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Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have created a novel quantum refrigerator that utilizes problematic noise to cool down extremely low temperatures. The innovative design enables precise control over heat and energy flows, making it an essential component for scaling up quantum technology.
A team at Stanford University developed a new optical cavity architecture that enables efficient collection of single photons from single atoms, paving the way for million-qubit quantum computer networks. This breakthrough could lead to significant advances in materials design, chemical synthesis, and medical research.
Florida Atlantic University will be the first university in Florida to host a large, dedicated quantum computer on site, aiming to accelerate and solidify the state's position as a leader in quantum computing. The university will collaborate with D-Wave Quantum Inc. to advance quantum computing education, research, and applied innovation.
A new project aims to develop robust logical quantum bits for scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computing. The snaQCs2025 project combines innovative simulation and integration methods to compensate for error susceptibility of physical qubits, bringing quantum computing closer to practical use.
Columbia physicists develop new method to scale neutral-atom arrays using metasurfaces, enabling creation of 2D arrays with thousands of trapped atoms. The technology has the potential to benefit quantum computing and other neutral-atom quantum technologies.
Researchers have developed a nearly 100 times smaller device that can efficiently control lasers required for thousands of qubits, unlocking potential for larger quantum computers. The device uses microwave-frequency vibrations to manipulate laser light with extraordinary precision.
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic and IBM developed a hybrid quantum-classical model to simulate molecular interactions. The study accurately simulated two supramolecular systems, water dimer and methane dimer, for the first time using quantum computers.
A team of researchers at Tohoku University has successfully created and electrically controlled triple quantum dots in zinc oxide (ZnO), a promising material for quantum computing. This breakthrough opens a new pathway to exploring complex quantum behaviors and developing potential architectures for quantum computation.
The Princeton team designed a new qubit that lasts over 1 millisecond, three times longer than the best ever reported in a lab setting. This breakthrough enables efficient error correction and scalability for industrial systems, marking the largest single advance in coherence time in over a decade.
Lillian Hughes advances quantum science by creating two-dimensional ensembles of entangled spin qubits in diamond, enabling metrological quantum advantage and high-sensitivity sensing. This breakthrough brings quantum precision closer to reality with solid-state materials like diamond.
Kobe University's new web application combines quantum game theory with jazz improvisation to explore creativity. Users can interact in a 'quantum jam session', receiving real-time visual and auditory feedback on their strategies.
A team of researchers at NTNU's Department of Physics has developed a method to monitor and adjust the frequency of quantum bits in real-time, making them more stable and reliable. This breakthrough is essential for building functional quantum computers.
Researchers Tsvi Tlusty and Jean-Pierre Eckmann found a simple recipe to return rotating systems precisely to their starting point by rescaling the driving force and applying it twice. This discovery reveals that even complex rotations conceal a fundamental order, ensuring there is always a way to reset the system.
Researchers at Tohoku University propose a way to detect dark matter using highly sensitive quantum devices connected in network structures. This approach outperforms traditional methods and has potential applications beyond dark matter searches.
The EQUALITY project developed novel quantum approaches to representing and optimising quantum circuits with regard to hardware limitations. The consortium also achieved notable scientific advances aimed at the efficient utilisation of quantum resources.
Scientists develop novel LDPC quantum error correction codes that can handle hundreds of thousands of logical qubits and approach the theoretical hashing bound. The new codes achieve extremely high decoding performance, demonstrating a frame error rate as low as 10^-4, even for large-scale numerical simulations.
Researchers created the largest qubit array with 6,100 neutral-atom qubits trapped in a grid by lasers, demonstrating improved accuracy and scalability. The team successfully maintained superposition for over 13 seconds and manipulated individual qubits with high accuracy.
Scientists at OIST use advanced spectroscopy to track the evolution of dark excitons, overcoming the fundamental challenge of accessing these elusive particles. The findings lay the foundation for dark valleytronics as a field, with potential applications in quantum information technologies.
A team of researchers at Simon Fraser University has created a new type of silicon-based quantum device controlled by both electricity and light. The breakthrough demonstrates an electrically-injected single-photon source in silicon, clearing a major hurdle for building a scalable quantum computer. This development holds significant po...
A new hybrid software approach, sys-sage, facilitates collaboration between quantum and high-performance computing systems. The system can optimize task allocation and mapping to the best resources in each topology.
