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Theoretical Quantum Speedup With the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm

May 29, 2024 — Researchers demonstrated a quantum algorithmic speedup with the quantum approximate optimization algorithm, laying the groundwork for advancements in telecommunications, financial modeling, materials ...

How AI Helps Programming a Quantum Computer

May 21, 2024 — Researchers have unveiled a novel method to prepare quantum operations on a given quantum computer, using a machine learning generative model to find the appropriate sequence of quantum gates to execute a quantum operation. The study marks a ...

New Super-Pure Silicon Chip Opens Path to Powerful Quantum Computers

May 7, 2024 — Researchers have invented a breakthrough technique for manufacturing highly purified silicon that brings powerful quantum computers a big step ...

Scientists Tune the Entanglement Structure in an Array of Qubits

Apr. 24, 2024 — A new technique can generate batches of certain entangled states in a quantum processor. This advance could help scientists study the fundamental quantum property of entanglement and enable them to build larger and more complex quantum ...

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Breakthrough Promises Secure Quantum Computing at Home

Apr. 11, 2024 — The full power of next-generation quantum computing could soon be harnessed by millions of individuals and companies, thanks to a breakthrough guaranteeing security and privacy. This advance promises ...

Where Quantum Computers Can Score

Mar. 18, 2024 — The traveling salesman problem is considered a prime example of a combinatorial optimization problem. Now a team has shown that a certain class of such problems can actually be solved better and much ...

New Study Shows Analog Computing Can Solve Complex Equations and Use Far Less Energy

Mar. 14, 2024 — A team of engineers has proven that their analog computing device, called a memristor, can complete complex, scientific computing tasks while ...

Software Speeds Up Drug Development

Mar. 1, 2024 — Sugars cover nearly all proteins present at the surface of the cells in our bodies, forming a shield around the proteins. Thus, these sugars influence how cells interact with their environment ...

Researchers Show Classical Computers Can Keep Up With, and Surpass, Their Quantum Counterparts

Feb. 9, 2024 — A team of scientists has devised means for classical computing to mimic a quantum computing with far fewer resources than previously thought. The ...

2D Material Reshapes 3D Electronics for AI Hardware

Nov. 30, 2023 — Researchers demonstrated monolithic 3D integration of layered 2D material into novel processing hardware for artificial intelligence computing. The new approach provides a material-level solution for ...

Measuring Long-Term Heart Stress Dynamics With Smartwatch Data

Nov. 27, 2023 — Biomedical engineers have developed a method using data from wearable devices such as smartwatches to digitally mimic an entire week's worth of an individual's heartbeats. The new 'digital twins' ...

Adaptive Optical Neural Network Connects Thousands of Artificial Neurons

Oct. 23, 2023 — Physicists working with computer specialists have developed a so-called event-based architecture, using photonic processors. In a similar way to the brain, this makes possible the continuous ...

Self-Correcting Quantum Computers Within Reach?

Oct. 12, 2023 — Quantum computers promise to reach speeds and efficiencies impossible for even the fastest supercomputers of today. Yet the technology hasn't seen much scale-up and commercialization largely due to ...

A New Way to Erase Quantum Computer Errors

Oct. 11, 2023 — Researchers have demonstrated a type of quantum eraser. The physicists show that they can pinpoint and correct for mistakes in quantum computing systems known as 'erasure' ...

Cloud Services Without Servers: What's Behind It

Sep. 20, 2023 — A new generation of cloud services is on the rise. It is based on the paradigm of 'serverless computing'. A recent article deals with the history, status and potential of serverless ...

Not Too Big: Machine Learning Tames Huge Data Sets

Sep. 11, 2023 — A machine-learning algorithm demonstrated the capability to process data that exceeds a computer's available memory by identifying a massive data set's key features and dividing them into ...

Mathematicians Solve Long-Known Problem

June 26, 2023 — Making history with 42 digits: Scientists have unlocked a decades-old mystery of mathematics with the so-called ninth Dedekind number. Experts worldwide have been searching for the value since 1991. ...

