Everett’s Cat, Schrodinger’s Cat, Either Way They’ll Both Meow
Everett’s Cat, Schrodinger’s Cat, Either Way They’ll Both Meow There is something to be learned about probability and quantum superposition of states. Read from the source; in the piece, the section titled, “The Story Behind The Story,” has basic, quantum 101. Because Quantum is Coming. Everett’s cat Points to note… + Ours is a classical […]
LANL Study Tests Butterfly Effect With IBM-Q
LANL Study Tests Butterfly Effect With IBM-Q Simulating quantum ‘time travel’ disproves butterfly effect in quantum realm Press Release… In research by a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Alice prepares her qubit and applies the information scrambling unitary U to this and many other qubits altogether. Bob measures her qubit in any basis, flipping […]
U.S. Department of Energy and University of Chicago Developing Quantum Computing Method to Simulate Complex Materials
U.S. Department of Energy and University of Chicago Developing Quantum Computing Method to Simulate Complex Materials Quantum computers have enormous potential for calculations using novel algorithms and involving amounts of data far beyond the capacity of today’s supercomputers. While such computers have been built, they are still in their infancy and have limited applicability for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Australia: Quantum Computing & Wuhan Coronavirus Not This Time, But Maybe Next
Australia: Quantum Computing & Wuhan Coronavirus Not This Time, But Maybe Next Australia urged to invest in quantum computing ahead of future pandemics Selected notes ~ + Michael Biercuk, who is a professor of quantum physics and quantum technology at the University of Sydney, said global reports that quantum technologies could help solve the COVID-19 […]
Purdue University Scientists Taking a Quantum Walk at Room Temperature Vice 20 mili-Kelvins
Purdue University Scientists Taking a Quantum Walk at Room Temperature Vice 20 mili-Kelvins ‘Quantum rainbow’ — photons of switching colors allow room-temperature quantum computing + A new quantum random walk technique developed by engineers at Purdue University could eventually allow computers to search through data at speeds beyond that of conventional computers. “The point is […]
University of Wollongong: Amorphous Alumina, Josephson Junctions, and Bosons
University of Wollongong: Amorphous Alumina, Josephson Junctions, and Bosons Through the nanoscale looking glass: FLEET researchers determine boson peak frequency in ultra-thin alumina In brief… + Yet surprisingly, many of the fundamental properties of alumina remain unknown owing to the fact it is thermodynamically unstable at the macroscale.+ The UoW /RMIT team overcame this issue […]
Home on the Range: University of Wyoming Takes a Whack at Majorana Particles
Home on the Range: University of Wyoming Takes a Whack at Majorana Particles Two UW Faculty Members Receive DOE Grants to Research Alloys, Quantum Computer Materials Key points… + Dilpuneet Singh Aidhy is studying high entropy alloys that are potential materials for large structural applications, while Jifa Tian is researching a solution to create materials […]
Quantum Tunneling and the Hogwart’s Express; Tunneling is Not Instantaneous
Quantum Tunneling and the Hogwart’s Express; Tunneling is Not Instantaneous Layperson’s explanation for quantum tunneling is well done in this Scientific American work. Recommend reading from the source. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit Quantum Tunneling Is Not Instantaneous, Physicists Show Read More… + Researchers have showed that quantum tunneling is not instantaneous—at least, in one […]