Strengthening Entanglement to Improve Quantum Communications
Strengthening Entanglement to Improve Quantum Communications How to use entanglement for long-distance or free-space quantum communication In brief… + In a recent study published in the journal Physical Review X, an international team of physicists from Austria, Scotland, Canada, Finland and Germany have demonstrated how quantum entanglement can be strengthened to overcome particle loss or […]
Isotropically Purified Silicon: An Essential Ingredient for Commercial Quantum Computing
Isotropically Purified Silicon: An Essential Ingredient for Commercial Quantum Computing Silex launches Silicon Enrichment Project Dec. 16, 2019 — Project underpinned by an offtake agreement for the sale of ‘ZeroSpin Silicon’ – a key enabling material for silicon quantum computers Silex Systems Limited (Silex) is pleased to announce the launch of an R&D project to […]
93% of Surveyed Believe Quantum Will Come to Fruition?
93% of Surveyed Believe Quantum Will Come to Fruition? Will quantum computing overwhelm existing security tech in the near future? Excerpts and salient points ~ + More than half (54%) of cybersecurity professionals have expressed concerns that quantum computing will outpace the development of other security tech. Almost all respondents (93%) believe the next-generation computers […]
Quantum Computing Week Wrap-up from HPC Wire
Quantum Computing Week Wrap-up from HPC Wire Quantum Bits: Rigetti Debuts New Gates, D-Wave Cuts NEC Deal, AWS Jumps into the Quantum Pool Excerpts and salient points ~ + There’s been flurry of significant news in the quantum computing world. Yesterday, Rigetti introduced a new family of gates that reduces circuit depth required on some […]
Japan Experiments with Medical Records and Quantum Key Distribution Network
Japan Experiments with Medical Records and Quantum Key Distribution Network Demonstration of Secure Data Backup of Medical Records Using Secret Sharing on Secure Communications Network Highlights Secure data backup of medical records based on secret sharing Restoration of medical records via a satellite link within 9 sec after searching a patient ID Cross reference of […]
Biopharma Companies May Have Most to Gain from Quantum Computing
Biopharma Companies May Have Most to Gain from Quantum Computing Broad, lay person’s discussion of quantum computing’s potential in the biopharma industry. Well worth the read; visit the original article at the “Read More…” or “Source…” links below. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Will Quantum Computing Transform Biopharma R&D? Excerpts and salient points ~ + […]
Canada’s Transformative Quantum Technologies Initiative Leverages Expertise, Time, Funding to Drive Quantum Technologies to Industry
Canada’s Transformative Quantum Technologies Initiative Leverages Expertise, Time, Funding to Drive Quantum Technologies to Industry University of Waterloo launches program to deploy industry-driven quantum technologies – TQT Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Transformative Quantum Technologies (TQT), a research initiative led by the University of Waterloo, today announced the launch of its Quantum Alliance (QA) program, which […]
Rome Air Force Research Laboratory (U.S.) Receives $8M for QIS Innovation Center
Rome Air Force Research Laboratory (U.S.) Receives $8M for QIS Innovation Center Brindisi Secures $18 Million for Missions Conducted at Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome in National Defense Authorization Act Congressman Delivers Additional Funds for Quantum Innovation Center & Big Wins for Upstate New York in Annual Defense Bill Brindisi: This is a big […]
Stabilizing the Unstable Quantum Bit with Samarium Hexaboride
Stabilizing the Unstable Quantum Bit with Samarium Hexaboride A platform for stable quantum computing, a playground for exotic physics Excerpts and salient points ~ + Harvard University researchers have demonstrated the first material that can have both strongly correlated electron interactions and topological properties. Not entirely sure what that means? Don’t worry, we’ll walk you […]
Researchers Report on Josephson Junctions and Andreev Quantum Computing Efforts
Researchers Report on Josephson Junctions and Andreev Quantum Computing Efforts Non-Adiabatic Dynamics of Strongly Driven Diffusive Josephson Junctions Excerpts and salient points ~ + Understanding how microwave absorption changes the transport properties of diffusive Josephson junctions is at the forefront of interest in the quantum transport community. It is especially relevant for the current efforts […]