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University-Industry Collaboration Runs a Quantum Algorithm on a Cold Atom Quantum Computer for the First Time

A university-industry collaboration has successfully run a quantum algorithm on a type of quantum computer known as a cold atom quantum computer for the first time. The achievement by the team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, ColdQuanta and Riverlane brings quantum computing one step closer to being used in real-world applications.

21 Apr 2022

Researchers Discover Light-Induced Ferromagnetism in 2D Quantum Materials

Researchers discovered that light can trigger a form of magnetism in a normally nonmagnetic material. This magnetism centers on the behavior of electron "spin." By controlling & aligning electron spin at this level of detail & accuracy, this platform could have applications in quantum computing & simulation.

21 Apr 2022

Superfluid Circuit May Offer New Insights into Electron-Like Atoms Using Fermions

According to a paper published in Physical Review Letters, Dartmouth researchers have created the world’s first superfluid circuit using pairs of ultracold electron-like atoms.

20 Apr 2022

Researchers Analyze Spin Angular Momentum in Water Waves

RIKEN physicists have demonstrated that water waves may be utilized to represent key notions in relativistic field theory, such as spin angular momentum. This will aid in the discovery of new information about a variety of wave systems.

19 Apr 2022

Researchers Shine Light on the Superconducting Nature of Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Superconductors are materials that conduct electrical current with practically no electrical resistance at all. This ability makes them extremely interesting and attractive for a plethora of applications such as loss-less power cables, electric motors and generators, as well as powerful electromagnets that can be used for MRI imaging and for magnetic levitating trains.

19 Apr 2022

DOE Announces $20 Million in Basic Research to Explore Approaches in Extreme-Scale Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $20 million in basic research to explore potentially high-impact approaches in extreme-scale science and scientific computing.

19 Apr 2022

Astronomers Identify a Slimmer Type of Red Giant

Astronomers have discovered a new, slimmer kind of red giant star, which they liken to “finding Wally.” In the Milky Way, there are only about 40 of these stars among millions.

18 Apr 2022

New "Quantum Sieve” Could Enable Efficient and Cost-Effective Extraction of Deuterium

Starship Enterprise flew through the galaxy using deuterium as fuel. Even if this was science fiction from the 1960s and 70s, research on the real application of the hydrogen isotope for energy generation is still going on today.

15 Apr 2022

Scientists Create Novel Hybrid Qubit Based on Topological Insulators

With their superior properties, topological qubits could help achieve a breakthrough in the development of a quantum computer designed for universal applications. So far, no one has yet succeeded in unambiguously demonstrating a quantum bit, or qubit for short, of this kind in a lab. However, scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich have now gone some way to making this a reality.

15 Apr 2022

Using Quantum Simulation Method to Predict the Most Stable Boron Nitride Structure

Boron nitride (BN) is a versatile material with applications in a variety of engineering and scientific fields. This is largely due to an interesting property of BN called "polymorphism," characterized by the ability to crystallize into more than one type of structure.

15 Apr 2022

Multiverse Computing and Bank of Canada Use Quantum Computing to Simulate the Adoption of Cryptocurrency Market

Multiverse Computing, a global leader in quantum computing solutions for the financial industry and beyond with offices in Toronto and Spain, today announced it has completed a proof-of-concept project with the Bank of Canada through which the parties used quantum computing to simulate the adoption of cryptocurrency as a method of payment by non-financial firms.

15 Apr 2022

Q-CTRL Releases Black Opal Pro to Promote the Understanding of Quantum Computers

Q-CTRL, a global leader in developing useful quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, today released Black Opal Pro, an upgraded and expanded version of its world-first interactive quantum computing learning platform.

15 Apr 2022

Using a Quantum Computer to Simulate Collider Physics

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory physicists Christian Bauer, Marat Freytsis and Benjamin Nachman have leveraged an IBM Q quantum computer through the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's Quantum Computing User Program to capture part of a calculation of two protons colliding.

15 Apr 2022

Quantum Secure Direct Communication System Sets New Record of 100 km Transmission

Confidentiality of communication is essential in modern societies. Traditional way of secure communication is to use encryption, which is based on the computational difficulty of certain mathematical problems such as factorizing large integers.

13 Apr 2022

Physicists Extract Energy-Dependent Muon Neutrino Argon Interaction Cross Sections

Physicists studying ghost-like particles called neutrinos from the international MicroBooNE collaboration have reported a first-of-its-kind measurement: a comprehensive set of the energy-dependent neutrino-argon interaction cross sections.

13 Apr 2022

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University-Industry Collaboration Runs a Quantum Algorithm on a Cold Atom Quantum Computer for the First Time

Researchers Discover Light-Induced Ferromagnetism in 2D Quantum Materials

Superfluid Circuit May Offer New Insights into Electron-Like Atoms Using Fermions

Researchers Analyze Spin Angular Momentum in Water Waves

Researchers Shine Light on the Superconducting Nature of Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene

DOE Announces $20 Million in Basic Research to Explore Approaches in Extreme-Scale Science

Astronomers Identify a Slimmer Type of Red Giant

New "Quantum Sieve” Could Enable Efficient and Cost-Effective Extraction of Deuterium

Scientists Create Novel Hybrid Qubit Based on Topological Insulators

Using Quantum Simulation Method to Predict the Most Stable Boron Nitride Structure

Multiverse Computing and Bank of Canada Use Quantum Computing to Simulate the Adoption of Cryptocurrency Market

Q-CTRL Releases Black Opal Pro to Promote the Understanding of Quantum Computers

Using a Quantum Computer to Simulate Collider Physics

Quantum Secure Direct Communication System Sets New Record of 100 km Transmission

Physicists Extract Energy-Dependent Muon Neutrino Argon Interaction Cross Sections

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