This week, we’ll cover everything from quantum shifts (literally) in understanding our universe to technological shifts in tapping quantum computing.
Spotlight Story: How the 2010s Changed Physics Forever
“It feels like we’re in the middle of a paradigm shift,” Natalia Toro, associate professor in particle physics and astrophysics at Stanford University, told Gizmodo. “It’s still not clear where we’re going, but I think that in 50 years from now, the past decade will be remembered as the beginning of a major shift in our understanding of physics.”— Gizmodo
Science
Archer Puts Together a Few-Qubit Array — ZD Net
How a Quantum Computer Works — Market Express
Tiny Low-Energy Device to Rapidly Reroute Light in Computer Chips — Science Daily
Frontiers of quantum computing and sensing: 10 Sci & Tech questions — Mirage News
NTT Research Announces Eight Joint Research Agreements — HPC Wire
A Scientist’s Tiny Black Hole Brings the Cosmos Into the Lab — Wired
Business
Can Google’s New Quantum Computer Hack Bitcoin? — Yahoo Finance
Commercial Applications for Quantum Computing are Still a Distant Reality, says Tencent Researcher — South China Morning Post
Dell Technologies on democratizing 5G and the future of quantum computing — ZD Net
The Fields Institute Announces Its Latest Startup Incubator Cohort — The Varsity
Opinion
The Quantum Computing Threat to American Security — Wall Street Journal
Quantum Computing Is a Bigger Deal Than the Internet — Medium
Jobs
Associate Scientist, Quantum — USRA
Quantum Research Scientist — Lawrence Livermore Laboratory