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secrets ride phone lines
Technology Research News
The ability to safeguard secret messages
using the quirks of quantum physics has been thoroughly demonstrated in
the laboratory. Now field tests of quantum cryptography are showing that
the technology can withstand the rigors of real-world communications.
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For sending information across continents and around the globe, light is the medium of choice. The ability to send multiple wavelengths at high speeds within fibers has transformed communications. But light could do even better, much better, if it weren’t hobbled by the electronic switches, routers and other devices of... | <urn:uuid:32e836bd-33f1-4d25-b5f7-7ad712d6c0b7> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.psc.edu/science/2005/fan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609533121.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005213-00270-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932926 | 2,001 | 4 | 4 |
The demand for faster Internet speeds now and in the future is a given, specifically when considering the popularity of streaming services such as Netflix and the explosion of the Internet of things. Specifically, with the increasing trend to utilise big data sets to systematically extract and analyse information, fast... | <urn:uuid:628979f5-e63a-4b17-905f-75304426a567> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bitco.co.za/fibre-optic-light-breakthrough-could-make-internet-100-times-faster/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00119.warc.gz | en | 0.92555 | 1,039 | 3.515625 | 4 |
A superconductor is a material that achieves superconductivity, which is a state of matter that has no electrical resistance and does not allow magnetic fields to penetrate. An electric current in a superconductor can persist indefinitely.
Superconductivity can only typically be achieved at very cold temperatures. Supe... | <urn:uuid:5103ec36-6929-473c-8881-88d420792ea4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.livescience.com/superconductor | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00119.warc.gz | en | 0.92414 | 1,645 | 4.28125 | 4 |
Google’s recent announcement that its quantum computer had achieved “quantum supremacy” has garnered significant global attention. And for good reason. Sycamore, Google’s 53-bit quantum computer reportedly performed a 200-second calculation in the time it would have taken the world’s fastest supercomputer, the IBM Summ... | <urn:uuid:3601d90f-a10e-4e1c-911f-3bf8de8f1334> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://netsmiami.com/a-deeper-dive-into-quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00520.warc.gz | en | 0.907226 | 1,598 | 4 | 4 |
Unlike Bilbo’s magic ring, which entangles human hearts, engineers have created a new micro-ring that entangles individual particles of light, an important first step in a whole host of new technologies.
Entanglement – the instantaneous connection between two particles no matter their distance apart – is one of the mos... | <urn:uuid:c81cc9a4-ec1c-481d-b68a-5d427fde5b54> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://innovationtoronto.com/2015/01/entanglement-on-a-chip-breakthrough-promises-secure-communications-and-faster-computers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571996.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814052950-20220814082950-00720.warc.gz | en | 0.929333 | 1,064 | 3.90625 | 4 |
Miniaturization, the process of making components smaller, has been key to the realization of Moore’s Law in computing. Moore’s original observation began with noticing the trend that the number of components integrated into a semiconductor circuit would double each year.1 With this doubling came the increase in comput... | <urn:uuid:47637cb1-9f99-4bb3-a6ca-d0355b4367b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.azooptics.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2056 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572515.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816181215-20220816211215-00721.warc.gz | en | 0.925609 | 1,279 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Quantum communication systems offer the promise of virtually unbreakable encryption.
Unlike classical encryption, which is used to send secure data over networks today and whose security depends on the difficulty of solving mathematical problems like the factoring of large numbers, most quantum encryption schemes keep ... | <urn:uuid:4e658b49-63a7-4ea0-9f0d-19d41247b19e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://innovationtoronto.com/2013/05/just-how-secure-is-quantum-cryptography/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00321.warc.gz | en | 0.916283 | 1,727 | 3.703125 | 4 |
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The search for ever higher computer performance is a strong motivation for scientists. The computers of tomorrow will be quantum, allowing rapid and extremely complex calculations, the complete simulation of molecules, or the development of innovative materi... | <urn:uuid:92a429a4-5a5e-4cb8-9e79-09628c75c690> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://articleyarn.com/an-atomic-scale-integrated-quantum-circuit-propels-us-towards-quantum-computers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00524.warc.gz | en | 0.937817 | 1,677 | 3.9375 | 4 |
What’s Under the Hood of A Quantum Computer?
(PhysicsToday) The separation between hardware and user interface is the product of decades of development. Now quantum computer developers are navigating similar terrain.
The quantum computing stack is everything that lies between a user and the physical qubits. The stack n... | <urn:uuid:8fce0663-10ed-44a0-8469-631fc337bb17> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/whats-under-the-hood-of-a-quantum-computer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572515.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816181215-20220816211215-00723.warc.gz | en | 0.912287 | 1,161 | 3.5625 | 4 |
A new phase of matter was observed in a quantum computer after physicists pulsed light on its qubits in a pattern inspired by the Fibonacci sequence.
If you think this is mind-boggling, then this peculiar quirk of quantum mechanics behaves as if it has two time dimensions, rather than one; A trait that the scientists s... | <urn:uuid:70efbde1-8b25-4a82-a150-493e6c80e958> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://zeliw.com/cbmiymh0dhbzoi8vd3d3lnnjawvuy2vhbgvydc5jb20vys1uzxctcxvhbnr1bs1wagfzzs1vzi1tyxr0zxitymvoyxzlcy1sawtllwl0lwhhcy10d28tdgltzs1kaw1lbnnpb25z0geaoc5/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00524.warc.gz | en | 0.937506 | 1,141 | 3.703125 | 4 |
The IBM lab responsible for inventing the scanning tunneling microscope and the atomic force microscope has invented another critical tool for helping us understand the nanoscale.
