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“I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.”
Richard P. Feynman
Quantum mechanics is the foundation of physics, which underlies chemistry, which is the foundation of biology –> nature. Scientists who wants to simulate nature, biology, chemistry, they need a better way of making calculations tha... | <urn:uuid:3d3c21bf-f3b9-408c-b02f-622a4a6090ab> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://a4bee.com/getting-ready-for-quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662595559.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526004200-20220526034200-00097.warc.gz | en | 0.918057 | 1,146 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Researchers at PSI have compared the electron distribution below the oxide layer of two semiconductors. The investigation is part of an effort to develop particularly stable quantum bits –and thus, in turn, particularly efficient quantum computers. They have now published their latest research, which is supported in pa... | <urn:uuid:c9a6779a-df7c-4296-b9cd-5b4f4cdaca64> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.swissquantumhub.com/towards-compact-quantum-computers-thanks-to-topology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662625600.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526193923-20220526223923-00300.warc.gz | en | 0.905604 | 1,950 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Politicians are often excoriated for changing (or flip-flopping) their stances on various political topics. Changes in position often leads to defeat at the polls. In the field of quantum computing, however, it appears flip-flopping is a great idea. Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu) reports, researchers from the U.S. and Austral... | <urn:uuid:3d508ec0-956c-4049-8070-4c1f6d46ed61> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://enterrasolutions.com/blog/flip-flop-bad-politics-good-quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662515466.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516235937-20220517025937-00499.warc.gz | en | 0.923422 | 1,376 | 3.828125 | 4 |
We are getting closer to the most spectacular early quantum algorithm – Shor’s algorithm for factoring large composite numbers which can be used to break the most widely used public key cryptography systems. But before we can tackle this algorithm, there is one more thing that we need to understand – the quantum Fourie... | <urn:uuid:7549ee7f-9c6a-4887-8b87-5176208acaa8> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://leftasexercise.com/2018/11/12/the-quantum-fourier-transform/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662561747.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220523194013-20220523224013-00700.warc.gz | en | 0.927769 | 1,587 | 3.828125 | 4 |
- Introduction & Top Questions
- Electromagnetic waves and the electromagnetic spectrum
The first two decades of the 20th century left the status of the nature of light confused. That light is a wave phenomenon was indisputable: there were countless examples of interference effects—the signature of waves—and a well-dev... | <urn:uuid:b98bc74f-8e7c-4126-b08d-77a7d2182765> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.britannica.com/science/light/Quantum-mechanics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662573189.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220524173011-20220524203011-00101.warc.gz | en | 0.946829 | 1,206 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have recorded, for the first time, the “temporal coherence” of a graphene qubit—meaning how long it can maintain a special state that allows it to represent two logical states simultaneously. The demonstration, which used a new kind of graphene-based qubit, represents a critical step ... | <urn:uuid:6945e26f-b458-4254-9172-5d733a1a9093> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://sciencebulletin.org/physicists-record-lifetime-of-graphene-qubits/amp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662527626.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519105247-20220519135247-00101.warc.gz | en | 0.905619 | 1,542 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Newswise — Using AI and computer automation, Technion researchers have developed a “conjecture generator” that creates mathematical conjectures, which are considered to be the starting point for developing mathematical theorems. They have already used it to generate a number of previously unknown formulas. The study, w... | <urn:uuid:4fcd2e86-89e6-473b-a39e-8b0660ce8a21> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.newswise.com/articles/the-ramanujan-machine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662529658.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519172853-20220519202853-00503.warc.gz | en | 0.938479 | 1,617 | 3.71875 | 4 |
“Quantum computers promise to solve problems that conventional computers cannot, because qubits can exist in multiple states at the same time. Using this quantum physics phenomenon, qubits can perform large amounts of calculations simultaneously, which can greatly speed up the speed of solving complex problems.
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NIST's Atomic Clocks
All clocks must have a regular, constant or repetitive process or action to mark off equal increments of time. Examples include the daily movement of the sun across the sky, a swinging pendulum or vibrating crystal. In the case of atomic clocks, the beat is kept by a transition between two energy l... | <urn:uuid:2267b83b-e161-4408-be6f-7e7cb66ebd6c> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/new-era-atomic-clocks-page-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662539101.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220521112022-20220521142022-00103.warc.gz | en | 0.937493 | 1,471 | 4.03125 | 4 |
In the early days of research on black holes, before they even had that name, physicists did not yet know if these bizarre objects existed in the real world. They might have been a quirk of the complicated math used in the then still young general theory of relativity, which describes gravity. Over the years, though, e... | <urn:uuid:ba4411fd-ef5d-405b-a63b-187e666305f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wormhole-tunnels-in-spacetime-may-be-possible-new-research-suggests/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662510117.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516104933-20220516134933-00704.warc.gz | en | 0.945227 | 1,145 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Whether it’s an app, a software feature, or an interface element, programmers possess the magical ability to create something new out of virtually nothing. Just give them the hardware and a coding language, and they can spin up a program.
