Spain’s Spinoff, Qilimanjaro, Set for Success

Spain’s Spinoff, Qilimanjaro, Set for Success Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, the spin-off of the UB, the BSC and the IFAE, pioneers quantum computing in Europe Key points… +  A team of researchers led by Prof. José Ignacio Latorre, from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona (UB), and including Dr. Pol Forn Díaz, from […]

Tohoku University Researchers Enable More Effective Electron Spin for Better Information Carriage

Tohoku University Researchers Enable More Effective Electron Spin for Better Information Carriage Spin, Spin, Spin: Researchers Enhance Electron Spin Longevity +  The electron is an elementary particle, a building block on which other systems evolve. With specific properties such as spin, or angular momentum, that can be manipulated to carry information, electrons are primed to […]

India as Spectator of the Quantum Internet

India as Spectator of the Quantum Internet Quantum leap? US plans for unhackable internet may not fructify within a decade, but India is far behind In brief… +  Last week, the US department of energy released a blueprint for a national quantum internet. The project if successful, the government claimed, will ensure a safer and […]

Dropping Balls Into a Valley: What is Quantum Tunneling?

Dropping Balls Into a Valley: What is Quantum Tunneling? Explainer: What is quantum tunneling? Read More… +  According to quantum rules, electrons can behave both as a particle and a wave, and objects can be in different states at once – a phenomenon quantum computers use to their advantage. One of the strangest things scientists […]