Accurately measuring the temperature of objects at the nanoscale has been challenging scientists for decades. Current techniques are not acc... | <urn:uuid:887ea79b-4589-4cd4-853f-e2d7fcbd8440> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2016/03/ibm-scientists-invent-a-thermometer-for-the-nanoscale/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00525.warc.gz | en | 0.925397 | 1,324 | 3.859375 | 4 |
Transporting renewable energy to where it’s needed lies at the heart of the human endeavour to get rid of the need for fossil fuels. Superconductors can do so without loosing any of the precious electricity on the way, seemingly defying physical intuition. Find out in this article why many body physics is needed to und... | <urn:uuid:bf133077-325b-4f34-aaa8-6584070ddb1a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://manybodyphysics.com/2018/12/13/how-quantum-physics-may-save-earth-from-global-warming/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00329.warc.gz | en | 0.953902 | 1,895 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Try a quick experiment: Take two flashlights into a dark room and shine them so that their light beams cross. Notice anything peculiar? The rather anticlimactic answer is, probably not. That’s because the individual photons that make up light do not interact. Instead, they simply pass each other by, like indifferent sp... | <urn:uuid:aead25a3-1691-487c-a61e-84d91723824b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scitechdaily.com/mit-physicists-create-new-form-of-light-where-photons-interact/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570901.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809033952-20220809063952-00732.warc.gz | en | 0.944356 | 1,676 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Entanglement is at the heart of quantum physics and future quantum technologies. Like other aspects of quantum science, the phenomenon of entanglement reveals itself at very tiny, subatomic scales. When two particles, such as a pair of photons or electrons, become entangled, they remain connected even when separated by... | <urn:uuid:7253b586-bfe5-4adb-ad14-16d86ea1c486> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/quantum-science-explained/entanglement?utm_source=caltechnews&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=csequantum | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00133.warc.gz | en | 0.933489 | 1,160 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Harvard University researchers have demonstrated the first material that can have both strongly correlated electron interactions and topological properties. It’s a discovery that not only paves the way for more stable quantum computing, but also an entirely new platform to explore the wild world of exotic physics.
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Fuel such as petrol is made up of hydrocarbons – a family of molecules consisting entirely of carbon and hydrogen. Pigment and dye, coal and tar are made up of hydrocarbons too.
These common, abundant materials, sometimes even associated with waste, are not often thought of as being electronical... | <urn:uuid:e1199a61-56f1-4c74-ba0e-91a961cbe265> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2017/04/24/from-sustainable-hydrocarbons-to-spin-liquids/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573849.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819222115-20220820012115-00734.warc.gz | en | 0.908584 | 1,234 | 3.828125 | 4 |
On May 30, 2020, a SpaceX rocket carrying two American astronauts was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first for a commercial spacecraft, the launch marked the start of a new era of human spaceflight, one in which traveling to space is becoming more accessible. It has reignited the conversation... | <urn:uuid:eadd65cd-d1ec-45f1-b959-7d0b7eaf0dab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wipac.wisc.edu/wipac-scientist-and-collaborators-develop-magnetic-shield-to-protect-astronauts-and-computers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00338.warc.gz | en | 0.951332 | 1,183 | 3.734375 | 4 |
Electrical currents can be now be switched on and off at the smallest conceivable scale enabling a new generation of ‘green electronics’ with the potential for great impact on the digital economy
Robert Wolkow is no stranger to mastering the ultra-small and the ultra-fast. A pioneer in atomic-scale science with a Guinn... | <urn:uuid:180e46fb-8f7e-4924-8db2-0b37582a3ef1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://innovationtoronto.com/2016/10/when-it-comes-to-atomic-scale-manufacturing-less-really-is-more-and-it-will-affect-everything/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00137.warc.gz | en | 0.915353 | 1,473 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Google researchers are figuring out how to study some of the weirdest theorized physics phenomena, like wormholes that link pairs of black holes, using experiments in a lab.
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If computers only do what we tell them, how do they create random numbers?
Random numbers are all around us, particuarly when we look at computers. Our “auto-generated” passwords, the amount of coins you win for logging in daily to your favorite game, and, of course, the =RAND() Excel function – all random. So where do... | <urn:uuid:60826d5f-2f86-48f5-a080-1578539b24bd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lowhangingfruitanalytics.wordpress.com/blog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00538.warc.gz | en | 0.876357 | 1,140 | 3.8125 | 4 |
By using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow.
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It is interesting to note that there are not only 5 generations of programming languages. There are also 5 generations of computers or computer technology in other words. In this article we shall be going through history to see how computers have evolved. In case you are wondering let us briefly look at what defines a ... | <urn:uuid:bc87421e-a177-432e-823d-ba0f4ae8fd51> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://greenthrottle.com/generations-of-computers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00540.warc.gz | en | 0.975008 | 1,176 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Quantum entanglement is a process by which microscopic objects like electrons or atoms lose their individuality to become better coordinated with each other. Entanglement is at the heart of quantum technologies that promise large advances in computing, communications and sensing, for example detecting gravitational wav... | <urn:uuid:1561b29f-7dde-45d2-b831-77053bf80562> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/594025 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00138.warc.gz | en | 0.931362 | 1,363 | 3.859375 | 4 |
One of the first electronic, programmable computers in the world is remembered today mostly by its nickname: Colossus. The fact that this moniker evokes one of the seven wonders of the ancient world is fitting both physically and conceptually. Colossus, which filled an entire room and included dinner-plate-sized pulley... | <urn:uuid:a562b317-96f8-471f-b86e-9c15e7e813db> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/quantum-computer-race/397181/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00343.warc.gz | en | 0.969867 | 1,491 | 3.734375 | 4 |
If you have ever applied for a job before you’ve likely encountered this requirement: critical thinking skills.
