Limited 20 Jan 2021

New Discovery may Pave Way for Ultrafast Optical Quantum Computing

Scientists at the Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu have found a way to develop optical quantum computers of a new type. Central to the discovery are rare earth ions that have certain characteristics and can act as quantum bits.

18 Jan 2021

One-Dimensional Quantum Nanowires Fertile Ground for Majorana Zero Modes

Why is studying spin properties of one-dimensional quantum nanowires important?

18 Jan 2021

Quantum Computers can Reveal Functions of Biomolecules at Near Atomic Resolution

The human body is like a construction site where hundreds of thousands of different molecular nanomachines, called proteins, are simultaneously at work. Each one of these biomolecules, which are chains of amino acids essential to living organisms, perform a different biological function, often in synergy with other proteins.

15 Jan 2021

Researchers Improve Source-Independent Quantum Random Number Generators

Recently, the research team led by academician GUO Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made security analysis and improvement of source independent quantum random number generators with imperfect devices.

15 Jan 2021