Paving the Way to Quantum Supercomputers

Paving the Way to Quantum Supercomputers

February 9, 2025
In a milestone that brings quantum computing tangibly closer to large-scale practical use, scientists at Oxford University Physics have demonstrated the first instance of distributed quantum computing. Using a photonic network interface, they successfully linked two separate quantum processors to form a single, fully connected quantum computer, paving the way to tackling computational challenges previously out of reach. The results have been published today in Nature.

EQUSPACE Consortium Receives 3.2 Million Euros From the European Innovation Council for the Development of Quantum Technologies

EQUSPACE Consortium Receives 3.2 Million Euros From the European Innovation Council for the Development of Quantum Technologies

January 10, 2025
The EQUSPACE consortium, led by the University of Jyväskylä, has been awarded 3.2 million euros from the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) Pathfinder Open funding programme to pioneer quantum technologies in silicon. The project brings together five partners from three EU countries to develop a new type of silicon quantum platform.

New EuroHPC Quantum Computer To Be Hosted in the Netherlands

New EuroHPC Quantum Computer To Be Hosted in the Netherlands

October 23, 2024
Today, at the EuroHPC User Day 2024 in Amsterdam, the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking announced the selection of SURF to host and operate a new European quantum computer, in coordination with QuantumDelta NL. The system will be located at the Amsterdam Science Park and integrated into the Dutch national supercomputer, Snellius.

Quantum Science and Engineering Expands Across the Nation With $39M From NSF

Quantum Science and Engineering Expands Across the Nation With $39M From NSF

August 30, 2024
The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $39 million to help grow quantum research activities at more institutions across America through the NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) program. This investment will fund 23 research projects aiming to break new ground in fields such as quantum computing, sensors and materials.

Over $7.4 Million Awarded to INRS to Revolutionize Quantum Technology

Over $7.4 Million Awarded to INRS to Revolutionize Quantum Technology

July 25, 2024
Three promising projects led by INRS professors will receive $7.4 million in funding over the next few years. These initiatives aim to enhance quantum communication, computing, and sensing capabilities by integrating photonics and quantum technologies.

Rice Scientists Uncover Quantum Surprise: Matter Mediates Ultrastrong Coupling Between Light Particles

Rice Scientists Uncover Quantum Surprise: Matter Mediates Ultrastrong Coupling Between Light Particles

April 21, 2025
A team of Rice University researchers has developed a new way to control light interactions using a specially engineered structure called a 3D photonic-crystal cavity. Their work, published in the journal Nature Communications, lays the foundation for technologies that could enable transformative advancements in quantum computing, quantum communication and other quantum-based technologies.

DGIST Demonstrates Control Over Quantum Particle State Through Structural Phase Transition of Crystals: Paving the Way for Practical Quantum Devices!

DGIST Demonstrates Control Over Quantum Particle State Through Structural Phase Transition of Crystals: Paving the Way for Practical Quantum Devices!

April 10, 2025
The research team led by Professor Chang-Hee Cho from the Department of Physics and Chemistry at DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) has successfully fine-tuned the Rabi oscillation of polaritons, quantum composite particles, by leveraging changes in electrical properties induced by crystal structure transformation. This study demonstrates that the properties of quantum particles can be controlled without the need for complex external devices, which is expected to greatly enhance the feasibility of practical quantum technology.

USTC Achieves High-Efficiency Single-Photon Source Above Loss-Tolerant Threshold

USTC Achieves High-Efficiency Single-Photon Source Above Loss-Tolerant Threshold

April 8, 2025
Research teams led by Prof. PAN Jianwei, LU Chaoyang, HU Yongheng, and others have realized a high-performance single-photon source with an efficiency beyond the scalable linear optical quantum computing loss tolerance threshold for the first time, and the comprehensive indicators have reached the international advanced level. The results were published in Nature Photonics on February 28th.

Howard University Physicist Revisits the Computational Limits of Life and Schrödinger’s Essential Question in the Era of Quantum Computing

Howard University Physicist Revisits the Computational Limits of Life and Schrödinger’s Essential Question in the Era of Quantum Computing

April 4, 2025
Philip Kurian, a theoretical physicist and founding director of the Quantum Biology Laboratory (QBL) at Howard University in Washington, D.C., has used the laws of quantum mechanics, which Schrödinger postulated, and the QBL’s discovery of cytoskeletal filaments exhibiting quantum optical features, to set a drastically revised upper bound on the computational capacity of carbon-based life in the entire history of Earth. Published in Science Advances, Kurian’s latest work conjectures a relationship between this information-processing limit and that of all matter in the observable universe.

Researchers Test New Type of Quantum Computing Protocol Using Qudits, Not Qubits

Researchers Test New Type of Quantum Computing Protocol Using Qudits, Not Qubits

March 26, 2025
Christine Muschik, a research associate faculty member at Perimeter Institute and a professor at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing, is working at the frontier of quantum computing today – using not just “qubits” that are represented as superpositions of zeros and ones, but with multi-level “qudits” that go well beyond the binary qubit realm.
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