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One of the hottest topics of conversation among the C-suite has been quantum computing. Unlike traditional computers, businesses use quantum computers to complete complex tasks faster and more efficiently. This is mainly due to their extraordinary ability to compute and analyze large volumes of data. Indeed, Google rec... | <urn:uuid:ad9a637e-ac03-4c10-a2db-7a88859e8e3f> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.ksolves.com/blog/artificial-intelligence/quantum-computing-the-future-of-machine-learning-in-the-cloud | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662572800.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20220524110236-20220524140236-00705.warc.gz | en | 0.939019 | 1,227 | 3.765625 | 4 |
The materials could open up possibilities for a new kind of devices based on spintronics, which makes use of a characteristic of electrons called spin, instead of using their electrical charge the way electronic devices do. It could also allow for much faster control of existing technologies such as magnetic data stora... | <urn:uuid:ebdd1f27-23a6-40b7-911c-d71514efe328> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://news.mit.edu/2011/spintronics-materials-1205 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662521152.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220518052503-20220518082503-00305.warc.gz | en | 0.947355 | 1,196 | 3.765625 | 4 |
You probably don’t realize it, but you very likely already employ quantum technology on a regular basis. Get in your car, switch on Waze or Google Maps, and you are already harnessing quantum effects. A GPS receiver works by measuring the tiny time delays in signals from multiple satellites separated in space. Doing th... | <urn:uuid:4b876286-9d7b-4877-befc-22b0fb986b21> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://q-ctrl.com/learning-center/beginner-foundations/quantum-sensing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662545090.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220522063657-20220522093657-00304.warc.gz | en | 0.918859 | 1,052 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Posts showcasing the wonder, beauty, and potential of cutting-edge materials research—freely contributed by physicists from across the country. (Funsize Physics is not responsible for any minds that are blown.)
You may have heard that there are three main phases of matter: solids, liquids, and gases (plus plasma if you... | <urn:uuid:585b48b3-be62-4bc1-a669-dffa9a150c0d> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://funsizephysics.com/funsize-research/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662525507.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519042059-20220519072059-00706.warc.gz | en | 0.935355 | 1,985 | 3.96875 | 4 |
Google's quantum beyond-classical experiment used 53 noisy qubits to demonstrate it could perform a calculation in 200 seconds on a quantum computer that would take 10,000 years on the largest classical computer using existing algorithms. This marks the beginning of the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computing... | <urn:uuid:ce121ec2-a7ad-4515-b13d-f59ba1120a31> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.tensorflow.org/quantum/concepts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662573189.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220524173011-20220524203011-00106.warc.gz | en | 0.871657 | 1,162 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Quantum computing is the area of study focused on developing computer technology based on the principles of quantum theory. The quantum computer, following the laws of quantum physics, would gain enormous processing power through the ability to be in multiple states, and to perform tasks using all possible permutations... | <urn:uuid:c6678049-9f08-4294-a85b-5d366d52af17> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/technology/digital-world/quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662543797.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220522032543-20220522062543-00106.warc.gz | en | 0.924881 | 1,046 | 3.828125 | 4 |
pic 1. Quantum entanglement is sharing a deep connection – in a quantum scale of things.
When the physical and statistical properties of a particle are fundamentally dependent on the properties of one or several other particles, these particles are said to be entangled. Without any physical interaction these particles ... | <urn:uuid:7ea102b3-fab2-4161-a684-e2e373d5fbaa> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://quantumgames.aalto.fi/quantum-entanglement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662517245.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517095022-20220517125022-00106.warc.gz | en | 0.922451 | 1,153 | 3.765625 | 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:3b2f6ae3-42d1-4836-b4a0-7ba3e0f347f8> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.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-2022-21/segments/1652662588661.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525151311-20220525181311-00507.warc.gz | en | 0.92629 | 1,426 | 3.796875 | 4 |
A new method of relaying information by transferring the state of electrons moves scientists one step closer to creating fully functional quantum computers.
Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize technology, medicine, and science by providing faster and more efficient processors, sensors, and communicatio... | <urn:uuid:7c85d231-16e5-462d-baf7-3a306314cf35> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.futurity.org/quantum-computers-electron-states-2172042-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662515501.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517031843-20220517061843-00707.warc.gz | en | 0.936399 | 1,362 | 4.1875 | 4 |
Written By Sneha Senthilkumar (Grade 11)
Quantum computing is the new future of information technology. Mighty and possibly revolutionary, these computers will be a force to reckon with within a few decades down the line. Google’s quantum computer, called ‘Sycamore’, was able to solve a specific problem in 200 seconds,... | <urn:uuid:1cb52f14-664a-43a1-b4d8-68c999679896> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://mypenmyfriend.com/the-future-of-computers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662531762.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520061824-20220520091824-00308.warc.gz | en | 0.949621 | 1,267 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Diamond memory, drinkable seawater and energy through the air. This week’s coolest things make the most of the elements.
What is it? Scientists in Japan made a 2-inch-diameter diamond wafer that could store 25 million terabytes of quantum data, theoretically enough to record a billion Blu-ray discs.
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(April 3, 2019) -- Building on the Air Force’s need to develop tech devices that require minimal charging in the field, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is using principles in quantum science and engineering to build a graphene-based logic device. This new technology will improve the energy efficiency of b... | <urn:uuid:222c1834-d1b7-4a7b-a8b0-fb42b7e80d11> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.utsa.edu/today/2019/04/story/Spintronics.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662515466.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516235937-20220517025937-00508.warc.gz | en | 0.928078 | 1,397 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Bell's TheoremJohn Bell showed in 1964 how the 1935 "thought experiment" of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen (EPR) could be made into a real experiment. Einstein was especially bothered by the "nonlocal" aspect of quantum mechanics exhibited by a measurement at one place instantaneously determining the properties (positio... | <urn:uuid:2f739e66-871e-4ff1-b71a-b967643583d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/experiments/Bells_Theorem/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662521883.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220518083841-20220518113841-00508.warc.gz | en | 0.943029 | 1,667 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Modern construction is an effort of precision. Manufacturers must use components manufactured to meet specific standards - such as beams of a desired composition or rivets of a specific size. The building industry relies on manufacturers to create these components reliably and reproducibly to build secure bridges and h... | <urn:uuid:92a64067-257f-4a1d-b359-d6834448ac85> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://education.thinksphysics.com/2019/11/light-based-tractor-beam-assembles.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662552994.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20220523011006-20220523041006-00509.warc.gz | en | 0.915876 | 1,309 | 4.09375 | 4 |
A research team with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have designed a quantum cryptography chip aimed at the security demands of the quantum computing revolution. The RISC-V chip, which was already sent to manufacturing according to the researchers' design, aims to be a working proof of concept for protecting s... | <urn:uuid:87a28f57-d98c-42e7-9a12-1d90a55f01f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.tomshardware.com/news/researchers-develop-chip-for-quantum-resistant-security | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662578939.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525023952-20220525053952-00709.warc.gz | en | 0.940082 | 1,087 | 3.828125 | 4 |
What is quantum computing?
