The Weekly Quantum Digest: This Week’s Hottest Quantum Stories
For our pre-Valentine’s Day special: A new experiment aims to find the sweet spot between the weird world of quantum mechanics and the classical world, a look at sweet spots for quantum startups outside of London and Oxbridge, using the power of love and quantum computing to feed the world’s hungry… and more sweet quantum stuff in this edition of The Quantum Weekly.
Spotlight Story:
“A new experiment, known as the TEQ collaboration, could help reveal a boundary between the weird quantum world and the normal classical world of billiard balls and projectiles. The TEQ (Testing the large-scale limit of quantum mechanics) researchers are working to construct a device in the next year that would levitate a bit of silicon dioxide, or quartz, measuring nanometers in size—still microscopic, but much larger than the individual particles that scientists have used to demonstrate quantum mechanics previously.” — Smithsonian Magazine
Science
India Nearly Matches US Quantum Computing Research Budget — Tom’s Hardware
Electric Currents Controlled With a Quantum Switch Turns Metal Into Insulators — Newsweek
Existing Technology May Precisely Control Qubits Made From Calcium and Strontium Ions — The Quantum Daily
Giant Moon Rocket, Living Robots and Quantum Computer — January’s Best Science Images — Nature
Could Quantum Computing Help Feed the World? — The Quantum Daily
University of Chicago’s Tian Zhong Awarded NSF Grant to Create Quantum Internet
— HPC Wire
The Heisenberg Limit Has Been Redefined — Popular Mechanics
Trust but Verify: Why Variational Quantum Unsampling Matters — The Quantum Daily
Business
3 British Quantum Computing Research Hubs Not In Oxbridge Or London — The Quantum Daily
Quantum Computing Incorporated – the First Publicly Traded Quantum Computing Stock — The Quantum Daily
Where Computing Is Headed—Beyond Quantum — Wall Street Journal
A Combination of Quantum Computing and Blockchain Technology Will Have a Huge Impact on Banking — Digital Journal
Domen Zavrl Explains Quantum-Proof Cryptography and Its Role in Security — Coin Gape
Arvind Krishna is new IBM CEO — Indian Link
Opinion
Prepare for a world of quantum haves and have-nots — Live Mint
Jobs
Quantum Engineering – Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellowships — ORISE
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Senior Quantum Engineer — Rigetti Computing
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Matt Swayne
With a several-decades long background in journalism and communications, Matt Swayne has worked as a science communicator for an R1 university for more than 12 years, specializing in translating high tech and deep tech for the general audience. He has served as a writer, editor and analyst at The Quantum Insider since its inception. In addition to his service as a science communicator, Matt also develops courses to improve the media and communications skills of scientists and has taught courses.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago, located in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is a private research university with its primary campus situated in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
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National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation, situated in Alexandria, Virginia, is a governmental entity. This organization administers the America's Seed Fund SBIR/STTR Program, which aids startups and small businesses by providing grants and seed funding. In Aug, 2022, NSF organized a workshop on Quantum Advantage and Next Steps at the University of Chicago. In Oct, 2022, NSF hosted a virtual workshop on Software-Hardware Co-Design for Quantum Computing, aiming to foster collaboration and build a shared technological ecosystem for both quantum and classical technologies. In Mar, 2023, An NSF Research Coordination Network award facilitated weekly collaboration among scientists from various countries, leading to the inclusion of Quantum Biology as a topic in the Gordon Research Conferences. In Jun, 2023, NSF announced new awards for MRSECs, with several focusing on quantum control of materials and materials for quantum information processing. In Jul, 2023, NSF released the solicitation (NSF 23-604) for the first phase of the NQVL, marking a significant step in advancing quantum research and development.
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IBM
IBM is an iconic technology pioneer founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and officially renamed International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. Beyond foundational computing, IBM possesses a deep legacy in aerospace and defense from building the guidance computers and Instrument Unit for NASA's historic Apollo missions to partnering with Airbus on CIMON, the first AI assistant on the ISS.
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