Just in time for Halloween: Creamy quantum liquid-filled star corpses, quantum computing existential threats, and more quantum science news, opinion and jobs.
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“This work is an important step towards using spins on a surface as qubits for quantum computing,” team member Andreas Heinrich tells Physics World. “The STM allows us to build essentially arbitrary structures of such atoms, which makes it possible for us to control how strongly they will interact with each other.” — Physics World
Science
These Weirdo Stellar Corpses Have Creamy Centers Filled with Exotic Quantum Liquids — Live Science
Faster, More Secure Communications Using Structured Light in Quantum Protocols — Sci Tech Daily
Timeline: A Brief History of Quantum Computing from 1980 to 2100 — New Scientist
Using Quantum Computers to Test the Fundamentals of Physics — Scientific American
Business
Quantum Computing Poses An Existential Security Threat, But Not Today — Forbes
Quantum Computer Commercial Cases Predicted Within Decade — Bobs Guide
Volkswagen to Test Quantum Navigation App in Real Traffic — Wall Street Journal Blog
How Google Could Make the Next Quantum Computing Leap (Video) — Financial Times
ColdQuanta Awarded $2.8M from the U.S. Government to Advance its Quantum Core Technology — ColdQuanta
Opinion
Quantum Supremacy and the Cat That’s Neither Alive nor Dead — Live Mint
We’re Not Ready for Our Quantum, High-speed, Clean Future — Bloomberg
Jobs
Notre Dame Hiring Quantum Computer Professor — LinkedIn
Microsoft Looking for Quantum Research Software Development Engineer — Microsoft Jobs