Quantum computers have the ability to certain computations exponentially faster than any classically designed (super) computers ever could. This could lead to unprecedented advances in artificial intelligence disease eradication and much more. However, in the wrong hands these computers will ... | <urn:uuid:4bf86344-bed6-44c0-a7d8-2ad615eb86c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.pqsecurity.com/quantum-computing-threat/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662529538.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519141152-20220519171152-00310.warc.gz | en | 0.950425 | 1,048 | 3.6875 | 4 |
In 1994, Peter Shor, a mathematician then at Bell Labs in New Jersey, proved that a quantum computer would have the power to solve some problems exponentially faster than a classical machine. The question was: Could one be built? Skeptics argued that quantum states were too delicate — the environment would inevitably j... | <urn:uuid:159b34c3-cdce-4b41-b363-c10e353a4574> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-quantum-computers-will-correct-their-errors-20211116/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662539131.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220521143241-20220521173241-00312.warc.gz | en | 0.947038 | 1,593 | 3.671875 | 4 |
What is end-to-end encryption?
End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a method of secure communication that prevents third parties from accessing data while it's transferred from one end system or device to another.
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SANTA FE, N.M. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratories claim to have originated a blueprint for room-temperature quantum computers using such optical components as beam splitters, phase shifters and photodetectors. While some scientists contend that new kinds of nonlinear optical components must be invented bef... | <urn:uuid:0ca0eae1-bae9-48d0-9846-ce4d30e024a9> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1142870 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917125881.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031205-00075-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945759 | 1,451 | 3.984375 | 4 |
█ BRIAN HOYLE
A supercomputer is a powerful computer that possesses the capacity to store and process far more information than is possible using a conventional personal computer.
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In quantum mechanics, a singlet originally meant a linked set of particles whose net angular momentum is zero, that is, whose overall spin quantum number , though this meaning has since been generalized to include other situations. The link between the particles may be historical, such as two widely separated particles... | <urn:uuid:11856600-09f8-43b3-a8ed-36d638ac9c36> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_singlet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123097.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00251-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929248 | 1,833 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Scientists capture the speediest ever motion in a molecule
The fastest ever observations of protons moving within a molecule open a new window on fundamental processes in chemistry and biology, researchers report today in the journal Science.
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Putting a hole in the center of the donut--a mid-nineteenth-century invention--allows the deep-fried pastry to cook evenly, inside and out. As it turns out, the hole in the center of the donut also holds answers for a type of more efficient and reliable quantum information teleportation, a critical goal for quantum inf... | <urn:uuid:6d52f13d-cac3-4d02-a702-028f8f2565c3> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics-astronomy/donuts-math-and-superdense-teleportation-of-quantum-information.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118713.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00308-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917275 | 1,806 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Simon Watson demystifies the complex world of quantum computing
Quantum computers are regularly heralded as the future of computing, harnessing the power of atoms and elementary particles to perform calculations that today’s computers could only dream of. Quite how this remarkable feat is achieved is either complicated... | <urn:uuid:09130c20-edd4-4754-9192-588aa6c32200> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.bluesci.co.uk/index.php/2017/03/21/decoding-quantum-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119637.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00547-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942408 | 1,632 | 4.21875 | 4 |
Researchers are hoping to improve
high-precision clocks by entangling their atoms.
by Patrick L Barry and Dr Tony
Einstein called it
"spooky action at a distance." Now researchers are using an astonishing
property of quantum mechanics called "entanglement" to improve atomic
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Wonders of Bird Migration - and Threatened Asian Wetlands
Birds may undertake marathon flights using astonishing navigation skills – yet are threatened by careless habitat destruction
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Bohr and beyond: a century of quantum physics
Our understanding of the quantum world began with Niels Bohr's discovery of the quantum atom in 1913. Bohr would be astounded by where his theory has since led, says Professor David Jamieson.
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Scientists demonstrate versatile, noise-tolerant quantum operations on a single electron
While a classical bit found in conventional electronics exists only in binary 1 or 0 states, the more resourceful quantum bit, or 'qubit' is represented by a vector, pointing to a simultaneous combination of the 1 and 0 states. To ... | <urn:uuid:4711422e-d260-4aeb-b235-1fd3eb385333> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics-astronomy/moving-electrons-around-loops-with-light-a-quantum-device-based-on-geometry.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122619.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00321-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925534 | 1,751 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Previous section: Encryption standards and Bullrun
In the foreseeable future, some standard encryption methods could become obsolete thanks to a brand-new technology. Quantum computing takes place on the atomic and sub-atomic scale and is still at the experimental stage. It aims to take advantage of some frankly mind-b... | <urn:uuid:8995cbe5-96ea-47bc-ba74-3e73bb5151ed> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | https://cybertwists.com/quantum-encryption/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120694.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00144-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955369 | 1,168 | 3.734375 | 4 |
But if we continue to follow the trend that has been in place since computers were introduced, by 2040 we will not have the capability to power all of the machines around the globe, according to a recent report by the Semiconductor Industry Association.
