News tagged with quantum computing
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10 billion bits of entanglement achieved in silicon
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Oxford University have made a significant step towards an ultrafast quantum computer by successfully generating 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Physicists observe exotic state in an unconventional superconductor
A new fractional vortex state observed in an unconventional superconductor may offer the first glimpse of an exotic state of matter predicted theoretically for more than 30 years. In a paper published in the ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Better control of building blocks for quantum computer
Dutch scientists from the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology have succeeded in controlling the building blocks of a future super-fast quantum ...
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Computer memory takes a spin: Physicists read data after storing them in atomic nuclei for 112 seconds
University of Utah physicists stored information for 112 seconds in what may become the world's tiniest computer memory: magnetic "spins" in the centers or nuclei of atoms. Then the physicists retrieved and ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Single quantum dot nanowire photodetectors
Moving a step closer toward quantum computing, a research team in the Netherlands recently fabricated a photodetector based on a single nanowire, in which the active element is a single quantum dot with a ...
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Building mental muscles through theoretical physics
A grant from the D. J. Angus-Scientech Educational Foundation has made it possible for a student from a suburban Indianapolis high school to co-author, along with his mentor and two other scientists, a theoretical ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Tiny laser light show illuminates quantum computing (w/ Video)
A new laser-beam steering system that aims and focuses bursts of light onto single atoms for use in quantum computers has been demonstrated by collaborating researchers from Duke University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Quantum computers may be much easier to build than previously thought: study
Quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even missing components, according to a study published today in Physical Re ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Unique duality: 'Exotic' superconductor with metallic surface discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new material with a split personality -- part superconductor, part metal -- has been observed by a Princeton University-led research team. The discovery may have implications for the development of next-generation ...
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Quantum computing with braids in flatland
Exotic anyon quasiparticles trapped in two dimensional sheets can entangle into braided structures that are less susceptible to the disturbances that disrupt individual quasiparticles in quantum computations.
Nov 01, 2010 |
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New search method tracks down influential ideas
(PhysOrg.com) -- Princeton computer scientists have developed a new way of tracing the origins and spread of ideas, a technique that could make it easier to gauge the influence of notable scholarly papers, ...
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Oct 20, 2010 |
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Could light and matter coupling lead to quantum computation?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In science, one of the issues of great interest is that of quantum computing, and creating a way to make it possible on a scalable level. This could be achieved by taking advantage of the strong interaction ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Quantum computing research edges toward practicality in UCSB physics lab
(PhysOrg.com) -- An important step -- one that is essential to the ultimate construction of a quantum computer -- was taken for the first time by physicists at UC Santa Barbara. The discovery is published in the current issue ...
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Scientists isolate, hold, photograph individual Rubidium 85 atom
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a major physics breakthrough, University of Otago scientists have developed a technique to consistently isolate and capture a fast-moving neutral atom - and have also seen and photographed ...
Oct 01, 2010 |
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Three tiny qubits, another big step toward quantum computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rules that govern the world of the very small, quantum mechanics, are known for being bizarre. One of the strangest tenets is something called quantum entanglement, in which two or more objects (such ...
Sep 29, 2010 |
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