New Technique in Error-Prone Quantum Computing Makes Classical Computers Sweat

June 14, 2023 — Today's quantum computers often calculate the wrong answer because of noisy environments that interfere with the quantum entanglement of qubits. IBM Quantum has pioneered a technique that ...

New Superconducting Diode Could Improve Performance of Quantum Computers and Artificial Intelligence

June 6, 2023 — A team has developed a more energy-efficient, tunable superconducting diode -- a promising component for future electronic devices -- that could help scale up quantum computers for industry and ...

Quantum Computers Are Better at Guessing, New Study Demonstrates

June 5, 2023 — Researchers have demonstrated a quantum speedup over the most efficient classical computer algorithm possible for what is believed to be the first time. The accomplishment was performed on an IBM ...

Two Qudits Fully Entangled

Apr. 20, 2023 — Recently quantum computers started to work with more than just the zeros and ones we know from classical computers. Now a team demonstrates a way to efficiently create entanglement of such ...

How to Overcome Noise in Quantum Computations

Apr. 6, 2023 — Scientists have made significant progress in quantum computing by deriving a formula that predicts the effects of environmental noise. This is crucial for designing and building quantum computers ...

New Chip Design to Provide Greatest Precision in Memory to Date

Mar. 30, 2023 — Everyone is talking about the newest AI and the power of neural networks, forgetting that software is limited by the hardware on which it runs. But it is hardware become 'the bottleneck.' ...

Cleaning Up the Atmosphere With Quantum Computing

Mar. 14, 2023 — Practical carbon capture technologies are still in the early stages of development, with the most promising involving a class of compounds called amines that can chemically bind with carbon dioxide. ...

Will Future Computers Run on Human Brain Cells?

Feb. 28, 2023 — A 'biocomputer' powered by human brain cells could be developed within our lifetime, according to researchers who expect such technology to exponentially expand the capabilities of modern ...

Securing Supply Chains With Quantum Computing

Feb. 14, 2023 — New research in quantum computing is moving science closer to being able to overcome supply-chain challenges and restore global security during future periods of ...

Scientists Make Major Breakthrough in Developing Practical Quantum Computers That Can Solve Big Challenges of Our Time

Feb. 8, 2023 — Researchers have demonstrated that quantum bits (qubits) can directly transfer between quantum computer microchips and demonstrated this with record-breaking connection speed and accuracy. This ...

Computers That Power Self-Driving Cars Could Be a Huge Driver of Global Carbon Emissions

Jan. 12, 2023 — A new model quantifies emissions that will be generated by computers on fully autonomous vehicles. If self-driving cars are widely adopted, their emissions will rival those generated by all the data ...

New Quantum Computing Architecture Could Be Used to Connect Large-Scale Devices

Jan. 5, 2023 — Researchers have demonstrated an architecture that can enable high fidelity and scalable communication between superconducting quantum processors. Their technique can generate and route photons, ...

Quantum Algorithms Save Time in the Calculation of Electron Dynamics

Nov. 22, 2022 — Quantum computers promise significantly shorter computing times for complex problems. But there are still only a few quantum computers worldwide with a limited number of so-called qubits. However, ...

New Form of Universal Quantum Computers

Oct. 28, 2022 — Computing power of quantum machines is currently still very low. Increasing it is still proving to be a major challenge. Physicists now present a new architecture for a universal quantum computer ...

Seeing Electron Movement at Fastest Speed Ever Could Help Unlock Next-Level Quantum Computing

Oct. 12, 2022 — The key to maximizing traditional or quantum computing speeds lies in our ability to understand how electrons behave in solids, and researchers have now captured electron movement in attoseconds--the ...

New Method to Systematically Find Optimal Quantum Operation Sequences for Quantum Computers Developed

Sep. 2, 2022 — Computer scientists have succeeded in developing a method for systematically finding the optimal quantum operation sequence for a quantum computer. They have developed a systematic method that ...

From Bits to P-Bits: One Step Closer to Probabilistic Computing

Aug. 29, 2022 — Scientists have developed a mathematical description of what happens within tiny magnets as they fluctuate between states when an electric current and magnetic field are applied. Their findings could ...