To prevent this, the industry is focused on finding ways to make c... | <urn:uuid:af3b519f-3e9d-4463-a75e-84a708704c23> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantum-computing-explained | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119637.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00556-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938521 | 1,344 | 3.734375 | 4 |
Single field shapes quantum
Technology Research News
computers, which tap the properties of particles like atoms, photons and
electrons to carry out computations, could potentially use a variety of
schemes: individual photons controlled by optical networks, clouds of atoms
linked by laser beams, and electrons trapped i... | <urn:uuid:2fa210d0-1afd-4258-9b12-80fea14b5490> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/110304/Single_field_shapes_quantum_bits_110304.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122996.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00207-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.869432 | 1,141 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Taking a Practical Step Forward in Optical Computing Using Slow Light: Photonic Crystals Offer a Slow Light Solution for Optical Computing
Previously published on Apr 13, 2011
Quantum computing is the Mount Everest of the information technology revolution. What approach succeeds will almost assuredly utilize optical co... | <urn:uuid:8b8ca379-7e2e-41a7-adcb-cec8c434d997> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.washingtonoutsider.org/taking-a-practical-step-forward-in-optical-computing-using-slow-light.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119782.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00263-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943571 | 1,063 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Graphene is a honeycomb-like lattice made of a one-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms. It is the thinnest, lightest, and strongest known material and offers extremely high electrical and thermal conductivity. Recently, researchers are trying to add superconductivity to its unique set of properties.
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A series of reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science kicks off with new developments in quantum computing
Feb 25th 2012 | vancouver | from the print edition
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It's a machine that could calculate solutions to problems so impossibly time-consuming that even the most powerful supercomputers could never handle them. And it would do so in an instant. This is the quantum computer, made possible by the bizarre nature of quantum mechanics. And though the idea is still in its infancy... | <urn:uuid:b99a62dd-9991-4984-b244-f0c05d5e9a1d> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a10425/two-big-steps-toward-the-quantum-computer-16682595/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122739.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00091-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947583 | 1,486 | 3.90625 | 4 |
Some people want to move mountains. Kunal Das, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, wants to move electrons.
Das is a theoretical physicist researching an area where the classical rules of physics no longer apply—the nanoscale universe of quantum physics, a submicroscopic world where particles defy common sense. In t... | <urn:uuid:ab9a279b-d51e-4eb0-b06a-078a08582a48> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://news.fordham.edu/science/physicist-studies-nature-of-quantum-mechanics-and-the-submicroscopic-world-of-qubits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120881.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00207-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965836 | 1,060 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even missing components, according to a study published today in Physical Review Letters. This surprising discovery brings scientists one step closer to designing and building real-life... | <urn:uuid:2018854c-e019-4c14-b17b-da0345684ccb> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-11/icl-qca110910.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123484.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00388-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928918 | 1,387 | 3.859375 | 4 |
Quantum Computation with Trapped Ions
Today computers are indispensable even in our daily life. Each year engineers create more powerful computers simply by making them smaller. Can this continue for ever? With the current rate of miniaturization in about 20 years single atoms will be used for storage and manipulation ... | <urn:uuid:6bae3e68-5937-4c0c-bed2-fec0ba1c3335> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://quantumoptics.at/en/research/lintrap.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123270.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00328-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900956 | 1,357 | 3.921875 | 4 |
Study of electron movement on helium may impact the future of quantum computing
Images of the electron trap architecture. Top: Schematic representation of the experiment. Current of surface electrons, induced by ac voltage applied to the electrode underneath Reservoir 1, flows between Reservoirs 1 and 4, as shown by th... | <urn:uuid:fe87ee71-f08b-44f2-9170-0bd9bb9b453b> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/9715.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121893.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00213-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923774 | 1,050 | 3.640625 | 4 |
First Generation (1941-1956)
World War gave rise to numerous developments and started off the computer age. Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was produced by a partnership between University of Pennsylvania and the US government. It consisted of 18,000 vacuum tubes and 7000 resistors. It was develope... | <urn:uuid:8dfae7da-b7f0-4496-917b-eee2426f68cc> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://abdullateefoyedeji.blogspot.com/2009/01/1st-2nd-3rd-4th-generation-computers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120001.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00332-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946036 | 1,165 | 3.625 | 4 |
Researchers at Princeton have developed a method to cause perovskite particles to self-assemble. They say this produces more efficient, stable and durable perovskite LEDs that would be easier to manufacture than current LEDs, while emitting very strong light, that is easily tuned to display different colours. The cryst... | <urn:uuid:0175a4d4-5867-43ae-9e0d-7251f5692ff2> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://innovationobservatory.com/nanotechtechdigestjan2017 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120338.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00099-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943118 | 1,566 | 4.15625 | 4 |
When we make the move to quantum computers, we’ll need a quantum internet. And that’s why a team of researchers at Tsinghua University in China have built what they call the world’s first quantum router.
Often called the holy grail of the tech world, a quantum computer uses the seemingly magical principles of quantum m... | <urn:uuid:7f34d94f-9697-42b7-8e49-b5a1ac2c3e24> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | https://www.wired.com/2012/08/quantum-router/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120001.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00335-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913065 | 1,065 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Trapping light means either stopping the light temporally or confining the light in space. Scientists have also been able to trap a light pulse in a tiny enclosure bounded by metamaterials; the light pulse retains its form but is kept from moving away.
