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New Discoveries Mark a Promising Step in Constructing Fault-Tolerant Qubits

Quantum computing could revolutionize our world. For specific and crucial tasks, it promises to be exponentially faster than the zero-or-one binary technology that underlies today's machines, from supercomputers in laboratories to smartphones in our pockets.

29 Jun 2023

RPI Intends to Install the First IBM Quantum System One on a University Campus

Today, it was announced that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will become the first university in the world to house an IBM Quantum System One.

29 Jun 2023

Latest Advance in a Topological Insulator Material Could Revolutionize Electronics, Quantum Computing

An advance in a topological insulator material — whose interior behaves like an electrical insulator but whose surface behaves like a conductor — could revolutionize the fields of next-generation electronics and quantum computing, according to scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

29 Jun 2023

Groundbreaking Technique Enhances Performance in Quantum Machine Learning

A groundbreaking theoretical proof shows that a technique called overparametrization enhances performance in quantum machine learning for applications that stymie classical computers.

29 Jun 2023

New Approach to Directly Visualize Quantum States in Two-Dimensional Materials

When some semiconductors absorb light, excitons (or particle pairs made of an electron bound to an electron hole) can form

29 Jun 2023

Using “Atomic Breathing” to Encode and Transmit Quantum Information

University of Washington researchers have discovered they can detect atomic "breathing," or the mechanical vibration between two layers of atoms, by observing the type of light those atoms emitted when stimulated by a laser.

29 Jun 2023

"Critical Schrödinger Cat Code" Could Revolutionize Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is a special type of computing that uses the rules of quantum physics to store and process information. It has the potential to solve complex problems that regular computers cannot handle.

29 Jun 2023

Quantum Computers Demonstrate Speedup Over Classical Computer Algorithm

Daniel Lidar, the Viterbi Professor of Engineering at USC and Director of the USC Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology, and first author Dr. Bibek Pokharel, a Research Scientist at IBM Quantum, achieved this quantum speedup advantage in the context of a "bitstring guessing game."

29 Jun 2023

New 'Superlattice' of Semiconductor Quantum Dots can Behave Like a Metal

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and partners have achieved the formation of a "superlattice" comprising semiconductor quantum dots, capable of mimicking metallic behavior.

29 Jun 2023

Supercomputers Used to Calculate How Heavy Quarks Interact With Quark-Gluon Plasma

Using some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, a group of theorists has produced a major advance in the field of nuclear physics—a calculation of the "heavy quark diffusion coefficient."

29 Jun 2023

Breakthrough Boosts Quantum AI

A groundbreaking theoretical proof shows that a technique called overparametrization enhances performance in quantum machine learning for applications that stymie classical computers.

28 Jun 2023

Detecting a New Carbon Compound in Space Using the Webb

To detect the existence of a new carbon compound in space for the first time, a team of international scientists has made use of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

27 Jun 2023

Gaining Better Insights into the Nature and Potential Interactions of Dark Matter

Is it possible for dark matter to interact with photons and impact the atomic structure? A case for optical atomic clocks: Two different kinds of such clocks were made at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) inside the scope of the Collaborative Research Center DQ-mat and the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers.

26 Jun 2023

CityU Physicist Develops a Novel Quantum Theory of Light-Induced Matter, Opening the Door to Cutting-Edge Optical Technologies

A team led by a physicist from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently developed a new quantum theory that explains the “light-induced phase” of matter and predicts its novel functionalities.

26 Jun 2023