Microsoft’s Majorana 1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing

February 21, 2025
Microsoft today introduced Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture that it expects will realize quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades.

Q*Bird Leads the Shift Towards Truly Scalable Quantum Networks With New Multi-User Simultaneous Link

Q*Bird Leads the Shift Towards Truly Scalable Quantum Networks With New Multi-User Simultaneous Link

January 18, 2025
Next-generation communications security tech company Q*Bird has made a significant step forward in quantum networking, with the creation of technology to allow multiple users to set up a quantum link simultaneously.

Major Development Successes in Diamond Spin Photon Quantum Computers

Major Development Successes in Diamond Spin Photon Quantum Computers

October 26, 2024
Lower cooling requirements, longer operating times, lower error rates: Quantum computers based on spin photons and diamond promise significant advantages over competing quantum computing technologies. The consortium of the BMBF project SPINNING coordinated by Fraunhofer IAF has succeeded in decisively advancing the development of spin-photon-based quantum computers. On October 22 and 23, 2024, the partners presented the interim project results at the mid-term meeting of the BMBF funding measure Quantum Computer Demonstration Setups in Berlin.

‘Writing’ With Atoms Could Transform Materials Fabrication for Quantum Devices

‘Writing’ With Atoms Could Transform Materials Fabrication for Quantum Devices

September 25, 2024
A research team at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory created a novel advanced microscopy tool to “write” with atoms, placing those atoms exactly where they are needed to give a material new properties.

A Group Led by LMU Physicist Has Successfully Detected Single Photons in the Infrared Range

A Group Led by LMU Physicist Has Successfully Detected Single Photons in the Infrared Range

September 21, 2024
An international team from LMU, Harvard University and the Institute of Materials Science in Japan has successfully demonstrated the detection of individual photons in the infrared spectrum by utilizing a revolutionary material called magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. This discovery represents a significant step towards extending superconducting single-photon detection to longer-wavelength photons. The results are featured in Science Advances.

An Elegant Method for the Detection of Single Spins Using Photovoltage

An Elegant Method for the Detection of Single Spins Using Photovoltage

April 16, 2025
Diamonds with certain optically active defects can be used as highly sensitive sensors or qubits for quantum computers, where the quantum information is stored in the electron spin state of these colour centres. However, the spin states have to be read out optically, which is often experimentally complex. Now, a team at HZB has developed an elegant method using a photo voltage to detect the individual and local spin states of these defects. This could lead to a much more compact design of quantum sensors.

Invention From Twente Brings Quantum Computer Closer

Invention From Twente Brings Quantum Computer Closer

April 5, 2025
An invention from Twente improves the quality of light particles (photons) to such an extent that building quantum computers based on light becomes cheaper and more practical. The researchers published their research in the scientific journal Physical Review Applied. "This technology is an essential part of any future photonic quantum computer."

A Quantum Superhighway for Ultrafast NOON States

A Quantum Superhighway for Ultrafast NOON States

April 4, 2025
Until now, creating quantum superpositions of ultra-cold atoms has been a real headache, too slow to be realistic in the laboratory. Researchers at the University of Liège have now developed an innovative new approach combining geometry and "quantum control", which drastically speeds up the process, paving the way for practical applications in quantum technologies.

Wits Researchers Find a Way to Shield Quantum Information From “Noise”

Wits Researchers Find a Way to Shield Quantum Information From “Noise”

March 29, 2025
Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa (Wits University) in collaboration with Huzhou University in China have discovered a way to protect quantum information from environmental disruptions, offering hope for more reliable future technologies.

Unveiling the Hidden Quantum Structure of Twisted Bilayer Graphene With Terahertz Light

Unveiling the Hidden Quantum Structure of Twisted Bilayer Graphene With Terahertz Light

March 29, 2025
ICFO researchers, in an international collaboration, have used terahertz light to explore exotic phenomena within magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. This approach reveals previously unseen behaviors and provides direct insights into the quantum geometry of electronic wavefunctions —the fundamental framework underlying these phenomena.
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