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What is a ruby and why is it red? Why is the friction so low on a sled? On a plot of P versus T, plot out the the phases of helium-three....
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The problem comes in finding the dividing line between the two worlds -- or even in establishing that such a line exists. To that end, Keith Schwab, associate professor of physics who moved to Cornell this year from the National Security Agency, and colleagues have created a device that approaches this quantum mechanic... | <urn:uuid:e7db56b6-0b21-4e9d-8a9d-d507ecf6d517> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/physics-astronomy/report-71120.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917118552.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031158-00632-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940802 | 1,212 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Quantum mechanical phenomena . Quantum Mechanics. The study between quanta and elementary particles. Quanta – an indivisible entity of a quantity that has the same value as Planck’s constant which is related to energy and momentum of elementary particles.
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Higher Education Education
All Higher Education Education Resources
- Air Pollution Model (aerial)
Explore the connections between point-source pollution, geography, and wind on regional air quality.
- Air Pollution Model (cross-section)
Explore the connections between pollution sources, weather, geography, and air qua... | <urn:uuid:41181e4e-d9e0-4e1f-a8eb-9e7760f6b820> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | https://concord.org/stem-resources/grade-level/higher-education | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122955.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00524-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.812621 | 1,665 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Will we ever realize the sci-fi dream of human teleportation? Physicists have already successfully teleported tiny objects. (See Beam Me Up, Schrödinger for more on the mechanics of quantum teleportation.) What will it take to extend the technique to a living, breathing human being?
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Quantum Computing and the Cryptography Conundrum
By leveraging existing networking infrastructure and adding suitable post-quantum key distribution techniques, it is possible to take a “quantum leap” in securing your data.
By: Anand Patil
On October 23, 2019, researchers from Google made an official announcement of a m... | <urn:uuid:8a7acd68-3b89-4130-b3ef-286ce19b0861> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.cxotoday.com/corner-office/quantum-computing-and-the-cryptography-conundrum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949387.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330194843-20230330224843-00777.warc.gz | en | 0.942258 | 1,416 | 3.5625 | 4 |
The story so far: The allure of quantum computers (QC) is their ability to take advantage of quantum physics to solve problems too complex for computers that use classical physics. The 2022 Nobel Prize for physics was awarded for work that rigorously tested one such ‘experience’ and paved the way for its applications i... | <urn:uuid:f30fd043-8d1b-461d-83f8-bb0b6f15eefc> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://growlerusaphoenix.com/explained-the-challenges-of-quantum-computing.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949181.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330101355-20230330131355-00157.warc.gz | en | 0.919678 | 1,684 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Silicon is a material widely used in computing: It is used in computer chips, circuits, displays and other modern computing devices. Silicon is also used as the substrate, or the foundation of quantum computing chips.
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The world of technology is fast. We see innovations happening every single day and trying to keep up with all of the new buzzwords is far from easy. Our aim simplifies learning some of the latest or maybe most confusing technology. This is the second installment in Frequently Asked Questions in Technology. If you want ... | <urn:uuid:6079a218-0dbb-4d8f-a393-965f683b8a8c> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.colocationamerica.com/blog/technology-faqs-part-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950373.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20230402012805-20230402042805-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.940066 | 1,249 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Phonons radiated by artificial atoms
Science news with bad titles usually attract a lot of attention. A recent example is “The sound of an atom has been captured” 1]. Laypeople must know that atoms do not emit sound. Quantum acoustics study the propagation and the interaction of phonons, the analogues in sound to photo... | <urn:uuid:099717eb-b9a7-4248-9309-08ac3d418f26> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://mappingignorance.org/2014/09/22/phonons-radiated-artificial-atoms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296944452.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20230322211955-20230323001955-00779.warc.gz | en | 0.833568 | 1,705 | 3.609375 | 4 |
The State of Quantum
The superiority of any computing technology zeroes down to its processing capabilities, and over the years the classical computer chip’s processing power has been pushed to limits by shrinking its components, in order to reduce the distance travelled by electric signals in between.
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The most fundamental level in the study of matter and energy is quantum physics. It tries to learn more about the characteristics and actions of the very elements that make up nature.
The fundamental knowledge of materials, chemistry, biology, and astronomy now includes quantum insights. These findings have been a grea... | <urn:uuid:c01ea289-2735-4851-867f-d68c68b369c4> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.abhiexo.com/post/quantum-physics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950110.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401160259-20230401190259-00559.warc.gz | en | 0.949378 | 2,019 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Since the discovery of quantum physics, every development of particular significance has been called a "quantum leap". In computer technology, the invention of the quantum computer literally represents such a leap. But what makes it so special? What is the significance of this technological novelty? In order to clarify... | <urn:uuid:b36855f7-bb11-43d8-8f53-0111af515c13> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://next.ergo.com/en/Trends/2021/quantum-computing-milestone-computer-technology-Fraunhofer-Institute-IBM | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950383.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20230402043600-20230402073600-00359.warc.gz | en | 0.951362 | 1,733 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Quantum engineers from UNSW Sydney have created artificial atoms in silicon chips that offer improved stability for quantum computing.
