Physicists built the most powerful quantum computer ever
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Researchers developed a special type of quantum computer known as a programmable quantum simulator capable of operating with 256 qubits.
Joseph Shavit
- May 26, 2022
First time ever: Researchers teleport quantum information across a network
Researchers in Delft have succeeded, for the first time ever, in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 28, 2022
Major Milestone: Quantum silicon processors hit 99% accuracy
This shows that it is possible to build quantum computers that have enough scale, and enough power, to handle meaningful computation.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 6, 2022
Harvard-MIT scientists built the most powerful quantum computer ever
Physicists developed a special type of quantum computer known as a programmable quantum simulator capable of operating with 256 quantum bits
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 27, 2022
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
Joseph 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.
Joseph 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.
Joseph 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.
Joshua 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.
Joseph 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.
Joseph 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.
Joseph 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.
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