Search results for quantum computation

Nanophysics Mar 7, 2025

'Nanodot' control could fine-tune light for sharper displays and quantum computing

Newly achieved precise control over light emitted from incredibly tiny sources, a few nanometers in size, embedded in two-dimensional (2D) materials could lead to remarkably high-resolution monitors and advances in ultra-fast ...

Quantum Physics Mar 6, 2025

Quantum algorithm excels at finding local minima of many-body systems

Many physicists and engineers have recently been trying to demonstrate the potential of quantum computers for tackling some problems that are particularly demanding and are difficult to solve for classical computers. A task ...

Quantum Physics Mar 3, 2025

Superconducting quantum processor prototype operates 10¹⁵ times faster than fastest supercomputer

Zuchongzhi-3, a superconducting quantum computing prototype with 105 qubits and 182 couplers, has made significant advancements in random quantum circuit sampling. This prototype was successfully developed by a research team ...

Nanophysics Mar 3, 2025

Germanene nanoribbons pave the way for quantum computing

If you start with a two-dimensional ribbon and make it narrower and narrower, when does it stop being a ribbon and start being a one-dimensional line? Scientists from Utrecht University and the University of Twente made one-atom-thick ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 3, 2025

A quantum computing startup says it is already making millions of light-powered chips

American quantum computing startup PsiQuantum announced yesterday that it has cracked a significant puzzle on the road to making the technology useful: manufacturing quantum chips in useful quantities.

Quantum Physics Feb 28, 2025

A new approach to reduce decoherence in superconducting qudit-based quantum processors

Quantum computers, which operate leveraging quantum mechanics effects, could soon outperform traditional computers in some advanced optimization and simulation tasks. Most quantum computing systems developed so far store ...

Quantum Physics Feb 26, 2025

How Schrödinger's cat could help improve quantum computers

Quantum computers could be made with fewer overall components, thanks to technology inspired by Schrödinger's cat. A team of researchers from Amazon Web Services has used "bosonic cat qubits," to improve the ability of quantum ...

Quantum Physics Feb 11, 2025

Quantum computers successfully model particle scattering

Scattering takes place across the universe at large and miniscule scales. Billiard balls clank off each other in bars, the nuclei of atoms collide to power the stars and create heavy elements, and even sound waves deviate ...

Quantum Physics Feb 6, 2025

Quantum simulator combines digital and analog modes to calculate physical processes with unprecedented precision

How does cold milk disperse when it is dripped into hot coffee? Even the fastest supercomputers are unable to perform the necessary calculations with high precision because the underlying quantum physical processes are extremely ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 5, 2025

Novel quantum-classical computing scheme for designing light-sensitive compounds could accelerate material discovery

Recently, a joint research team developed a novel quantum-classical computing scheme for designing photochromic materials—light-sensitive compounds—providing a powerful tool to accelerate the discovery of new materials. This ...

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