Throughout our day-to-day lives, we are constantly presented with choices that we need to make. Should I hit the snooze button? Should I wear a tie or not? Should I ask for a raise at work?
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Scientists have uncovered a mathematical shortcut for calculating an all-important feature of quantum devices.
Having crunched the numbers on the quantum properties of 12,000 elements and compounds, researchers have published a new equation for approximating the length of time the materials can maintain quantum informa... | <urn:uuid:f09bb08a-32cc-466d-a7dc-0ad4141e60d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.anl.gov/article/a-mathematical-shortcut-for-determining-quantum-information-lifetimes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00344.warc.gz | en | 0.905184 | 1,410 | 3.71875 | 4 |
The 2016 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, three theoretical physicists whose research used the unexpected mathematical lens of topology to investigate phases of matter and the transitions between them.
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This artist’s representation shows an electron beam (in purple) being used to create a 2D superlattice made up of quantum dots having extraordinary atomic-scale precision and placement.
Credit: Peter Allen
Control is a constant challenge for materials scientists, who are always seeking the perfect material — and the pe... | <urn:uuid:665e8291-46ec-4723-a167-369bfb94141d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sciencebulletin.org/band-gaps-made-to-order/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00145.warc.gz | en | 0.908445 | 1,213 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Researchers made colors disappear, turned common red bricks into batteries, and granted the senses of sight and touch to a nonhuman system. Was it magic? Nope: science! Read on for this week’s coolest discoveries.
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Photons can have half-integer values of angular momentum when they are confined to fewer than three dimensions. That is the conclusion of physicists in Ireland, who have revived an experiment first done in the 1830s to show that photons are not limited to having just integer values of angular momentum. The discovery co... | <urn:uuid:15cfde22-0a67-4968-b032-667ff01d2a41> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://physicsworld.com/a/photons-with-half-integer-angular-momentum-are-the-latest-twist-on-light/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00147.warc.gz | en | 0.923912 | 1,066 | 3.625 | 4 |
Making teleportation more energy-efficient
An international team of researchers has achieved an important theoretical result by finding that quantum teleportation – the process of transporting quantum information at the speed of light, which could in theory be used to teleport macroscopic objects and, one day, even hum... | <urn:uuid:f2eb5bab-fe47-4aa1-a5df-a12d0daf0623> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newatlas.com/energy-efficient-quantum-teleportation/25886/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00547.warc.gz | en | 0.95334 | 1,560 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Quantum sensing exploits the properties of quantum mechanics to develop ultra-sensitive technology that can detect changes in electric and magnetic fields, and motion.
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Teleportation is the transfer of matter or energy from one location to another without either of them crossing the distance in the traditional physical sense. When Captain James T. Kirk of the "Star Trek" TV series and movies first told Starship Enterprise engineer, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott to "beam me up" in 1967, li... | <urn:uuid:bd64ba41-33f6-4bee-930a-47705487bbb0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sciencing.com/is-teleportation-possible-in-real-life-13711526.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571086.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809185452-20220809215452-00748.warc.gz | en | 0.92757 | 1,351 | 3.765625 | 4 |
The years 2020 and 2021 have changed the way we look at our workplaces. Digital and remote work has become much more prominent while the concept of physical workplaces has started to demand a rethink. It was said that major pipelines of the economy would migrate to the digital environment and the need for Artificial In... | <urn:uuid:507dc0bb-2f90-40ad-a126-8b5bc3474913> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://writfy.com/mega-developments-and-breakthroughs-in-ai-in-the-post-pandemic-era/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00150.warc.gz | en | 0.964985 | 1,395 | 3.546875 | 4 |
In 2020, a star system close to Earth made headlines when it was discovered to host a black hole, but further investigations have revealed something much rarer dwelling in the system.
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Graphene is the super substance that could replace silicon, plastic and glass
By Marco Chiappetta
The silicon, plastic, and glass that make up much of our tech these days could soon be replaced with something old, yet completely new: Graphene.
If graphene sounds like something that could fell a superhero, you’re almost... | <urn:uuid:fc9b7df8-9547-4cb8-a567-6a86c0261c3c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pcworld.com/article/438921/graphene-is-the-super-substance-that-could-replace-silicon-plastic-and-glass.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00551.warc.gz | en | 0.945642 | 1,657 | 3.625 | 4 |
Quantum mechanics is usually associated with weird and counterintuitive phenomena we can't observe in real life. But it turns out that quantum processes can occur in living organisms, too, and with very concrete consequences. Some species of birds, for example, use quantum mechanics to navigate. And as Plus found out a... | <urn:uuid:bc837847-5222-4807-9461-7f19370fecd0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://plus.maths.org/content/comment/7689 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00152.warc.gz | en | 0.964756 | 1,543 | 3.703125 | 4 |
by Thomas Stace
The technology that allowed Marty McFly to travel back in time in the 1985 movie Back to the Future was the mythical flux capacitor, designed by inventor Doc Brown.
We’ve now developed our own kind of flux capacitor, as detailed recently in Physical Review Letters.
