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Feb 14, 2021

Quantum Mechanics, Free Will and the Game of Life

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, quantum physics

Some thoughts triggered by the death of the mathematician John Conway.


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Feb 13, 2021

Quantum Computer Chips Manufactured Using Mass-Market Industrial Fabrication Techniques

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Intel engineers have solved the quality control challenge for mass production of quantum computers.

Feb 12, 2021

Scientists find first evidence of rare Higgs boson decay

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

This work provides evidence for something scientists predicted long ago.


Scientists have spotted the first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay, expanding our understanding of the strange quantum universe.

Feb 12, 2021

Q-CTRL’s new AI toolset allows quantum computers to self-optimize

Posted by in categories: information science, quantum physics, robotics/AI

The toolset runs with Q-CTRL’s flagship BOULDER OPAL software for developers and R&D teams, automated closed-loop hardware optimization is also trained to obtain new experimental data/results from quantum computers while simultaneously running optimizations for algorithms. It can be used as a standalone tool or in tandem with a machine-learner online optimization package (M-LOOP) that manages quantum experiments autonomously.

Feb 12, 2021

New research tackles a central challenge of powerful quantum computing

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, supercomputing

To build a universal quantum computer from fragile quantum components, effective implementation of quantum error correction (QEC) is an essential requirement and a central challenge. QEC is used in quantum computing, which has the potential to solve scientific problems beyond the scope of supercomputers, to protect quantum information from errors due to various noise.

Feb 11, 2021

Researchers gather numerical evidence of quantum chaos in the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics, quantum physics

Over the past few years, many physicists worldwide have conducted research investigating chaos in quantum systems composed of strongly interacting particles, also known as many-body chaos. The study of many-body chaos has broadened the current understanding of quantum thermalization (i.e., the process through which quantum particles reach thermal equilibrium by interacting with one another) and revealed surprising connections between microscopic physics and the dynamics of black holes.

Feb 11, 2021

‘How can we compete with Google?’: the battle to train quantum coders

Posted by in categories: computing, economics, quantum physics

A major skills shortage in quantum computing could harm the UK economy unless universities recruit more students.

Feb 11, 2021

New device for scaling up quantum computers

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Australian scientists have developed a new cryogenic computer system called Gooseberry which has potential for scaling up quantum computers from dozens to thousands of qubits.

Feb 11, 2021

This ‘Quantum Brain’ Would Mimic Our Own to Speed Up AI

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, robotics/AI

The mechanisms that allow the computer to learn are directly embedded in its hardware structure—no extra AI software required.

Feb 10, 2021

China’s first quantum computer operating system launched

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

A Chinese startup on Monday launched the country’s first homegrown operating system (OS) for quantum computers in Hefei, capital of eastern China’s Anhui Province, according to a local media report.