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Materials Advances Are Key to Development of Quantum Hardware

Apr. 19, 2021 — A new article argues that the ability to move forward on developing useful quantum computers requires new major advances in materials science, engineering and fabrication. The authors call for new ...

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Entanglement-Based Quantum Network

Apr. 15, 2021 — A team of researchers reports realization of a multi-node quantum network, connecting three quantum processors. In addition, they achieved a proof-of-principle demonstration ...

A Breakthrough That Enables Practical Semiconductor Spintronics

Apr. 8, 2021 — It may be possible in the future to use information technology where electron spin is used to store, process and transfer information in quantum computers. It has long been the goal of scientists to ...

Optical Fiber Could Boost Power of Superconducting Quantum Computers

Mar. 24, 2021 — The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications technology - optical fiber. Physicists have measured and controlled a ...

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Combining Light, Superconductors Could Boost AI Capabilities

Apr. 20, 2021 — As artificial intelligence has attracted interest, researchers are focused on understanding how the brain accomplishes cognition so they can construct systems with general intelligence comparable to ...

Boosting Fiber Optics Communications With Advanced Quantum-Enhanced Receiver

Apr. 20, 2021 — Fiber optic technology is the holy grail of high-speed, long-distance telecommunications. Still, with the continuing exponential growth of internet ...

Water and Quantum Magnets Share Critical Physics

Apr. 14, 2021 — Water can freeze from liquid to solid ice or boil into a gas. In the kitchen these 'phase transitions' aren't smooth, but their discontinuous nature is smoothed out at high pressure. An international ...

Experiments Cast Doubts on the Existence of Quantum Spin Liquids

Apr. 16, 2021 — A quantum spin liquid is a state of matter in which interacting quantum spins do not align even at lowest temperatures, but remain disordered. Research on this state has been going on for almost 50 ...

New Method for Putting Quantum Correlations to the Test

Apr. 13, 2021 — An international team of physicists has identified a new technique for testing the quality of quantum correlations. Quantum computers run their algorithms on large quantum systems by creating quantum ...

A Molecule That Responds to Light

Apr. 13, 2021 — Light can be used to operate quantum information processing systems, e.g. quantum computers, quickly and efficiently. Researchers have now significantly advanced the development of molecule-based ...

Scientists Harness Chaos to Protect Devices from Hackers

Apr. 7, 2021 — Researchers have found a way to use chaos to help develop digital fingerprints for electronic devices that may be unique enough to foil even the most sophisticated hackers. Just how unique are these ...

Study Shows Promise of Quantum Computing Using Factory-Made Silicon Chips

Mar. 31, 2021 — For the study, researchers were able to isolate and measure the quantum state of a single electron (the qubit) in a silicon transistor manufactured using a 'CMOS' technology similar to that used to ...

Qubits Composed of Holes Could Be the Trick to Build Faster, Larger Quantum Computers

Apr. 2, 2021 — A new study demonstrates a path towards scaling individual qubits to a mini-quantum computer, using holes. The study identifies a 'sweet spot' where ...

Discovery of a Mechanism for Making Superconductors More Resistant to Magnetic Fields

Mar. 30, 2021 — Superconductivity is known to be easily destroyed by strong magnetic fields. Researchers have discovered that a superconductor with atomic-scale ...