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Qubits Put New Spin on Magnetism, Boosting Applications of Quantum Computers
Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory using a quantum computer as the physical platform for quantum experiments has found a way to design and characterize tailor-made magnetic objects using quantum bits, or qubits. That opens up a new approach to develop new materials and robust quantum computing.
An Innovative Twist on Quantum Bits
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and collaborators have found that a tubular nanomaterial of carbon makes an ideal host to keep quantum bits spinning in place for use in quantum information technologies.
Discovery of the ‘Bubble Phase of Composite Fermions’ Confirms Existence of a New Family of Quantum Matter
Physicists at Purdue University and collaborators have discovered the first in a new family of matter at the quantum scale. Dubbed the bubble phase of composite fermions, these pairs of quasiparticles – particle-like entities arising from the interaction of particles – align in a crystalline pattern, allowing electricity to flow along the edge of the material.
New Material May Offer Key to Solving Quantum Computing Issue
A new form of heterostructure of layered two-dimensional materials may enable quantum computing to overcome key barriers to its widespread application, according to an international team of researchers. The researchers were led by a team that is part of the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science.
Industry News Wrap-up: Week of February 20
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Researchers Turn to Quantum Computing Power to Simulate, Study Atomic Nuclei
With a 3-year, $1-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, researchers at Iowa State University and collaborators aim to figure out how to use quantum computing to simulate all the natural forces within an atom’s nucleus.
Rapid Reads: Resolving Larger Photon Numbers for Quantum Systems
Researchers at the University of Virginia and colleagues developed a method using transition-edge sensors to detect larger numbers of photons than the current standard for quantum systems—at the mesoscopic rather than microscopic scale.
New Quantum Sensing Technique Reveals Magnetic Connections
Scientists supported by the Q-NEXT quantum research center have developed a method, reported in Science, that enables them to see whether magnetic fields detected by a pair of atom-scale quantum sensors are correlated or not.
Industry News Wrap-up: Week of February 13
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Quantum Geometry Found To Be Newest Twist in Superconductivity
Scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and their collaborators at The Ohio State University have identified a new mechanism that gives rise to superconductivity in a material in which the speed of electrons is nearly zero, potentially opening a pathway to the design of new superconductors.