(Phys.org) —As one of the pillars of the natural sciences, thermodynamics plays an important role in all processes that involve heat, energy, and work. While the principles of thermodynamics can predict the amount of work ...
Imagine a world where people could only talk to their next-door neighbor, and messages must be passed house to house to reach far destinations.
Quantum Physics
Dec 25, 2019
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A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer.
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Jun 28, 2009
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In a major step toward making a quantum computer using everyday materials, a team led by researchers at Princeton University has constructed a key piece of silicon hardware capable of controlling quantum behavior between ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 12, 2017
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A technique to manipulate electrons with light could bring quantum computing up to room temperature.
Quantum Physics
May 10, 2018
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The experimental mastery of complex quantum systems is required for future technologies like quantum computers and quantum encryption. Scientists from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences have broken ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 5, 2018
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Yale physicists have developed an error-correcting cat—a new device that combines the Schrödinger's cat concept of superposition (a physical system existing in two states at once) with the ability to fix some of the trickiest ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 12, 2020
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working in South Africa has reported that they've successfully run Simon's algorithm on a quantum computer for the first time. In their paper published in Physical Review Letters, the team ...
Engineers at Australia's University of New South Wales have invented a radical new architecture for quantum computing, based on novel 'flip-flop qubits', that promises to make the large-scale manufacture of quantum chips ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 6, 2017
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Scientists have taken the next major step toward quantum computing, which will use quantum mechanics to revolutionize the way information is processed.
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