While we can’t send a DeLorean car bac... | <urn:uuid:8ce31772-1b82-4b19-9a92-635557a89a2a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theminnesotasun.com/2018/06/13/scientists-have-created-a-flux-capacitor-that-could-unlock-new-dimensions-to-communications-quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00553.warc.gz | en | 0.92866 | 1,256 | 3.734375 | 4 |
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a quantum chemistry simulation benchmark to evaluate the performance of quantum devices and guide the development of applications for future quantum computers.
Their findings were published in npj Quantum Information.
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CHICAGO: Flashes of what may become a transformative new technology are coursing through a network of optic fibres under Chicago.
Researchers have created one of the world’s largest – a field of science that depends on paradoxes so strange that Albert Einstein didn’t believe them.
The network, which connects the Univer... | <urn:uuid:d60d3089-e84f-4a74-ab94-3551ba4cb385> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://venturecurrent.com/chicago-network-plans-to-remodel-computing-medicine-cybersecurity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571996.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814052950-20220814082950-00754.warc.gz | en | 0.939515 | 1,173 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Superconductivity is a fascinating phenomenon in which, below a so-called critical temperature, a material loses all its resistance to electrical currents. In certain materials, at low temperatures, all electrons are entangled in a single, macroscopic quantum state, meaning that they no longer behave as individual part... | <urn:uuid:b7c650bc-ec08-436c-babf-04b03c1f1644> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hum.uva.nl/en/shared-content/subsites/institute-of-physics/en/news/2021/07/from-quantum-gravity-to-strange-metals.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570730.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807211157-20220808001157-00754.warc.gz | en | 0.92629 | 1,426 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Feb 27, 2015
The values of two inherent properties of one photon – its spin and its orbital angular momentum – have been transferred via quantum teleportation onto another photon for the first time by physicists in China. Previous experiments have managed to teleport a single property, but scaling that up to two proper... | <urn:uuid:aaba1d6b-a7dd-44c6-bddc-0c0050ba7281> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://seqre.net/two-quantum-properties-teleported-together-first-time | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00355.warc.gz | en | 0.937289 | 1,899 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Scientists pinpoint the singularity for quantum computers
Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that super-powerful quantum computers, which scientists and engineers across the world are racing to build, need to be even more powerful than previously thought before they can beat today's ordinary PCs... | <urn:uuid:728c0b5f-0f76-4096-860a-a7c92f99df68> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://phys.org/news/2017-10-scientists-singularity-quantum.html?utm_content=buffer1feee&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573849.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819222115-20220820012115-00752.warc.gz | en | 0.937086 | 1,070 | 3.75 | 4 |
In a world where technological advances are constantly on the rise, the word ‘impossible’ does not exist. From virtual reality, cryptocurrencies and quantum computing to flying cars of Dubai Police, things are only starting to get more advanced and innovative. This, in turn, has led to massive progress in countries all... | <urn:uuid:98bf0ef6-1196-4612-b239-f1c49a947022> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.vulatelematix.co.za/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-ai/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571959.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813142020-20220813172020-00756.warc.gz | en | 0.961109 | 1,798 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Chenoa van den Boogaard, Physics & Astronomy editor
Teleportation has finally become a reality. But before you get too excited, the type of teleportation scientists are experimenting with is not the same as what you’ve seen on Star Trek. Scientists are not trying to teleport people or objects from one place to another.... | <urn:uuid:00df02f9-a4b9-4b8f-8fd0-34dbf99e8b7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.scienceborealis.ca/teleportation-is-possible-in-the-quantum-world-at-least/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00555.warc.gz | en | 0.950794 | 1,272 | 4.03125 | 4 |
16 September 2011—The long-promised arrival of practical quantum computers—machines that exploit the laws of quantum mechanics to solve complex problems much faster than conventional computers do—seems a step closer, thanks to two recent advances by physicists.
In the first development, reported in the 2 September issu... | <urn:uuid:d68a8d92-1971-4707-808e-ffca082366b3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://spectrum.ieee.org/practical-quantum-computers-creep-closer-to-reality | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572077.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814204141-20220814234141-00758.warc.gz | en | 0.934865 | 1,179 | 3.5 | 4 |
A new phase of matter has been discovered in a quantum computer after physicists beamed light at its qubits in a pattern inspired by the Fibonacci sequence.
If you think it’s mind-boggling, this strange quirk of quantum mechanics behaves as if it has two time dimensions instead of one; this trait, the scientists say, m... | <urn:uuid:d80dc6a3-0e60-4d73-921c-6b15271ba2ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://silgitsin.com/this-strange-new-phase-of-matter-seems-to-span-2-time-dimensions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00359.warc.gz | en | 0.942761 | 1,117 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Quantum computers may one day rapidly find solutions to problems no regular computer might ever hope to solve, but there are vanishingly few quantum programmers when compared with the number of conventional programmers in the world. Now a new beginner’s guide aims to walk would-be quantum programmers through the implem... | <urn:uuid:21be0c8b-f251-49e8-bb69-608f91a8e536> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-computing-for-dummies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00359.warc.gz | en | 0.924259 | 1,151 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Scientists have now developed a universal quantum gate, which could become the key component in a quantum computer.
