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Virginia Tech Leading the Way in Quantum Workforce Development

The emerging field of quantum science is adding new dimensions to the age-old question: "What do you want to do when you grow up-" In the ever-expanding field of quantum science, Virginia Tech is working to ensure learning opportunities grow just as fast.

1 Aug 2023

DOE Awards $11.7 Million to Explore Quantum Computing for Computational Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11.7 million in funding for six collaborative projects to improve our understanding of whether, when, and how quantum computing might advance the frontiers of computational science.

28 Jul 2023

Empa Scientists Use Novel Technique to Study Quantum Emitters in 2D Materials

The term molybdenum disulfide may sound familiar to some car drivers and mechanics. No wonder: the substance, discovered by US chemist Alfred Sonntag in the 1940s, is still used today as a high-performance lubricant in engines and turbines, but also for bolts and screws.

26 Jul 2023

Study Offers Deep Insights into Insulator-to-Metal Transitions

It is possible to place the majority of the materials into one of two categories just by looking only at their subatomic particles.

25 Jul 2023

Highest Degree of Quantum Contextuality in Single System

The study of the single-system version of multipartite Bell nonlocality was conducted by a team led by professors Chuanfeng Li and Jinshi Xu from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with professors Jingling Chen from Nankai University and Adán Cabello from the University of Seville.

20 Jul 2023

Quantum Chemistry Progresses Meaningfully Towards a Fault Tolerant Regime Using Logical Qubits

Quantinuum, the world’s largest quantum computing company, has become the first to simulate a chemical molecule by implementing a fault tolerant algorithm on a quantum processor using logical qubits.

From Quantinuum Ltd 14 Jul 2023

Understanding Vibrations Can Help Improve Quantum Computers

Nothing exists in a vacuum, but physicists often wish this weren't the case. If the systems that scientists study could be completely isolated from the outside world, things would be a lot easier.

13 Jul 2023

New Topological Quantum Matter State Promises Breakthrough

Researchers from Cornell University have discovered a new phase of matter in potential topological superconductors that could have a big impact on spintronics, quantum computing, and condensed matter physics.

10 Jul 2023

Ternary Quantum Information Processing Moves Closer to Reality

An interdisciplinary team at the Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley's Quantum Nanoelectronics Laboratory (QNL) achieved a technical breakthrough using qutrits – three-level systems – on a superconducting quantum processor.

7 Jul 2023

Researchers Use New Tool to Help Improve Key Component in Quantum Computing Circuits

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 the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS), a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center led by Fermilab, used the terahertz SNOM microscope, originally developed at Ames Lab, to investigate the interface and connectivity of a nano Josephson Junction (JJ).

6 Jul 2023