Working in Quantum Series Brings Together the Industry to Call for Diversity and Collaboration in Quantum
The Quantum Insider and Oxford Instruments NanoScience Bring Together the Industry to Call for Diversity and Collaboration in Quantum PRESS RELEASE — LONDON/2nd August 2022 — A new video series ‘Quantum Technology | Working in Quantum’ from The Quantum Insider in partnership with Oxford Instruments NanoScience was released today to demonstrate the role collaboration and diversity need to play to […]
Rigetti Computing Says Roadmap Intact As Company Reports on Second Quarter Earnings
Insider Brief Rigetti Computing, Inc. reports revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022 was $2.1 million, increasing by 39% from $1.5 million in the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2022 was a loss of $15.1 million, versus a loss of $8.1 million in the prior year period. Offers […]
Chinese Researchers Report on Highly Efficient Process for Entangling Photons
A team of Chinese scientists report on a new method for entangling photons that they say could make quantum networks and quantum computing more practical, according to the South China Post. In a study published in Nature Photonics, the team from the University of Science and Technology of China said that the new way to […]
Inside ColdQuanta’s Role in the Israel National Quantum Initiative (INQI)
The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) recently announced the establishment of the Israel Quantum Computing Center, part of the Israel National Quantum Initiative (INQI). The center will host Israel’s first three quantum computers, including a superconducting device, a photonic device, and a neutral atom device, for both commercial and research use. Led by Quantum Machines, the […]
Manchester Professor To Co-lead New Network in Materials For Quantum Technologies
Insider Brief: Professor Peter Haynes and Professor Richard Curry are to lead the Network in materials for quantum technologies. The Network aims to ensure that the world-leading UK materials research base, the existing National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP), and the developing quantum industry base are brought together in a UK-wide coordinated effort. Professor Haynes says […]
A Quantum Simulation Shortcut Could Unlock New Doors for Technology
Insider Brief University of Chicago researchers suggests a new way to work with complex quantum phase transition calculations, which could eventually yield technological breakthroughs. The shortcut pulls only the most important information into the equation, and creates a “map” of all possible phase transitions in the system being simulated. When cooled to near absolute zero, […]
A Guide to Quantum Computing Benchmarking and Certification
This article introduces Quantum Computing Benchmarking and Certification. Although still noisy and prone to error, quantum computers are developing at a rapid pace. The field of benchmarking looks at establishing techniques to compare QPU performance in this continuously evolving landscape. Here we highlight some of the topics typically featured in benchmarking research; firstly looking into […]
POLARISqb, Auransa Report Using Quantum Computers to Identify Promising Treatment Targets for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Insider Brief Triple-negative breast cancer is an aggressive cancer, accounting for about 15% of breast cancers, with fewer treatment options and often worse outcome. Auransa, Inc. and Polaris Quantum Biotech used their combined artificial intelligence and quantum computing tools to a identify biological pathway that is predicted to be relevant and within this pathway, the companies […]
New Quantum Whirlpools With Tetrahedral Symmetries Discovered in a Superfluid
Insider Brief: An international collaboration of scientists has created and observed an entirely new class of vortices — the whirling masses of fluid or air. The paper details the first laboratory studies of ‘exotic’ whirlpools in an ultracold gas of atoms at temperatures as low as tens of billionths of a degree above absolute zero. The discovery […]
WISeKey Implementing Post–Quantum Algorithms in its Secure Semiconductors
Insider Brief: WISeKey announces substantial progress in the implementation of post-quantum algorithms in its Secure Semiconductors. The company is working with several NIST’s candidates for the MS600X Common Criteria products: Crystals-Kyber for key exchange mechanism, and Crystals-Dilithium for signatures. WISeKey is also working with NIST to define recommended practices for performing trusted network-layer onboarding, which […]