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Quantum Physics Apr 12, 2019

Research provides speed boost to quantum computers

A new finding by researchers at the University of Chicago promises to improve the speed and reliability of current and next generation quantum computers by as much as ten times. By combining principles from physics and computer ...

Computer Sciences Mar 26, 2019

In the future, everyone might use quantum computers

Computers were once considered high-end technology, only accessible to scientists and trained professionals. But there was a seismic shift in the history of computing during the second half of the 1970s. It wasn't just that ...

Quantum Physics Mar 19, 2019

Computer program developed to find 'leakage' in quantum computers

A new computer program that spots when information in a quantum computer is escaping to unwanted states will give users of this promising technology the ability to check its reliability without any technical knowledge for ...

Quantum Physics Feb 28, 2019

Physicists use code to reduce quantum error in logic gates

Scientists at the University of Sydney have for the first time demonstrated improvement in quantum computers by using codes designed to detect and discard errors in the logic gates of such machines.

Optics & Photonics Oct 1, 2018

Defects promise quantum communication through standard optical fiber

An international team of scientists led by the University of Groningen's Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials created quantum bits that emit photons that describe their state at wavelengths close to those used by telecom ...

Quantum Physics Jun 21, 2018

Physicists show that it is impossible to mask quantum information in correlations

Information is typically stored in physical systems, such as memory devices. But in a new study, physicists have investigated an alternative way to store and hide information, which is by storing it only in the quantum correlations ...

Quantum Physics May 23, 2018

Nuclear physicists leap into quantum computing with first simulations of atomic nucleus

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are the first to successfully simulate an atomic nucleus using a quantum computer. The results, published in Physical Review Letters, demonstrate the ...

Quantum Physics Apr 11, 2018

Blazing a path for buried bits in quantum chips

NIST researchers have pioneered a process that drastically simplifies fabrication of the kind of nanoscale microchip features that may soon form the basis of a quantum computer, among other applications.

Quantum Physics Feb 2, 2018

New quantum repeater paves the way for long-distance big quantum data transmission

Physicists have designed a new method for transmitting big quantum data across long distances that requires far fewer resources than previous methods, bringing the implementation of long-distance big quantum data transmission ...

Quantum Physics Oct 5, 2017

Correcting errors at the quantum computing scale

Computing power has grown exponentially over many decades, so why is the much-promised next leap of quantum computers taking so long to arrive?

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