In a paper published today in Nature Communications, UNSW quantum computing researchers describe how they created artificial atoms in a silicon ‘quantum dot’, a tiny space in a quantum ... | <urn:uuid:7182ffb1-f12b-4cd1-964c-58d250a934ca> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/artificial-atoms-create-stable-qubits-quantum-computing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949035.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329213541-20230330003541-00360.warc.gz | en | 0.936895 | 1,705 | 3.828125 | 4 |
After a long day in the sun, you may come back with burning sensations and red skin. A trip to the beach is typically associated with sunscreen or sunburn. However, it might have more to do with it than you think. From tanning booths to cancer treatment, ultraviolet light plays an integral role in our lives. If you’re ... | <urn:uuid:264bcfb8-57f8-4f91-8b4b-d67d328c6d11> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://history-computer.com/what-is-ultraviolet-light/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950528.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230402105054-20230402135054-00781.warc.gz | en | 0.905714 | 1,565 | 3.8125 | 4 |
In the 1960s, researchers at the science lab of the Ford Motor Company developed the superconducting quantum interference device, also known as a “SQUID.” It was the first usable sensor to take advantage of a quantum mechanical property—in this case, superconductivity.
That made the SQUID one of the first generation of... | <urn:uuid:69d73453-43c4-4cc3-9c58-b18390be318b> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/the-quantum-squeeze | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943562.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320211022-20230321001022-00761.warc.gz | en | 0.938193 | 1,885 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Semiconductors are drivers of modern electronics, and they are the main enablers of our communications, computing, energy, transport, IoT systems and many more. Almost each and every device we have around us has a semiconductor in it, so no one can overestimate their importance in the world of technology. Today we’re t... | <urn:uuid:ecb376b6-181a-4c7a-9e89-439a4190adec> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://lanars.com/blog/intro-to-semiconductors-hot-industry-trends-2022 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945323.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325095252-20230325125252-00562.warc.gz | en | 0.949371 | 1,756 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have put forward a detailed plan of how faster and better defined quantum bits - qubits - can be created. The central elements are magnetic atoms from the class of so-called rare-earth metals, which would be selectively implanted into the crystal lattice of a material. Eac... | <urn:uuid:a0275ce3-7a32-4c5f-8a1f-a31ff4ed8b99> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/721956 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943845.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230322145537-20230322175537-00363.warc.gz | en | 0.912795 | 1,047 | 3.953125 | 4 |
Image: Dane Wirtzfeld/iStockphoto
Ever since the laser saw the light of day a half century ago, researchers have been playing with the idea that something similar could be created using sound rather than light. But the concept made little headway in the ensuing decades. In 2009, the situation changed abruptly, when sci... | <urn:uuid:2f6935cf-db77-4dec-80e6-d23e18cf11ae> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://spectrum.ieee.org/phonon-lasers-make-a-more-practical-sound | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948609.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20230327060940-20230327090940-00364.warc.gz | en | 0.927134 | 1,448 | 4.25 | 4 |
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Quantum computing is a novel paradigm for computing that was introduced as a concept in the 1980s and has enjoyed a lot of attention in the recent years as the research and development for building actual quantum computers has started to bear fruit. Quantum computing holds great promise for solvi... | <urn:uuid:9e35011d-8b10-4f72-84cc-87e385ef7445> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://xiphera.com/blog/the-future-of-public-key-cryptography-will-be-post-quantum-cryptography.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949958.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401094611-20230401124611-00163.warc.gz | en | 0.956985 | 1,610 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Einstein famously laboured hard to create the theory of general relativity, but it is less well known that he also helped to launch quantum mechanics, which he didn’t much care for. These two views of the world are the very foundation stones of modern physics – without them we would not have things such as space travel... | <urn:uuid:b40e221e-093d-4731-a443-c090b2565ad0> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.iflscience.com/will-we-have-rewrite-einstein-s-theory-general-relativity-32259 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943483.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320114206-20230320144206-00166.warc.gz | en | 0.949688 | 1,245 | 3.75 | 4 |
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can be a major threat to the availability...
Nowadays, the very abstract ideas underlying the quantum physics are being translated into reality thanks to new technological capabilities in the field of nanotechnology and optical interactions. One of these ideas, the idea of a... | <urn:uuid:561746c0-b3eb-47b8-90c4-4107d6c5e803> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.noction.com/blog/quantum-computing-future-networking | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296946535.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326204136-20230326234136-00787.warc.gz | en | 0.941006 | 1,781 | 3.78125 | 4 |
As data travels through different networks, there is an increased possibility of attacks. AES is the encryption standard used by organizations worldwide to secure sensitive data. AES was published when the need for a better encryption model became apparent. While Data Encryption Standard (DES) was used for around 20 ye... | <urn:uuid:5adab92b-5392-46c4-a130-5e9d2af11073> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.appsealing.com/aes-128-encryption/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296946637.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20230327025922-20230327055922-00167.warc.gz | en | 0.940949 | 1,177 | 3.828125 | 4 |
A new method using conventional computing can reduce simulation time from 600 million years to months, challenging a claim of ‘quantum advantage’.
Achieving ‘quantum advantage’ – where a quantum computer can achieve something even the world’s fastest conventional supercomputers can’t on a reasonable timescale – is an i... | <urn:uuid:c61f63b0-055b-45f7-8dbb-3d3ad689b2d1> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/233421/quantum-versus-conventional-computing-closer-race/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948976.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329120545-20230329150545-00787.warc.gz | en | 0.921376 | 1,059 | 3.734375 | 4 |
When we study physics one thing that we are always told, is that it is definite. Either it can be something it or it cannot be. Right?
