$15 Million Project to Help Make South Carolina Workforce Quantum Ready, Attract Quantum Business
Insider Brief The South Carolina Daily Gazette reports that a $15 million initiative is aimed at training quantum workers in South Carolina. The South Carolina Quantum Association will pair up students with mentors and help build skills to work on a quantum supercomputer. Critical Quote: “If we can train a generation on the skills needed, […]
UK’s Autumn Statement May Include a Quantum ‘Moonshot’
Insider Brief Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may announce a strategic plan that will improve UK’s position in quantum computing. UK media sourced expect the initiative to fall under the government’s “moonshots” programs and see an allocation of £200 million to £300 million. The move may be a reaction to a recent slip in supercomputing for the […]
2023 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Awarded for Materials Simulations With Quantum Accuracy at Scale
Insider Brief The Association for Computing Machinery, named an eight-member team drawn from American and Indian institutions as the winner of the 2023 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for a quantum modeling project. The name of the winning project was “Large-Scale Materials Modeling at Quantum Accuracy: Ab Initio Simulations of Quasicrystals and Interacting Extended Defects in […]
SandboxAQ Announces AI Simulation Collaboration with NVIDIA to Impact the Physical World
Insider Brief SandboxAQ announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to predict chemical reactions for drug discovery, battery design, green energy, among other use cases. SandboxAQ will leverage NVIDIA quantum platforms to directly simulate the quantum mechanics. Critical Quote: “Simulation is one of the most promising future technological applications, and it’s already leaving its mark today. Thanks […]
Qubit by Qubit: Optimizing Silicon For Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Silicon qubits have long coherence times and are compatible with advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques. These qubits also face challenges, such as charge noise and valley splitting. Researchers at the University of Rochester, University at Buffalo, SUNY Stony Brook, NY Creates, University of California, Los Angeles and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are using grant […]
What is Quantum Advantage? A Quantum Computing Scientist Explains an Approaching Milestone
Insider Brief The Conversation article explores quantum advantage and why it’s important to quantum researchers and the quantum industry. Quantum advantage refers to solving types of problems that are impractical for classical computers to solve, such as cracking state-of-the-art encryption algorithm. The article was written by Daniel Lidar, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics […]
Three-pronged Approach Discerns Qualities of Quantum Spin Liquids
Insider Brief A team led by researchers from the Quantum Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory confirmed the presence of quantum spin liquid (QSL) behaviour in the material KYbSe2, aligning with physicist Phil Anderson’s 1973 hypothesis about QSL states in triangular lattices. QSLs are an unusual state of matter in which magnetic atoms called […]
Collaboration to Offer Equinix Customers Secure Access to Alice & Bob Quantum Tech
Insider Brief Equinix, Inc. announced its collaboration with Alice & Bob. Equinix customers will be able to access to Alice & Bob’s quantum technology through Equinix Metal and Equinix Fabric. Alice & Bob’s technology was derived from research carried out in French and international laboratories. PRESS RELEASE –– Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) the world’s digital […]
New Detector System for Quantum Computing Developed by Engineers & Physicists from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility & the University of Virginia
In the realm of laser-powered quantum computers, a critical need exists for a system capable of precisely counting and differentiating individual light particles, known as photons. For such quantum computers to function effectively, they require the capability to discern over 50 photons in mere nanoseconds. A team of experts in a collaborative effort from the […]
Scientists Store, Retrieve Photons in a Step Toward Quantum Internet
Insider Brief Nanjing University scientists have successfully demonstrated the storage and retrieval of entangled photons using 167Er3+ ions. The researchers write in Nature Communications that the work is another step toward the development of a global quantum internet. The team also points toward the technological challenges that need to be sorted out before the achievement […]