Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum Computers to be Used by Penn State as Part of $960K U.S. NSF Grant
Researchers use NSF Convergence Accelerator to shorten drug discovery timeline A $960,000, nine-month National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator grant has been awarded to Penn State researchers to explore faster and more cost-efficient methods of discovering pharmaceuticals using quantum artificial intelligence. The researchers will use a branch of artificial intelligence known as quantum generative adversarial networks […]
Defining a Quantum Computer’s Power: Is Quantum Volume the Right Measure?
Measuring Progress in the ‘Noisy’ Era of Quantum Computing Read More… + Since IBM began publicizing the term more starting in late 2019, quantum volume has come up a number of times in the quantum computing papers and press releases of IBM and other companies such as Honeywell. But there is already at least one […]
Catalonia Pulls Together to Start the Quantum Technologies Hub
QuantumCAT: a research and industry hub for accelerating quantum technologies A consortium of researchers — led by the Catalan Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) and including the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) — and industry partners in Catalonia joins forces to develop the Quantum Technologies Hub. At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists […]
Listen: Quantum Mechanics for Beginners
10 Minute listen from NPR. It’s worth the listen if you’re a layperson and could use some “Quantum Mechanics for Beginners.” Use the “Source:” link, below, to take you to the audio and full article. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit Quantum Mechanics For Beginners In brief… + Imagine building a better clock — with entangled […]
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Quantum “Noise” Control Studied at Johns Hopkins APL; May Provide Strides Toward Quantum Simulations
Turning Down the Noise with Quantum Control Key points… + With a computing process driven by quantum mechanics, quantum computers are touted as the potential solution to making not just a better way to make fertilizers but also better solar cells, innovative medical drugs and materials for extreme environments. + But to date, the quantum […]
Topological Quantum Computations From Optical Framed Knots
This is a new one for us to digest here at The Qubit Report. Recommend reading from the source. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit “Classified knots”: uOttawa researchers create optical framed knots to encode information Top view of the framed knots generated in this work. In a world first, researchers from the University of […]
Probing the Weird @ Canada’s Centre for Quantum Matter
New quantum centre in Ontario to probe nature’s deepest and weirdest secrets Read More… + “It’s pretty tricky, to be honest,” acknowledges Hsieh, a faculty member at the newly created Clay Riddell Centre for Quantum Matter at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ont. + “It’s kind of a different way of thinking […]
U.S. MagLab Research Identifies Quantum Spin Liquid as Potential Quantum Computing Component
Scientists find evidence of exotic state of matter in candidate material for quantum computers An illustration of the crystal structure of ruthenium trichloride showing the simple honeycomb lattice of ruthenium ions and chlorine ions. The twisted octahedra formed by chlorine around the electron spin of each ruthenium atom are mirror images of each other. This […]
A First: Room Temperature Superconductivity Has Been Achieved
Room-temperature superconductivity has been achieved for the first time Read More… + In a paper published today in Nature, researchers report achieving room-temperature superconductivity in a compound containing hydrogen, sulfur, and carbon at temperatures as high as 58 °F (13.3 °C, or 287.7 K). The previous highest temperature had been 260 K, or 8 °F, […]