Science & Research
Korea’s Institute for Basic Science Discovers Method to Preserve Coherence Across Quantum Otto Engine Cycles
How monitoring quantum Otto engine affects its performance – Minimizing the measurement effects preserves coherence across engine cycles and improves the power output and reliability
SEEQC UK Awarded £6.8M Innovate UK Grant to Build Enterprise-Level Quantum Enhanced Computer for Pharmaceutical R&D
SEEQC, the Digital Quantum Computing company, announced its UK-based team has been awarded a £6.85M grant from Innovate UK to build a commercially scalable application-specific quantum computer designed to tackle prohibitively high costs within pharmaceutical drug development.
Quantum Frontiers: Quantum Estuary
A conference talk served as a polished shell, reflecting light almost as a mirror. The talk centered on erasure, a process that unites thermodynamics with information processing: Imagine performing computations in math class. You need blank paper (or the neurological equivalent) on which to scribble. Upon computing a great deal, you have to erase the paper—to reset it to a clean state. Erasing calls for rubbing an eraser across the paper and so for expending energy. This conclusion extends beyond math class and paper: To compute—or otherwise process information—for a long time, we have to erase information-storage systems and so to expend energy. This conclusion renders erasure sacred to us thermodynamicists who study information processing. Erasure litters our papers, conferences, and conversations.
The Shorts | 11/5/21 | Science and Research in Quantum Computing
The rate at which quantum computing is hitting the media stream is ever-increasing. This piece is a collection of recent articles and reports covering various aspects of quantum computing from the lens of science and research. Mea Cubitt
Creating Dynamic Symmetry in Quantum Systems
Physicists and engineers have long been interested in creating new forms of matter, those not typically found in nature. Such materials might find use someday in, for example, novel computer chips. Beyond applications, they also reveal elusive insights about the fundamental workings of the universe. Recent work at MIT both created and characterized new quantum systems demonstrating dynamical symmetry — particular kinds of behavior that repeat periodically, like a shape folded and reflected through time.
Cisco Quantum Research and UC Santa Barbara Collaborate to Push the Limits of Quantum Technology
A new collaboration between UC Santa Barbara researchers and Cisco Systems aims to push the boundaries of quantum technologies. Assistant professors Yufei Ding and Galan Moody have received research awards from the technology giant to work with its new Quantum Research Team, which was formed to pursue the research and development required to turn quantum hardware, software, and applications into broadly used technologies.
Research Breakthrough in Entanglement Could Lead to High-Dimensional Encoding of Quantum Information, Future Quantum Devices
Quantum entanglement—or what Albert Einstein once referred to as “spooky action at a distance”— occurs when two quantum particles are connected to each other, even when millions of miles apart. Any observation of one particle affects the other as if they were communicating with each other. When this entanglement involves photons, interesting possibilities emerge, including entangling the photons’ frequencies, the bandwidth of which can be controlled.
Logicalis Solutions Calls the Quantum Threat a “Qubit War”, Here’s Their Solution
There’s always a new threat looming on the horizon.
Time friend and foe: In today’s increasingly volatile environment, it is not a question of if you will be attacked, but when
Pro
The Shorts | 10/29/21 | Science and Research in Quantum Computing
The rate at which quantum computing is hitting the media stream is ever-increasing. This piece is a collection of recent articles and reports covering various aspects of quantum computing from the lens of science and research. Mea Cubitt