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QuEra Computing Projects Advance to Phase Two of Quantum for Bio Challenge

QuEra Computing has announced that all three of its research projects have progressed to Phase Two of Wellcome Leap’s Quantum for Bio Challenge. These projects focus on developing quantum computing applications for healthcare and biology, highlighting QuEra’s role in complex scientific fields. Phase Two involves large-scale simulations using classical high-performance computing to validate quantum algorithms.

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December 3, 2024

Controlled for First Time, Quantum Phenomenon Could Suggest Avenues for Technology

University of Chicago scientists have been able to create a new kind of quantum object at will in the laboratory: “domain walls.” The discovery can help researchers better understand exotic quantum particles—and could suggest avenues for new technology in the future, such as quantum electronics or quantum memory… “It’s kind of like a sand dune in the desert—it’s made up of sand, but the dune acts like an object that behaves differently from individual grains of sand,” said Ph.D. student Kai-Xuan Yao, the first author of the study…

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February 21, 2022

Q-Next Has Come Far In Its Inaugural Year, How Far?

Q-NEXT, led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, brings together roughly 100 scientists at national labs, universities, and companies to carry out an ambitious mission: develop the science and technology to store and transmit quantum information, whether at distances as small as the width of a computer chip or as large as the distance between Chicago and San Francisco.

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September 22, 2021
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