Wrong. As opposed to the Newtonian theory of light’s nature as a particle, in the late 19th century, Albert Einstein revived light’s wave nature. The nature of light as the wave was pro... | <urn:uuid:0ca69792-ee2e-4f33-9d3e-75aa64e86b98> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.exhibit.tech/trending-tech-news/facts-about-quantum-computing-that-will-blow-your-mind/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943483.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320114206-20230320144206-00168.warc.gz | en | 0.942553 | 1,029 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Lensing caused by various analytic spacetimes. For all panels, we use Figure 3 as a background, oriented such that the camera is pointed at the white reference dot. The camera has a 60 degree feld of view and is at a distance of 15 Schwarzschild radii from the origin measured using Kerr- Schild coordinates. The top row... | <urn:uuid:a7ac1a55-8857-4ff6-af11-c878e1daf1fe> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://timeincosmology.com/tag/hole/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949093.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330004340-20230330034340-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.883552 | 1,264 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Flashes of what could become a transformative new technology shoot through a network of optical fibers beneath Chicago.
Researchers have created one of the world’s largest networks for sharing quantum information– a field of science that relies on paradoxes so strange that Albert Einstein did not believe them.
The netw... | <urn:uuid:8e62e742-bb45-4643-aef4-d5137304f273> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://pacificpahsalum.org/2022/06/24/chicago-quantum-exchange-takes-first-steps-towards-a-future-that-could-revolutionize-computing-and-medicine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945323.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325095252-20230325125252-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.938524 | 1,237 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Nobody agrees on how to build a quantum computer. Why?
There are a dizzying number of competing technologies that underlie quantum computing — and so far "it's really too early to pick a winner."
Microsoft has bet the farm on something called anyons. IBM, Intel and Google have backed superconductors. And even if those ... | <urn:uuid:723f5cc9-42bf-4fc5-ab1f-647db0fd8b46> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.protocol.com/manuals/quantum-computing/nobody-agrees-on-how-to-build-quantum-computer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948868.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328170730-20230328200730-00571.warc.gz | en | 0.956793 | 1,852 | 3.734375 | 4 |
“Every rose has its thorn,” the song goes, but not every rose has electronic wires running through its body. The futuristic idea of plant cyborgs is making the leap from science fiction to real-world science.
What’s the big deal?
Swedish researchers have been working on ways to regulate plant growth, using electronic w... | <urn:uuid:bb441a96-4de8-414f-b198-bd8ab538f707> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://spectrum.ieee.org/rewired-rose-plant-becomes-living-cyborg | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949533.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20230331020535-20230331050535-00172.warc.gz | en | 0.943157 | 1,143 | 3.703125 | 4 |
We all have an idea of how the internet works: Packets of data and communication are transmitted across interconnected devices using a routing network that follows Transport Control protocol and Internet Protocol. This data is sent electronically via copper wires, by bursts of light via optical fibers, or wirelessly vi... | <urn:uuid:9aecec4a-e9d8-4624-aac5-289935d512e8> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/standards-protocols/what-is-a-quantum-network/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949181.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330101355-20230330131355-00172.warc.gz | en | 0.913904 | 1,277 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Yaniv Erlich, a core member of the New York Genome Center and associate professor of Computer Science and Computational Biology at Columbia University, holds a small three-dimensionally (3D)-printed bunny in front of his webcam. The toy, he says, is actually a storage device. "The plastic fibers in the bunny have silic... | <urn:uuid:f3b16359-a344-40d3-98ff-e69434afda26> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://cacm.acm.org/news/247676-durable-dense-and-efficient-the-promise-of-dna-data-storage/fulltext | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948932.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329023546-20230329053546-00172.warc.gz | en | 0.946383 | 1,089 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Physicists push limits of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
- New experiments with vibrating drums push the boundaries of quantum mechanics.
- Two teams of physicists create quantum entanglement in larger systems.
- Critics question whether the study gets around the famous Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Recently publ... | <urn:uuid:cadece82-c44a-4bed-9537-ed602d009605> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://bigthink.com/hard-science/breakthrough-quantum-entanglement-heisenberg/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945433.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326044821-20230326074821-00774.warc.gz | en | 0.936559 | 1,037 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Quantum Computing: Understanding the Basics and Its Potential Impact
Quantum computing is an emerging field of technology with the potential to revolutionize the way computing is done. It promises incredible performance boosts, faster and more efficient computing, and even the ability to process information in ways tha... | <urn:uuid:5a06e49f-3fa1-4565-aec3-c684bf6952a4> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.askwebman.com/quantum-computing-realizing-the-basics-and-its-likely-impact/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949355.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330163823-20230330193823-00574.warc.gz | en | 0.927768 | 1,036 | 3.546875 | 4 |
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 — A UTSA researcher is part of a collaboration that has set a world record for innovation in quantum computing. The accomplishment comes from R. Tyler Sutherland, an assistant professor in the College of Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy and the College of Engineering and Integrated Design... | <urn:uuid:7282911e-5849-4376-b034-b632c24a8020> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.utsa.edu/today/2021/09/story/sutherland-tyler-quantum-computing-breakthrough.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945242.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20230324020038-20230324050038-00575.warc.gz | en | 0.925758 | 1,402 | 3.59375 | 4 |
How Does a Dilution Refrigerator Work?
A cryogen-free dilution refrigerator is a closed-loop cooling system that provides cooling to temperatures of millikelvins – colder than outer space. The system is used to cool down samples and devices, which are attached to a metallic flange in the dilution refrigerator. The syst... | <urn:uuid:7b071cb1-dbf4-49b2-ab97-624dcb5ba4df> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://bluefors.com/blog/how-does-a-dilution-refrigerator-work/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948756.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328011555-20230328041555-00574.warc.gz | en | 0.926178 | 1,558 | 3.765625 | 4 |
The general public might think of the 21st century as an era of revolutionary technological platforms, such as smartphones or social media. But for many scientists, this century is the era of another type of platform: two-dimensional materials, and their unexpected secrets.