Light particles completely ignore each other. In order that these particles can nevertheless switch each other when processing quantum information, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optic... | <urn:uuid:54983e5a-b430-4ae1-8f45-dd4682e4a670> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-develop-a-universal-quantum-gate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00560.warc.gz | en | 0.938638 | 1,635 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Achieving the immense promise of quantum computing requires new developments at every level, including the computing hardware itself. A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)-led international team of researchers has discovered a way to use ion beams to create long strings of “color center” qubits in diam... | <urn:uuid:79a5baa0-491c-410a-809e-e351d41cf2ed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thequantuminsider.com/2021/05/18/ion-trap-advance-berkeley-lab-pioneers-way-that-could-increase-scalability-to-over-10000-qubits-for-quantum-sensing-quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571153.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810100712-20220810130712-00764.warc.gz | en | 0.937644 | 1,329 | 3.71875 | 4 |
May 9, 2020
IST Austria scientists demonstrate quantum radar prototype
New detection technique based on quantum technology developed at IST Austria – Study published in Science Advances
Physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) have invented a new radar prototype that utilizes quantum ... | <urn:uuid:793e1f55-92af-48c4-8875-60be0ffab1ec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ista.ac.at/en/news/scientists-demonstrate-quantum-radar-prototype/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00364.warc.gz | en | 0.921772 | 1,080 | 3.578125 | 4 |
What is Quantum Computing?
Quantum Computing concentrates on the development of computer technology following the quantum theory principle.
The classical computers that we use in the present times use a bit to process information. Bit uses either 1 or 0 to decode a piece of information. However, in quantum computing, t... | <urn:uuid:d5e3ded3-7464-45b0-aa1b-ced686b25808> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kalkinemedia.com/definition/q/quantum-computing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571847.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812230927-20220813020927-00763.warc.gz | en | 0.922158 | 1,091 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Quantum computing has become a buzzword in the IT industry. Some people think it'll change how we do computing forever and give us more processing power than we ever imagined. Some fear this new technology might break all current encryption and security. Others are creating sci-fi shows based on quantum computing, like... | <urn:uuid:a86505a1-2152-4a14-a753-ea33180990c2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.codecademy.com/resources/blog/what-is-quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00365.warc.gz | en | 0.938099 | 1,881 | 3.640625 | 4 |
AI machine learning presents a roadmap to define new materials for any need, with implications in green energy and waste reduction.
Scientists and institutions dedicate more resources each year to the discovery of novel materials to fuel the world. As natural resources diminish and the demand for higher value and advan... | <urn:uuid:e35ff137-2317-4d4a-9e84-3b371520a3df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scitechdaily.com/ai-used-to-predict-synthesis-of-complex-novel-materials-materials-no-chemist-could-predict/?utm_source=pocket_mylist | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.918852 | 1,780 | 3.625 | 4 |
This article is an exploration of how quantum computing enhances machine learning and artificial intelligence systems.
The difference between classical computing and quantum computing is that classical computing is exclusively binary, with data stored in physical bits of “zeros” or “ones” but never both concurrently; w... | <urn:uuid:4b62a9cb-045d-4585-b3eb-df48277ab495> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dataenigmaco.wordpress.com/2021/06/30/the-impact-of-quantum-computing-data-science-and-artificial-intelligence/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573630.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819070211-20220819100211-00766.warc.gz | en | 0.944685 | 1,135 | 3.828125 | 4 |
An international team led by Princeton University scientists has discovered an elusive massless particle theorized 85 years ago. The particle could give rise to faster and more efficient electronics because of its unusual ability to behave as matter and antimatter inside a crystal, according to new research.
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JILA researchers make coldest quantum gas of molecules
As featured on the cover of the Feb. 22 issue of Science, the team produced a gas of potassium-rubidium (KRb) molecules at temperatures as low as 50 nanokelvin (nK). That's 50 billionths of a Kelvin, or just a smidge above absolute zero, the lowest theoretically po... | <urn:uuid:57413460-526b-4eeb-8321-728e59c1170d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.innovations-report.com/physics-and-astronomy/jila-researchers-make-coldest-quantum-gas-of-molecules/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572220.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816030218-20220816060218-00770.warc.gz | en | 0.917082 | 1,289 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Just to recall we discussed in my previous post that persistent current flows in a superconductor to cancel out the externally applied magnetic field and this current does not contain electrons instead it consists of cooper pairs . This effect is called Meissner Effect .
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Emulating impossible “unipolar” laser pulses paves the way for processing quantum information
A laser pulse that sidesteps the inherent symmetry of light waves could manipulate quantum information, potentially bringing us closer to room temperature quantum computing. The study, led by researchers at the University of R... | <urn:uuid:a0757f09-bcf9-406c-a27d-153091718948> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://micl.engin.umich.edu/stories/emulating-impossible-unipolar-laser-pulses-paves-the-way-for-processing-quantum-information | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00372.warc.gz | en | 0.918614 | 1,259 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Scientists from the University of Queensland, Australia, have used single particles of light (photons) to simulate quantum particles traveling through time. They showed that one photon can pass through a wormhole and then interact with its older self. Their findings were published in Nature Communications.
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A team of researchers from the University of California, Davis and the University of Washington have demonstrated that the conductance of DNA can be modulated by controlling its structure, thus opening up the possibility of DNA’s future use as an electromechanical switch for nanoscale computing. Although DNA is commonl... | <urn:uuid:35f8f503-af59-4f1e-bf08-b2813dfb2fea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://innovationtoronto.com/2015/12/uc-davis-scientists-demonstrate-dna-based-electromechanical-switch/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00174.warc.gz | en | 0.939062 | 1,441 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Importance of computers in the present day is well known to all. These machines have almost taken over manpower and mostly for the betterment (with the exception of creating unemployment). Still, people expect computers to be more useful and powerful in times to come, and different computing technologies of the future ... | <urn:uuid:babc200c-8b8e-4ba5-bd56-61966d59fcbb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.electronicsforu.com/technology-trends/living-quantum-computing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00375.warc.gz | en | 0.923417 | 1,583 | 3.671875 | 4 |
BOULDER, Colo.—An atomic clock that uses an aluminum atom to apply the logic of computers to the peculiarities of the quantum world now rivals the world's most accurate clock, based on a single mercury atom. Both clocks are at least 10 times more accurate than the current U.S. time standard.
