Nanophysics
Jul 5, 2023
Finding the flux of quantum technology
We interact with bits and bytes everyday—whether that's through sending a text message or receiving an email.
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Superconductivity
Jul 5, 2023
New tool helps improve quantum computing circuit component
Researchers use a new tool to help improve a key component in commercially produced quantum computing circuits. The team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames National Laboratory in partnership with ...
Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Jun 27, 2023
Researchers make a quantum computing leap with a magnetic twist
Quantum computing could revolutionize our world. For specific and crucial tasks, it promises to be exponentially faster than the zero-or-one binary technology that underlies today's machines, from supercomputers in laboratories ...
Superconductivity
Jun 26, 2023
Novel 'toggle-switch' could lead to more versatile quantum processors with clearer outputs
What good is a powerful computer if you can't read its output? Or readily reprogram it to do different jobs? People who design quantum computers face these challenges, and a new device may make them easier to solve.
Superconductivity
Jun 22, 2023
New method to find Majorana particles tested for the first time
Fifteen years ago, an alternative technique to look for the elusive Majorana particles was conceived theoretically. But no one carried out the experiment, until now. Â鶹ÒùÔºicist Jianfeng Ge and his colleagues from the Allan ...
Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Jun 14, 2023
New technique in error-prone quantum computing makes classical computers sweat
Despite steady improvements in quantum computers, they're still noisy and error-prone, which leads to questionable or wrong answers. Scientists predict that they won't truly outcompete today's "classical" supercomputers for ...
Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Jun 9, 2023
Research takes first steps towards realizing mechanical qubits
Quantum information (QI) processing may be the next game changer in the evolution of technology, by providing unprecedented computational capabilities, security and detection sensitivities. Qubits, the basic hardware element ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Jun 8, 2023
Researchers 'split' phonons in step toward new type of quantum computer
When we listen to our favorite song, what sounds like a continuous wave of music is actually transmitted as tiny packets of quantum particles called phonons.
Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Jun 8, 2023
How Schrödinger's cat makes better qubits
Quantum computing uses the principles of quantum mechanics to encode and elaborate data, meaning that it could one day solve computational problems that are intractable with current computers. While the latter work with bits, ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 1, 2023
Optical effect advances quantum computing with atomic qubits to a new dimension
Darmstadt physicists have developed a technique that could overcome one of the biggest hurdles in building a practically-relevant quantum computer. They make use of an optical effect here discovered by British photo pioneer ...