Researchers at Purdue University develop atomic-scale spectroscopy using ultrathin 2D materials, enabling improved resolution for NMR spectroscopy. The breakthrough has potential applications in quantum computing and quantum communications.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have made a breakthrough in building larger and more reliable quantum computers by linking multiple quantum chips. The team found that even imperfect links between quantum chips can produce a functioning fault-tolerant quantum system.
Researchers successfully realized a stable, isolated quantum spin on an insulating magnesium oxide surface placed over a ferromagnetic iron substrate. The MgO/Fe(001) structure, widely used in spintronics, enables the formation of isolated spins due to its lack of conduction electrons.
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a smart accelerator for qubits, increasing both speed and coherence time simultaneously. By exploiting spin-orbit coupling, they created a 'plateau' effect that reduces fluctuations and allows for faster operation without sacrificing coherence.
Researchers at Caltech have created a hybrid approach for storing quantum states by translating electrical information into sound waves. This method allows quantum states from superconducting qubits to survive in storage for an extended period.
Researchers create metasurfaces to control photons and entangle them for quantum computing and sensing. The discovery could lead to miniaturized optical setups with improved stability, robustness, and cost-effectiveness.
Recent advances in superconducting quantum computing (SQC) have made significant progress toward fault-tolerant computation and scalable architectures. Innovations in hardware development, gate-level operations, multi-qubit control, and novel qubit encodings are laying the groundwork for next-generation processors.
Researchers combined quantum computing with supercomputing to simulate large molecule stability and behavior, overcoming current barriers. The hybrid approach used a quantum computer for complex calculations and a supercomputer for error correction, enabling accurate predictions of molecule stability.
Physicists from Aalto University have measured a transmon qubit coherence time of over a millisecond, surpassing previous records and enabling more complex quantum computations. This breakthrough marks a significant step towards noiseless quantum computing.
Researchers developed a novel quantum-centric supercomputing method to calculate electronic energy levels of complex molecules. This breakthrough enables faster and more accurate simulations, paving the way for advancements in fields like materials science, nanotechnology, and drug discovery.
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a highly efficient amplifier that activates only when reading information from qubits. The amplifier consumes just one-tenth of the power consumed by the best amplifiers available today, reducing qubit decoherence and laying the foundation for more powerful quantum computers.
Scientists at Rice University have developed a scalable method to create high-performance single-photon emitters in carbon-doped hexagonal boron nitride, paving the way for practical quantum light sources. The findings overcome long-standing challenges in the field and set a new benchmark for qubit production.
Researchers from The University of Osaka develop a method to prepare high-fidelity 'magic states' for use in quantum computers with less overhead and unprecedented accuracy. This breakthrough aims to overcome the significant obstacle of noise in quantum systems, which can ruin computer setups.
Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for qubit operation accuracy, achieving an error rate of just 0.000015%. This breakthrough could lead to more efficient and robust quantum computers, as reducing errors is crucial to their functionality.
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics launches first room-temperature quantum accelerator, enabling energy-efficient hybrid quantum-classical computing. The QB-QDK2.0 system uses synthetic diamond substrates and NV centers to create stable qubits for industrial applications.
A team led by Kenneth Merz used IBM Quantum System One to run Sample-Based Quantum Diagonalization, a new method for simulating molecules in solvent. The approach achieved high chemical accuracy and demonstrated the ability to predict molecular energies and solvation free energy in aqueous solutions.
Researchers have developed a new type of exotic quantum material that can maintain its quantum properties when exposed to external disturbances, paving the way for robust quantum computers. The breakthrough uses magnetism to create stability, making it an important step towards realising practical topological quantum computing.
Nord Quantique's multimode encoding technology demonstrates better error correction capabilities with fewer qubits, enabling smaller and more powerful quantum systems. The approach also reduces energy consumption and increases confidence information for improved error detection and correction strategies.
The EQUALITY project is developing advanced quantum computer algorithms for strategic industrial problems in areas like energy storage and aerodynamics. A webinar series will highlight these advancements, showcasing novel quantum approaches and their industrial applications.
Researchers at Caltech successfully controlled the motion of individual atoms, encoding quantum information, and demonstrated hyper-entanglement in massive particles. This experiment could lead to advancements in quantum computation and precision clocks.