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Making 3-D nanosuperconductors with DNA
Three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials—those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter—that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices. For example, such 3-D superconducting nanostructures could find applica... | <urn:uuid:50c28882-6700-42e8-9b31-ef0a15ecff2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://phys.org/news/2020-11-d-nanosuperconductors-dna.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573242.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818154820-20220818184820-00774.warc.gz | en | 0.934256 | 1,314 | 3.671875 | 4 |
By: Arjun Walia, Collective-Evolution |
Quantum entanglement: a phenomenon that Einstein thought was so “spooky” that there was no way it could be valid, posits that the “space” between physical objects isn’t actually empty space as our senses perceive it to be, but rather, that either information is travelling faster ... | <urn:uuid:145c830e-15f4-45c2-b390-b666cf55afdf> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/spookiest-phenomena-quantum-entanglement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178351374.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225153633-20210225183633-00182.warc.gz | en | 0.961939 | 1,818 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Quantum computers promise huge speedups on some computational problems because they harness a strange physical property called entanglement, in which the physical state of one tiny particle depends on measurements made of another. In quantum computers, entanglement is a computational resource, roughly like a chip’s clo... | <urn:uuid:86e56308-3c89-4ad7-8d6e-df0726392ea9> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://news.mit.edu/2016/simple-quantum-computers-1118 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178372367.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20210305122143-20210305152143-00503.warc.gz | en | 0.940422 | 1,551 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Findings by three teams may solve a 40-year-old mystery.
A compound whose odd electrical behaviour has puzzled physicists for decades could turn out to be a boon for quantum physics and electronic-device makers.
When theorists proposed in 2005 that it should be possible to find materials that conduct electricity at the... | <urn:uuid:af85fad9-44bc-4e89-b607-7eb31c1d41d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nature.com/articles/492165a?error=cookies_not_supported&code=6207c977-b161-42ba-a1a8-135df1f49ce8 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00174.warc.gz | en | 0.940242 | 1,200 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Last year, researchers at Fermilab received over $3.5 million for projects that delve into the burgeoning field of quantum information science. Research funded by the grant runs the gamut, from building and modeling devices for possible use in the development of quantum computers to using ultracold atoms to look for da... | <urn:uuid:bfc6ade8-cf58-430b-903f-ef04170b0d1f> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://scitechdaily.com/solving-vexing-problem-in-building-quantum-computers-with-particle-accelerator-technology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178365454.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303042832-20210303072832-00026.warc.gz | en | 0.943926 | 1,887 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Quantum logical operations realized with single photons
Scientists from all over the world are working on concepts for future quantum computers and their experimental realization. Commonly, a typical quantum computer is considered to be based on a network of quantum particles that serve for storing, encoding and proces... | <urn:uuid:615f17ec-41cf-4d91-a706-e4c116222f21> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://phys.org/news/2016-05-quantum-logical-photons.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178359624.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20210227234501-20210228024501-00027.warc.gz | en | 0.928411 | 1,031 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Researchers have demonstrated the ability of an optical chip to simulate the motion of atoms within molecules at the quantum level, which could open superior means for developing chemicals that are used as pharmaceuticals.
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January 20, 2006 feature
Quantum Computing Steps Forward
With the University of Michigan’s latest production of a quantum chip, it’s another step forward for quantum computers that will someday dwarf the abilities of today’s machines.
Working with individual ions or atoms – much smaller than the transistors of even the... | <urn:uuid:ad55af28-6c7e-4627-98f4-900368b557e0> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://phys.org/news/2006-01-quantum.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178361776.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20210228205741-20210228235741-00550.warc.gz | en | 0.928287 | 1,800 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Physicists at LMU, together with colleagues at Saarland University, have successfully demonstrated the transport of an entangled state between an atom and a photon via an optic fiber over a distance of up to 20 km – thus setting a new record.
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Revising Moore's Law
Ever noticed that computers become outdated remarkably quickly? It's nice to have increasingly powerful computers available, and very profitable for the computer industry to have a new model available every couple of years. So how do they manage to make it happen?
Every new generation of computer h... | <urn:uuid:d379b8ee-52fc-46d4-b484-b68cd97f82df> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.eurekareport.com.au/investment-news/revising-moores-law/86840 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178357935.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20210226175238-20210226205238-00433.warc.gz | en | 0.932246 | 1,253 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Welcome to Introduction to Quantum Computing. I am your guide, Associate Professor Chris Ferrie, a researcher in the UTS Centre for Quantum Software and Information. This is Lecture 6. It would probably be a good idea to have read the previous Lectures before continuing.
What did you learn last week?
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Quantum physics—the laws that govern the behavior of smallest components of our universe, such as fundamental particles, atoms and molecules—is admittedly a tough subject, a complicated path of intricate mathematics and scientific theory. Those outside the field who brave the journey often find themselves in a confusin... | <urn:uuid:828f2e24-96cc-4bc2-a9aa-e674374c87f8> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://helix.northwestern.edu/article/why-quantum-physics-weird-and-stunningly-useful | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178363782.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20210302065019-20210302095019-00514.warc.gz | en | 0.951854 | 1,498 | 3.75 | 4 |
What is Spintronics?
