Breaking Encryption Still “A Distant Hope” for Quantum Computing
Breaking Encryption Still “A Distant Hope” for Quantum Computing Google’s ‘Quantum Supremacy’ Isn’t the End of Encryption Excerpts and salient points ~ + Google accidentally made computer science history last week. In recent years the company has been part of an intensifying competition with rivals such as IBM and Intel to develop quantum computers, which […]
Applications of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) To Be Tested by Swiss Organizations [OPENQKD]
Applications of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) To Be Tested by Swiss Organizations [OPENQKD] ID Quantique and three other Swiss organisations receive funding from the European Union, as part of OPENQKD, a Secure Quantum Communication Infrastructure – ID Quantique 24th September 2019 September 2019 marks the launch of a 3-year European research project, named OPENQKD for […]
Academia’s Collaboration Yields 2000 Atoms in Superposition
Academia’s Collaboration Yields 2000 Atoms in Superposition 2000 atoms in two places at once Selected notes ~ + The quantum superposition principle has been tested on a scale as never before in a new study by scientists at the University of Vienna in collaboration with the University of Basel. Hot, complex molecules composed of nearly […]
Tungsten Disulfide: Manipulating and Detecting the Electrons in the Valleys To Facilitate Control of Qubits?
Tungsten Disulfide: Manipulating and Detecting the Electrons in the Valleys To Facilitate Control of Qubits? ‘Valley states’ in this super-thin material could potentially be used for quantum computing In brief… + In a paper published Sept. 13 in Nature Communications, scientists report that they can manipulate the electronic properties of this super-thin material in ways […]