New Research Suggests that Quantum Nanodiamonds can Greatly Increase the Detection of Diseases like HIV & COVID-19
Image: United Nations COVID-19 Response Early Detection Crucial New research into the quantum sensing prowess of nanodiamonds to exponentially increase the detection of diseases like COVID-19 and HIV has been released. The findings were published in Nature by lead author Professor Rachel McKendry, Professor of Biomedical Nanotechnology at UCL and Director of i-sense EPSRC IRC. Paper-based […]
TQD Exclusive: Quantum Platform Lead at IBM, Blake Johnson, is Pushing to Make Quantum Software Development Frictionless
While the quantum community often agonizes over hardware issues — like qubit number and quantum volume — that’s not the only way to unleash the power of quantum computing. Improving software development and ensuring accessibility are critical, too. Maybe even more critical. Blake Johnson, Quantum Platform Lead at IBM, said his team is moving into […]
Danish Quantum Cryptographic & Communication Effort Earns 22.5 Million DKK Investment
Capitalizing on the Danish research strength in quantum cryptography-communication and determined to foster a new high-tech business area, the Innovation Fund Denmark has invested 22.5 million DKK — or about $3.6 million U.S. — into CryptQ which will develop a cost-effective and telecom compatible quantum secured communication system over the next 3 years, according to […]
Florida Research Team Discovers ‘New’ Quantum Critical Behaviour in Superconductors
Photo by Daniel Falcao on Unsplash Zero Electrical Resistivity A superconductor, for anybody who’s wondering, is a type of material able to conduct electricity effortlessly. And electricity as a phenomenon is just the process of electrons passing from one atom to another. Superconducting materials, then, allow electrons to do this with no resistance whatsoever (zero electrical […]
Quantum Ally: MEMS & NEMS Sensor Technology
Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash Seismic Sensor Industry The geometric theory of gravitation, so elegantly detailed by Albert Einstein in his 1915 paper, is arguably the greatest discovery in the history of mankind (or fire). With such knowledge at hand, gravitational physics — as the discipline is formally called — is able to analyze such amazing things as black hole […]
Benefactor Pledges 40 million Swiss Francs to Build a Cutting-Edge Quantum Research Facility at ETH Zurich
A benefactor is pledging 40 million Swiss francs to build a cutting-edge quantum research facility at ETH Zurich, according to a university news release. The facility — which should be finished in about eight years — won’t just be a center of quantum research at ETH Zurich, but, hopefully a global research facility that makes […]
By Manipulating Quantum Phenomena, Liquid Biopsy Startup Hopes To Find Cancer Signatures in Plasma From Solid Tumours via Exosomes
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Through The Roof Although COVID-19 worries the hell out of a great proportion of the world’s population, when it really comes down to it — though it’s a terrible virus that can kill those weak enough— there are other illnesses that we’ve been battling for generations that we’ve yet to find a […]
The Quantum Computing Revolution – Part I: The Theory in a Nutshell
It is difficult to overstate the transformational potential of quantum technologies. Advances in the field will have far reaching implications in areas ranging from time-keeping, through imaging and sensors, to communication and computing. Commercial applications of computing might take the longest to realise but we are truly excited by the progress we have seen in […]
Chicago Quantum Summit Spotlights New U.S. Quantum Centers, Economic Opportunities
In a year where the U.S. federal government invested $700 million in quantum information science research centers and institutes, it’s clear that quantum science is on the cusp of a revolution. The third annual Chicago Quantum Summit, hosted virtually at the University of Chicago Nov. 11-13 by the Chicago Quantum Exchange, brought together more than 20 […]
Is this what the Quantum Wave Function Looks Like?
Trapping and controlling electrons in bilayer graphene quantum dots yields a promising platform for quantum information technologies. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have now achieved the first direct visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene, revealing the shape of the quantum wave function of the trapped electrons, according to a university news story. The results, published […]