Spintronics, also known as spin electronics, is an emerging solid-state device technology that exploits the intrinsic spin properties of an electron and its associated magnetic moment, in addition to the electron charge. Conventional electronic and semiconductor devices rely on the transport of ele... | <urn:uuid:c70bfd27-fa81-4d1c-a049-93c4e4259681> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.ssla.co.uk/spintronics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178364932.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20210302221633-20210303011633-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.901134 | 1,435 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Google’s recent announcement that its quantum computer had achieved “quantum supremacy” has garnered significant global attention. And for good reason. Sycamore, Google’s 53-bit quantum computer reportedly performed a 200-second calculation in the time it would have taken the world’s fastest supercomputer, the IBM Summ... | <urn:uuid:fd57ad02-c1f8-44d3-9a95-24b85304a419> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://netsmiami.com/a-deeper-dive-into-quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178351374.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225153633-20210225183633-00200.warc.gz | en | 0.907226 | 1,594 | 4 | 4 |
A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a long-hypothesized phenomenon—the transfer of energy between silicon and organic, carbon-based molecules—in a breakthrough that has implications for information storage in quantum computin... | <urn:uuid:eb2e028d-778f-4b1d-87dd-1fc2bc241542> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://scitechdaily.com/new-way-to-split-and-sum-photons-with-silicon-is-breakthrough-for-quantum-computing-solar-energy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178365454.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303042832-20210303072832-00041.warc.gz | en | 0.913998 | 1,080 | 3.703125 | 4 |
As engineers and researchers work on developing and perfecting their machine learning and AI algorithms, the end goal is ultimately to recreate the human brain. The most perfect AI imaginable would be able to process the world around us through typical sensory input but leverage the storage and computing strengths of s... | <urn:uuid:8e65d9b5-2d9b-49aa-a0f3-36d981d9c303> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://interestingengineering.com/artificial-intelligence-is-evolving-to-process-the-world-like-humans | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178366477.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303073439-20210303103439-00401.warc.gz | en | 0.955445 | 1,091 | 3.53125 | 4 |
In a paper slated for the July issue of Nature Physics, researchers at MIT, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Japan’s Institute of Physical and Chemical Research and NEC describe a new technique that extends the time a qubit can stay in superposition. Perhaps even more important, the same technique can be used to measure the phy... | <urn:uuid:a038cc6d-8ee2-4aed-b322-dfca641dde61> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://news.mit.edu/2011/qubit-practical-0602 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178366969.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303134756-20210303164756-00123.warc.gz | en | 0.950293 | 1,160 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Using two flat-top diamonds and a lot of pressure, scientists have forced a magnetic crystal into a spin liquid state, which may lead to insights into high-temperature superconductivity and quantum computing.
It sounds like a riddle: What do you get if you take two small diamonds, put a small magnetic crystal between t... | <urn:uuid:a4dd394f-840a-4ce4-ae5f-25024b51cb3e> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://scitechdaily.com/counterintuitive-superconductivity-and-quantum-computing-breakthrough-using-pressure-to-make-liquid-magnetism/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178376144.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20210307044328-20210307074328-00204.warc.gz | en | 0.9368 | 1,822 | 3.625 | 4 |
If you are looking for some great science websites for interactive learning, then these eleven plus sites should, at the very least, scratch and itch. Most of these are aimed at younger learners but some will be as, if not more, entertaining for adults.
1. Khan Academy is great for people of all ages
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Cryptography is the backbone of our current digital society, but how did it become so important? Interestingly, the systematic study of cryptography as a science (and perhaps as an art) started only during the past 100 years.
The word cryptography is derived from the Greek krypto and graphein, which mean hide and writi... | <urn:uuid:6623ba7e-381d-4a2a-a34f-79bed7723229> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://blog.decentriq.com/evolution-of-cryptography/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178375529.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20210306223236-20210307013236-00486.warc.gz | en | 0.954277 | 1,659 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Only a few decades ago quantum technology was purely a theoretical thing. Something that scientists dreamed of. But now, even though this is still an emerging field of physics and engineering, we are very close to breaking through a great discovery.
Just in October 2019 Google “performed a test computation in just 200 ... | <urn:uuid:1306b6a4-f067-4167-98a6-0e58700a6d5a> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://tiktechtalk.com/what-is-a-quantum-computer-and-why-is-it-a-cybersecurity-game-changer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178369420.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20210304143817-20210304173817-00008.warc.gz | en | 0.948829 | 1,251 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Physicists at MIT and elsewhere have observed evidence of Majorana fermions — particles that are theorized to also be their own antiparticle — on the surface of a common metal: gold. This is the first sighting of Majorana fermions on a platform that can potentially be scaled up. The results, published in the Proceeding... | <urn:uuid:99ec6afb-ae6f-4ff2-abc4-e24801a5de16> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.sciencecover.com/4162-2-first-sighting-of-mysterious-majorana-fermion-on-a-common-metal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178350942.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225095141-20210225125141-00490.warc.gz | en | 0.942605 | 1,744 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Storing quantum bits of information, or qubits, is a lot harder than storing ordinary binary digits. It’s not simply ones or zeroes, but the whole range of subtle quantum superpositions between them. Electrons can easily slide out of those states if they’re not stored in the right materials, which is why electrical eng... | <urn:uuid:7ebf5cae-2c75-4e41-9d5f-4cfb723845d1> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.inverse.com/article/46728-synthetic-diamonds-are-necessary-for-quantum-computing-privacy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178368431.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20210304021339-20210304051339-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.939895 | 1,194 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Quantum computers are largely hypothetical devices that could perform some calculations much more rapidly than conventional computers can. Instead of the bits of classical computation, which can represent 0 or 1, quantum computers consist of quantum bits, or qubits, which can, in some sense, represent 0 and 1 simultane... | <urn:uuid:d800b8d1-c139-4e79-ab6c-a8b6bfd0ee15> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://news.mit.edu/2016/toward-practical-quantum-computers-0808 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178363782.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20210302065019-20210302095019-00531.warc.gz | en | 0.941985 | 1,340 | 4.1875 | 4 |
Blog: Quantum Algorithms
In previous articles we introduced the main topics related to Quantum Computing ( https://firstname.lastname@example.org/quantum-computing-7662907581e5) in order to have a basic idea of what is it and the definitions we need to know so that one is capable of understanding the entire work.