The Delft team creates a systematic and deterministic way to engineer Majorana bound states using artificial atoms, allowing for the observation of edge and bulk states. They demonstrate the ability to move Majoranas between QDs, crucial for topological quantum computing.
A USC-led study shows that a quantum annealer outperforms classical algorithms in finding near-optimal solutions to complex problems. The researchers used a D-Wave Advantage processor and implemented error suppression techniques to overcome noise limitations.
Researchers have demonstrated a new quantum sensing technique that surpasses conventional methods by counteracting the limitation of decoherence. The study's coherence-stabilized protocol allows for improved sensitivity and detection of subtle signals, with up to 1.65 times better efficacy per measurement.
Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered a novel way to accelerate accurate quantum measurements by trading space for time using additional qubits. This method enables faster and more confident measurements without sacrificing accuracy, with potential applications in leading quantum hardware platforms.
A team of theoretical physicists from Colorado designed a new type of quantum game that scientists can play on a real quantum computer. The researchers tested their game out on the Quantinuum System Model H1 Quantum Computer, highlighting its potential capabilities.
A team at HZB developed a method using photo-voltage to detect individual and local spin states of defects in diamonds. This could lead to more compact designs of quantum sensors. The research uses nitrogen vacancy centres, which can be manipulated with microwaves.
Recent study on 2M-WS2 reveals coexistence of striped surface charge order with superconductivity, modifying spatial distribution of Majorana bound states. Experimental results demonstrate that surface charge order does not destroy bulk topology but can modify MBS positions.
Cleveland Clinic researchers successfully tested quantum computing's ability to simulate proton affinity, a fundamental chemical process critical to life. The study used machine learning applications on quantum hardware, achieving higher accuracy than classical computing in predicting proton affinity.
Harvard researchers have created a photon router that could plug into quantum networks to create robust optical interfaces for noise-sensitive microwave quantum computers. The breakthrough enables control of microwave qubits with optical signals generated many miles away, bridging the energy gap between microwave and optical photons.
A team of researchers from JPMorganChase, Quantinuum, and the University of Texas at Austin have successfully demonstrated certified randomness using a 56-qubit quantum computer. This achievement has significant implications for cryptography, fairness, and privacy, as it enables the generation of truly random numbers that cannot be man...
Researchers at MIT created a photon-shuttling interconnect that facilitates remote entanglement, a key step toward developing practical quantum computers. The device enables all-to-all communication between multiple superconducting quantum processors, paving the way for more efficient and scalable quantum computing.
Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered a way to create artificial atoms within twisted monolayers of molybdenum diselenide, retaining information when activated by light. This breakthrough could lead to new types of quantum devices, such as memory or nodes in a quantum network.
Physicists at the University of Cologne have successfully observed Crossed Andreev Reflection in TI nanowires, a crucial step toward engineering Majorana-based qubits. This breakthrough enables reliable control over superconducting correlations in topological insulator nanowires.
Researchers at the University of Arizona are using two federal grants to develop novel areas in quantum information. They aim to improve measurement capabilities of quantum magnetic field sensors, which could impact navigation, medical imaging, and other fields. Additionally, they will work on developing quantum low-density parity-chec...
Zuchongzhi-3 achieves quantum supremacy by outperforming classical supercomputers by 15 orders of magnitude, demonstrating the strongest quantum computational advantage in a superconducting system to date. The processor features 105 qubits and 182 couplers, with a coherence time of 72 μs and simultaneous gate fidelities exceeding 99%.
Researchers at HZB have produced mesoporous silicon layers with tiny pores, revealing the electronic transport mechanism. The material has great potential for applications, including thermally insulating qubits for quantum computers. Disorder plays a key role in understanding charge transport.
Researchers at Microsoft Quantum Lab West Lafayette advanced complex layered materials for topological quantum computing. The team accurately measured the state of quasi particles, a crucial step towards realizing a topological quantum computer.
Researchers from the University of Oklahoma have discovered a way to stabilize quantum dots, enabling continuous emission at room temperature. This breakthrough could make quantum computing and communication devices more efficient, cheaper, and appealing.
Physicists at Aalto University developed a new method to control qubits using a virtual transition and linear chirp of the drive frequency. This approach increases computational power while reducing hardware overhead.
Researchers developed a method to 'translate' optical signals to and from qubits, reducing cryogenic hardware needed. This breakthrough enables scalable quantum computers with increased qubit numbers, laying the foundation for room-temperature networks.