Quantum China Weekly Volume 20 (2021/08/21-2021/08/27)
Quantum China is a weekly periodical focusing on China’s quantum information technology, provide a voice for the Chinese quantum technology. It mainly focuses on eight major directions: Policy, Capital, Business, Technology, Research, Education, Conference, and People. Providing researchers, Interested parties, and industry pioneers with all the latest developments in China’s quantum field. Policy Anhui […]
CSIRO Appoints Jim Rabeau as Director of New Quantum Technologies Future Science Platform.
PRESS RELEASE — Jim Rabeau, a former professor and Deputy Director of Sydney Nano Institute for Industry, Innovation and Commercialisation, will start as at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation — CSIRO — on September 6. Rabeau said he sees opportunities to leverage the breadth and depth of CSIRO’s multidisciplinary capability to grow Australia’s quantum […]
IonQ Says New Architecture a Step Toward More Powerful Quantum Computers
IonQ, Inc. unveiled a Reconfigurable Multicore Quantum Architecture (RMQA) technology, what the company termed a breakthrough in quantum computing. They added that are ahead of technical roadmap expectations at the start of 2021. IonQ demonstrated achieving 4 chains of 16 ions each that can be dynamically configured into quantum computing cores. Company officials believe this […]
Arqit and Babcock to Collaborate on Possible Quantum Encryption Use Cases in Government and Defense Market
PRESS RELEASE — Arqit Limited, a leader in quantum encryption technology has entered into a collaboration agreement with Babcock International Group, the Aerospace, Defence and security company. The agreement will see the two companies jointly test and experiment with a range of use case scenarios and practical applications for government and defence customers to demonstrate […]
Quantum Sensors Power Brain Imaging System to Help Scientists Investigate Autism
A wearable brain imaging system installed at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children uses quantum sensors to conduct research into autism, according to the UK Technology Hub. The Hub’s researchers developed the system through the recently launched spin-out company Cerca Magnetics, the organization reports. The brain scanner relies on quantum enabled sensors to measure magnetic fields […]
Quantum Brilliance Raises $9.7 Million Seed Funding to Advance Diamond Quantum Accelerator Development and Deployment
PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Brilliance, a venture-backed Australian-German full-stack quantum accelerator startup, today announced closing a $9.7 million (US) seed investment co-led by the QxBranch founders’ and Main Sequence investment consortium. Quantum Brilliance harnesses synthetic diamonds to build quantum accelerators that do not require near absolute zero temperature or complex laser systems to operate like […]
52 Wonder Women Working In Industry As Quantum Scientists & Engineers
Photo by Sinitta Leunen on Unsplash Inclusive Attitude That men disproportionally represent the scientists, engineers and people in technical positions in the commercial quantum technology sector is already a widely known fact. The good news is that this is changing, slowly. Many women now hold jobs in the engineering, software and hardware fields for some of […]
Quantum Computing Errors Can Be Correlated — Scientists Suspect Cosmic Rays
RESEARCH INSTITUTION NEWS: Research by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicist and a host of collaborators is shedding new light on one of the major challenges to realizing the promise and potential of quantum computing — error correction. In a new paper published in Nature and co-authored by LLNL physicist Jonathan DuBois, scientists examined quantum computing stability, particularly what […]
Volkswagen Caught The Quantum Love Bug Early — And It’s Beginning to See Results
Volkswagen was one of the first companies to see the promise of quantum computing in the automotive industry. A company blog post suggests that VW’s quantum team continues to investigate the potential of quantum computing, adding that the scientists are confident that they are close to using quantum to solve huge problems in the industry. […]
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $61 Million to Advance Breakthroughs in Quantum Information Science
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $61 million in funding for infrastructure and research projects to advance quantum information science (QIS). QIS is the science of the extremely small, where molecules, atoms, and light can defy traditional laws of physics. Advances in QIS can enable new forms of computing, simulation, communication, and sensing that can advance breakthroughs needed to […]