Helium’s limited availability is pivotal to quantum computing, where ultra-low temperatures are essential to stabilize qubits. Supply disruptions and geopolitical factors have made this rare resource increasingly expensive and uncertain. As quantum technologies expand, so does the demand—and risk—around helium’s tenuous supply.
emiQon has announced the release of the world’s first transistor capable of efficient operation in cryogenic conditions. This innovation reduces heat dissipation by a factor of 1,000, aiding the scalability of quantum computers to fault-tolerant levels. The transistors can be mass-produced using existing CMOS fabrication facilities, facilitating adoption without new infrastructure.
Quantum sensing and post-quantum cryptography are two technologies that researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will be prioritizing in the coming year as researchers focus on the logistics behind commercializing applied quantum technologies.
Project Goldeneye pushes the limits of low-temperature refrigeration while laying the groundwork for the quantum industry’s ability to scale to larger experiments.
Today, Oxford Instruments NanoScience announces the supply of two next-generation Cryofree® dilution refrigerators to the University College Cork (UCC). One of the ProteoxMX systems includes a high homogeneity 14T magnet for increased experimental capacity.
The Chicago Quantum Exchange has added three new corporate partners to its growing network: Classiq, Lake Shore Cryotronics, and Oxford Instruments.
South African natural gas and helium producer Renergen’s (ASX:RLT) deal with helium trader Argonon could be the catalyst to establishing more pricing transparency in the sector, the company said today. RLT has just completed a helium forward sale agreement for 100,000 units – each representing a thousand standard cubic feet (MCF) – at 99.999% purity over 19 years, to Argonon.
Scientists have generated circularly polarized light and controlled its direction without using clunky magnets or very low temperatures. The findings, by Nagoya University researchers and colleagues in Japan, and published in the journal Advanced Materials, show promise for the development of materials and device methods that can be used in optical quantum information processing.
A completely new cooling concept has been invented at TU Wien (Vienna): Computer simulations show how quantum fields could be used to break low-temperature records.
Intel and QuTech Demonstrate Advances in Solving Quantum Interconnect Bottlenecks A cryogenic controller chip opens the door to solving the ‘wiring bottleneck’ and subsequently to