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Researchers found that making adjustments to existing telecommunications equipment used in optics research could be optimized for quantum photonics research, which could lead to new ways to use these resources for both traditional and quantum communication.
A team from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Labo... | <urn:uuid:a5570d1a-863e-412e-bc3b-6e34df9fde2e> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://thequantumdaily.com/2020/01/27/tweaking-existing-telecommunications-gear-could-help-quantum-communication-research/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178357929.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20210226145416-20210226175416-00096.warc.gz | en | 0.937778 | 1,187 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Two newly published studies show that the accuracy and lifetime of silicon qubits are now suitable for large-scale quantum computers.
A dramatic increase in the amount of time data can be stored on a single atom means silicon could once again play a vital role in the development of super-fast computers.
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People being people, most of us have gotten used to the idea that the methods we routinely use to protect our information are reliable and safe. This is why you educate your users to check if that little padlock appears in their browser search window before they check their bank balance. It's why we go to the trouble o... | <urn:uuid:7eb566da-1b47-484d-8bf2-ab5cf64f038c> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.pcmag.com/news/is-quantum-computing-really-a-threat-to-it-security | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178350846.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225065836-20210225095836-00138.warc.gz | en | 0.962035 | 1,217 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Bell's theorem is an important philosophical and mathematical statement in the theory of quantum mechanics. It showed that a category of physical theories called local hidden variables theory could not account for the degree of correlations between the spins of entangled electrons predicted by quantum theory. The commo... | <urn:uuid:3b2309f6-2e9c-429e-a332-f9fa5274ea54> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://brilliant.org/wiki/bells-theorem/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178351374.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225153633-20210225183633-00221.warc.gz | en | 0.941499 | 1,536 | 3.8125 | 4 |
The polarization of the photon refers to the “direction” of the axis of the energy field, with the magnetic axis being offset by 90°. Polarization can be a direction like up or down, left or right. Polarization can also mean spin in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. The axis of the electric field may be rotat... | <urn:uuid:50c3f712-5469-414a-b839-ab072969cc8d> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | http://animatedphysics.com/insights/modelling-quantum-entanglement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178351374.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225153633-20210225183633-00222.warc.gz | en | 0.921857 | 1,318 | 3.703125 | 4 |
PT Symmetry Goes Quantum
No physicist would tamper with the conservation of energy—the fundamental law that says energy cannot be created or destroyed. Researchers have, however, taken an interest in devices whose energy is conserved somewhat artificially. Known as PT-symmetric systems , these devices are engineered to... | <urn:uuid:a8259b7d-469c-48af-9493-b61097f4cc5f> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178351374.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225153633-20210225183633-00222.warc.gz | en | 0.927434 | 1,903 | 3.578125 | 4 |
A team of researchers realize the first quantum-logic computer operation between two separate quantum modules in different laboratories.
Today’s quantum computers contain up to several dozen memory and processing units, the so-called qubits. A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garch... | <urn:uuid:c439f587-40d2-47cc-a747-f96db557bf90> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://qt.eu/about-quantum-flagship/newsroom/quantum-systems-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178364008.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20210302125936-20210302155936-00262.warc.gz | en | 0.908104 | 1,177 | 3.953125 | 4 |
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Paul Smith-Goodson is Moor Insights & Strategy's analyst in-residence for Quantum Computing.
Qubits are the heartbeat of quantum computers. Their hard-to-imagine properties are what gives quantum machines their awesome computational power.
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A novel method for "plucking" individual particles of light out of a laser pulse could lead to major breakthroughs in quantum computing, researchers say.
Using a combination of supercooled atoms and cutting-edge optical technology, physicists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel were able to extract a singl... | <urn:uuid:6e6c2d37-8b2d-45d5-971d-b7c608f28dc9> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.livescience.com/53087-extracting-photons-advances-quantum-computing.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178362481.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20210301090526-20210301120526-00024.warc.gz | en | 0.955535 | 1,063 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Microwave photonics circuit elements will need to be similar to their RF analogs to provide the desired functionality.
One of these analogous circuit elements is a terahertz microwave cavity resonator, which can be integrated onto an IC with standard CMOS processes.
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BASIC KNOWLEDGE - SEMICONDUCTORS The workings and applications of semiconductors
Thanks to semiconductors, the world is a safer, smarter and more convenient place. But what are they made of, what do they do, and where are they found?
Without semiconductors, our world would look much more like it did in the late 1950s o... | <urn:uuid:d9b33337-2bf9-457f-8c71-ef78cf766840> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.power-and-beyond.com/the-workings-and-applications-of-semiconductors-a-909344/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178358798.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20210227084805-20210227114805-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.944238 | 1,024 | 3.546875 | 4 |
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