QuEra Joins Amazon’s Cloud for Public Access
Quantum computer startup QuEra, born from researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said on Tuesday its computer is now accessible to the public through Amazon’s cloud quantum computer service Braket.
Atlantic Quantum Raises $9M to Build Scalable, Fault-Tolerant Superconducting Quantum Computers
Atlantic Quantum, a developer of scalable quantum computers, announced a $9 million seed investment led by The Engine, the venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies.
Keeping It Real: Quantum Computing Has a Hype Problem
A decade and more ago, I [Sankar Das Sarma, author] was often asked when I thought a real quantum computer would be built…(It is interesting that I no longer face this question as quantum-computing hype has apparently convinced people that these systems already exist or are just around the corner).
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Wins 2021 R&D Award for Free-Space Quantum Network Link Architecture
Nine technologies developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have been selected as R&D 100 Award winners for 2021. Since 1963, this awards program has recognized the 100 most significant technologies transitioned to use or introduced into the marketplace over the past year. The winners are selected by an independent panel of expert judges. R&D World, an online publication that serves research scientists and engineers worldwide, announces the awards.
Physicists Demonstrate Exotic Superconductivity With Possible Implications for Quantum Computing
MIT physicists and colleagues have demonstrated an exotic form of superconductivity in a new material the team synthesized only about a year ago. Although predicted in the 1960s, until now this type of superconductivity has proven difficult to stabilize. Further, the scientists found that the same material can potentially be manipulated to exhibit yet another, equally exotic form of superconductivity.
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.
Champion of Quantum Computing and Women in Stem Heads to MIT
Virginia M. “Ginni” Rometty, a business leader and champion of diversity in the workplace, will serve as the next MIT Visiting Innovation Fellow for the coming academic year.
Work on Quantum Materials Earns the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT, has received the 2021 Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award from the Max Planck Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his work on two-dimensional quantum materials.
Nanodots & Superlattices may be Immune From Environmental Energy Dissipation
In a study that could benefit quantum computing, researchers show a superlattice embedded with nanodots may be immune from dissipating energy to the environment.
Proposed: Quantum Algorithm Trains Deep Neural Networks in Logarithmic Time
MIT & Google Quantum Algorithm Trains Wide and Deep Neural Networks Read More… + Quantum algorithms for training wide and classical neural networks have become one of the most promising research areas for quantum computer applications. While neural networks have achieved state-of-the-art results across many benchmark tasks, existing quantum neural networks have yet to clearly […]