These 2-D materials can be prepared in crysta... | <urn:uuid:c36d857e-7228-4cf9-b3c9-9d72da84da09> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.rdworldonline.com/the-2d-form-of-tungsten-ditelluride-is-full-of-surprises/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296946535.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326204136-20230326234136-00797.warc.gz | en | 0.943905 | 1,070 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Secrets of the superfast computers of tomorrow
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The thorniest problems, solved in days
Qubits allow multiple states to be simultaneously stored. The process, known as superposition, gives quantum computers (envisioned in this concept art) exponentially faster processing speeds.
Problems that would take tra... | <urn:uuid:06d946ad-2210-4f52-aa7e-303eec674031> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.techrepublic.com/pictures/secrets-of-the-super-fast-computers-of-tomorrow/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943637.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321064400-20230321094400-00375.warc.gz | en | 0.922042 | 1,054 | 3.625 | 4 |
Every day, there seems to be a new advancement in computing–whether it’s OpenAI releasing ChatGPT AI, or Google announcing a breakthrough in quantum computing. Some researchers think that traditional computing is reaching its limits, despite all these advances.
In order to create the next generation of technology, some... | <urn:uuid:7300a61c-7967-4dad-977d-e34d2944232f> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://science-writing.org/how-human-brain-cells-might-someday-power-computers-dnyuz/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945376.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325222822-20230326012822-00377.warc.gz | en | 0.946652 | 1,035 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Quantum Computing involves the use of several quantum phenomena to perform computations. One of these is entanglement. These phenomena help speed up exponentially the computational power, thus bringing computing to the next level as quantum computers operate at much higher speeds than classical computers. It also allow... | <urn:uuid:cce6277e-7e98-410f-9aec-f0c5a1fd83e9> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://fourweekmba.com/quantum-computing-explained/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948976.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329120545-20230329150545-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.937321 | 1,947 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Internet security could soon have a new enemy: quantum computers. Such computers will be able to break existing encryption algorithms, removing protection for data exchanged over the Internet. Those who build quantum computers will make a lot of money.
These statements make appealing headlines. However, we must exercis... | <urn:uuid:777985e2-5135-4705-aecc-920f36ba13a2> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy/real-business-case-quantum-computing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948858.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328104523-20230328134523-00178.warc.gz | en | 0.932231 | 1,268 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Five years ago, teams of physicists at Harvard University caused quite a sensation when they demonstrated that light pulses could be drastically slowed down and even brought to a standstill, then reactivated at will and sent on their merry way. Commentators were quick to predict stunning new applications in communicati... | <urn:uuid:df8dc616-1a7f-4367-8cd7-02b62041a590> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://spectrum.ieee.org/engineering-warms-to-frozen-light | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945472.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326111045-20230326141045-00178.warc.gz | en | 0.948776 | 1,167 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Despite the difficulties, however, there has been progress in several areas of quantum computing. As the state of a qubit is, in effect, outside of the physical universe, the quantum computer can move away from classical computer designs using transistors connected by microscopic wires.
Moore's Law has so far delivered... | <urn:uuid:a815b06e-a1b7-485d-97f9-487452d8ee7e> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.techradar.com/news/computing/the-mind-blowing-possibilities-of-quantum-computing-663261/2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943750.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20230322051607-20230322081607-00778.warc.gz | en | 0.960768 | 1,164 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Scientists have gotten one step closer to a quantum internet by creating the world’s first multinode quantum network.
Researchers at the QuTech research centre in Netherlands created the system, which is formed from three quantum nodes entangled by the spooky laws of quantum physics that govern subatomic particles. it’... | <urn:uuid:1f6bf63c-562e-4948-a11c-e1632d4423fd> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://scienceatom.com/three-node-system-quantum-network-is-a-breakthrough-for-the-quantum-internet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948867.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20230328135732-20230328165732-00378.warc.gz | en | 0.935733 | 1,382 | 3.78125 | 4 |
You’ve heard that the first computer was the size of a small house, right? And how amazing it is that we all carry computers around in our pockets now? Well, some computers still are the size of houses—or even apartment buildings. These huge computers are so big because they’re super fast. And they’re capable of some a... | <urn:uuid:26f5bc98-9983-44a1-aae3-8d2d3e22ae19> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-exascale-computing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943747.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20230321225117-20230322015117-00378.warc.gz | en | 0.918641 | 1,296 | 4.375 | 4 |
What is quantum physics?
Let’s start with the fundamental information representation in a regular computer - the bit. It can be 1 or 0 which is convenient for representing information via a switch controlling the flow of electricity; 1 and 0 map to on and off.
In a quantum computer the fundamental representation of inf... | <urn:uuid:16dfdc36-84b9-44c9-8ede-0897ad6b50ff> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://q-ctrl.com/topics/what-is-quantum-physics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296944996.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20230323034459-20230323064459-00181.warc.gz | en | 0.908302 | 1,572 | 3.765625 | 4 |
China’s moon landing: a giant leap for space science
The People’s Republic of China successfully landed the first spacecraft, called the Chang’e-4, on the far side of the moon on Jan. 2. The probe was sent to search for rare earth metals and helium-3, used to make safer, more productive energy. Scientists hope to find ... | <urn:uuid:070835c0-1823-42de-905e-25a38a515040> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.workers.org/2019/01/40326/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949355.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330163823-20230330193823-00580.warc.gz | en | 0.932918 | 1,615 | 3.78125 | 4 |
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