Chip-Based Photon Source Produces Tens of Millions of Entangled Photon Pairs Per Second

Stevens Researchers Create Entangled Photons 100 Times More Efficiently Than Previously Possible Yuping Huang and colleagues at Stevens Institute of Technology demonstrate a quantum circuit that can readily be integrated with other optical components, paving the way for high-speed, reconfigurable, and multifaceted quantum devices. Super-fast quantum computers and communication devices could revolutionize countless aspects of […]

Reducing Resource Requirements of Derivative Pricing Using Quantum Computers

Well worth the read from the source, below.  Because Quantum is Coming.  Qubit Goldman Sachs, IBM researchers estimate quantum advantage for derivative pricing Read More… +  The financial services industry is full of potential applications for quantum computing, including optimization, simulation and machine learning. But it’s not that easy to determine which applications are most […]

China Bans Quantum Cryptographic Technology Exports

China bans encryption exports – including quantum and key management tech Key points… +  The list, which The Register has passed through two machine translation services, restricts exports of VPNs, chips with encryption functions used in finance industry applications, key management products and cryptanalysis equipment. Dedicated password-generating hardware also cannot leave the Middle Kingdom without […]

Trapped Ion Systems Have a New Tool for Quantum Simulations

Trapped ion quantum simulators may soon offer new means to explore the properties of matter emerging from complex interactions among quarks, gluons and the other fundamental building blocks of nature. (Credit: A. Shaw and Z. Davoudi/University of Maryland) Charting a Course Toward Quantum Simulations of Nuclear Physics In nuclear physics, like much of science, detailed […]

Northwestern, UChicago Have Tailored Powerful and Scalable Quantum Bit Technology

In new step toward quantum tech, scientists synthesize ‘bright’ quantum bits Scientists have developed a way to synthesize tailor-made molecular qubits. Illustration courtesy of Daniel Laorenza, Northwestern University. With their ability to harness the strange powers of quantum mechanics, qubits are the basis for potentially world-changing technologies — like powerful new types of computers or […]

At Long Last: The Room-Temperature Superconductor Hath Arrived

The Room-Temperature Superconductor Arrives at Last A new room-temperature superconductor could spark a revolution. University of Rochester photo / J. Adam FensterThe advance by the Dias research group at the University of Rochester (right) was featured on the cover of Nature (left). The Science Superconductivity is a state where a material has zero resistance to […]

Exploiting Destructive Quantum Interference

Harnessing Quantum Properties to Create Single-Molecule Devices | Columbia Engineering Novel type of quantum interference enables single-molecule switch with high on/off ratio. Researchers, led by Columbia Engineering Professor Latha Venkataraman, report today that they have discovered a new chemical design principle for exploiting destructive quantum interference. They used their approach to create a six-nanometer single-molecule […]