Quantum silicon processors hit 99% accuracy
Australian researchers have proven that near error-free quantum computing is possible, paving the way to build silicon-based quantum devices
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JJ Shavit
- Jan 20, 2022
Quantum computing in silicon hits 99% accuracy
UNSW Sydney-led research paves the way for large silicon-based quantum processors for real-world manufacturing and application.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 16, 2022
New qubits bring us one step closer to quantum networks
Quantum computers may be able to solve science problems that are impossible for today’s fastest conventional supercomputers.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 7, 2022
Making quantum computers even more powerful
Engineers at EPFL have developed a method for reading several qubits – the smallest unit of quantum data – at the same time.
JD Shavit
- Dec 20, 2021
Flawed diamonds may provide perfect interface for quantum computers
Flaws in diamonds — atomic defects where carbon is replaced by nitrogen or another element — may offer an interface for quantum computing.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 10, 2021
Professor makes breakthrough achievement in quantum computing
Sutherland and his team set the world record for the most accurate entangling gate ever demonstrated without lasers.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 10, 2021
Quantum computing used to create time crystals
Norman Yao first described five years ago how to make a time crystal—a new form of matter whose patterns repeat in time instead of space.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 9, 2021
First-ever GPS-free quantum-based navigation device unveiled
Quantum science—one of the Pentagon’s top research priorities—may be about to deliver on its longtime promise of an alternative to GPS.
JD Shavit
- Sep 12, 2021
University professor makes breakthrough achievement in quantum computing
A University of Texas at San Antonio researcher is part of a collaboration that has set a world record for innovation in quantum computing.
JD Shavit
- Sep 3, 2021
Scientists create first-ever vibration-free Quantum tunneling microscope
A key challenge is finding materials and processes that make complex architectures with stable quantum bits possible.
JD Shavit
- Aug 30, 2021
Can a piece of sticky tape stop computer hackers in their tracks?
Researchers have taken the fight to online hackers with a giant leap towards realizing affordable, accessible quantum communications.
JD Shavit
- Aug 16, 2021
Missing jigsaw piece: engineers make critical advance in quantum computer design
Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have removed a major obstacle that has stood in the way of quantum computers becoming a reality
JD Shavit
- Aug 8, 2021
Researchers made a breakthrough in quantum information superconductors
Researchers have been working to develop materials that can enable quantum information–based technologies such as quantum computing
JJ Shavit
- Jun 6, 2021
The world is one step closer to ultimately secure conference calls
The world is one step closer to ultimately secure conference calls, thanks to a collaboration between Quantum Communications Hub researchers
JJ Shavit
- Apr 13, 2021
Student's physics homework picked up by Amazon quantum researchers
A simple yet elegant change to code studied for more than 20 years could shorten timeline to achieve scalable quantum computation
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