Category: Research

Wormholes, Quantum Information, Gravity, and Mechanics in a Lab

Wormholes, Quantum Information, Gravity, and Mechanics in a Lab Google Researchers Are Studying Wormholes With Quantum Computers Selected notes ~ +  One central question driving theoretical physics today is how to use the same theory to explain both gravity and the rules that atoms follow, called quantum mechanics. The two haven’t played nicely yet, since […]

Research at Bonn and Cologne Universities Opens BEC-based Applications for Quantum Computing

Research at Bonn and Cologne Universities Opens BEC-based Applications for Quantum Computing Light forks one way in a Bose-Einstein condensate Excerpts and salient points ~ +  Researchers at the universities of Bonn and Cologne in Germany have developed a new way of splitting photon wavepackets that involves cooling them down to a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) […]

Using Diamond Qubits, Researchers Maintain Quantum State Coherence for > 60 Seconds

Using Diamond Qubits, Researchers Maintain Quantum State Coherence for > 60 Seconds Diamond-Based Qubits Set New Coherence Record In brief… +  Researchers have created a diamond-based quantum memory device that can retain a quantum state for more than a minute, making it the most stable quantum memory device of its kind… The new device relies […]

Top Research Organizations to Collaborate On Quantum Computing Melding Quantum Physics, Neuroscience, and Optical Technologies

Top Research Organizations to Collaborate On Quantum Computing Melding Quantum Physics, Neuroscience, and Optical Technologies NTT Research to Work with Caltech, Cornell, Michigan, MIT, NASA, Stanford, Swinburne, and 1QBit Full release… PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), [November 13th] announced that its Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab has reached joint research agreements […]

Taking the Knot out of Quantum Knots to Make a Topological Quantum Computer

Taking the Knot out of Quantum Knots to Make a Topological Quantum Computer Physicists capture first footage of quantum knots unraveling in superfluid In brief… +  The same team who tied the first “quantum knots” in a superfluid several years ago have now discovered that the knots decay, or “untie” themselves, fairly soon after forming, […]

Facts Matter. But What is a Fact? Quantum Mechanics Bends the Rules

Facts Matter. But What is a Fact? Quantum Mechanics Bends the Rules Interesting and thought provoking tangent to quantum computing. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Bizarre New Quantum Research: Reality Itself May Be Subjective Excerpts and salient points ~ +  On a quantum level, it’s long been understood that particles can be in several states […]

Denver Hosting Supercomputing 2019 (SC19); Argonne National Laboratory Researchers to Tout Quantum Computing

Denver Hosting Supercomputing 2019 (SC19); Argonne National Laboratory Researchers to Tout Quantum Computing ARGONNE RESEARCHERS TO SHARE SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING INSIGHTS AT SC19 Full release… The Supercomputing 2019 (SC19) conference, scheduled for November 17–22 in Denver, will bring together the global high-performance computing (HPC) community, including researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National […]

NIST Hyper-speed Light Switch May Help Realize Quantum Computing with Photons

NIST Hyper-speed Light Switch May Help Realize Quantum Computing with Photons What a Switch! NIST-Led Team Develops Tiny Low-Energy Device to Rapidly Reroute Light in Computer Chips Full release… Artist’s depiction of newly demonstrated nano-opto-electro-mechanical switches as they could be used for future filtering of colors for sensing or communications. In communications, the amount of […]