Quantum Computing from an Aussie Defense Perspective Quantum computing in a Defence context Points to note… + You might ask why anyone would care if old information or old secrets being hacked really matters? For governments, militaries and corporations it is crucial. ‘Old’ but sensitive […]
Israel Launches Quantum Technologies Development Consortium Quantum Leap Made by Israel’s Quantum Technology Leaders Excerpts and salient points ~ + Israel’s government, defense industries, and academic institutions will collaborate in quantum technologies. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Rafael, Accubeat, Ben-Gurion University, the Technion, the Weizmann Institute, […]
Thailand to Establish National Institute of Quantum Technology Cabinet backs 37bn baht science, innovation scheme Key points… + The government will spend 37 billion baht [approximately 1.2B USD] financing its ambitious scientific research and innovation development scheme in the next eight years to increase Thailand’s […]
U.S. Department of Energy Investing $21.4M into Quantum Information Science Research Department of Energy Announces $21.4 Million for Quantum Information Science Research Key points… U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $21.4 million in funding for research in Quantum Information Science (QIS) related to both particle […]
Proving Quantum Effects Boosts Confidence for Development of Quantum Computers Cracking a decades-old test, researchers bolster case for quantum mechanics Excerpts and salient points ~ + In a new study, researchers demonstrate creative tactics to get rid of loopholes that have long confounded tests of […]
Quantum Physics, Predictions, and Tunneling How Long Does Quantum Tunneling Take? Key points… + The phenomenon known as “tunneling” is one of the best-known predictions of quantum physics, because it so dramatically confounds our classical intuition for how objects ought to behave. If you create […]
Spin-splitting Energy Near Zero? Use it as a Fundamental Component in a Quantum Computer Finding novel materials for practical devices Excerpts and salient points ~ + For the past four years, Kulik and Jon Paul Janet, a graduate student in chemical engineering, have been focusing […]
Defense Intelligence Agency Sees Quantum Computing on the Battlefield Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley: DIA Looks to Build AI-Based Intell Data Storage In brief… + U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and 2019 Wash100 Award winner, said that DIA wants […]
U.S. Naval Research Lab Research Supports Quantum Networks U.S. Naval Research Laboratory ‘Connects the Dots’ for Quantum Networks Excerpts and salient points ~ + [The U.S.] Naval Research Laboratory has created a quantum science technique designed to release single photos or individual light particles of […]
Quantum.Tech is Host to the Quantum Tech Congress coming to Boston The global business conference & exhibition for commercial applications of Quantum technology Excerpts and salient points ~ + Separating the hype from the reality when evaluating radically new forms of technology and science is […]
U.S. Department of Energy Investing $32M into New Materials; Solid-state Materials for QIS U.S. Department of Energy Renews Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials Excerpts and salient points from the news release ~ + The DOE awarded the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials (MICCoM) […]
Esoteric and Strange but Very Practical Applications? Physicists use light waves to accelerate supercurrents, enable ultrafast quantum computing Excerpts and salient points ~ + Superconductivity is the movement of electricity through certain materials without resistance. It typically occurs at very, very cold temperatures. Think -400 […]
XANADU Joining Quantum Cloud Computing Offerings Xanadu Raises $32M Series A to Bring Photonic Quantum Computing to the Cloud Excerpts and salient points ~ + Xanadu…has announced it has raised $32 million in Series A financing. OMERS Ventures led the round with participation from Georgian […]
Joint Quantum Institute Researchers Delve into Klein Tunneling: Electrons Transiting Unimpeded Through Barriers Perfect quantum portal emerges at exotic interface Excerpts and salient points ~ + Researchers at the University of Maryland have captured the most direct evidence to date of a quantum quirk that […]
Two-Dimensional Arrays, Atomic-clocks, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Computing: All from Cooling and Trapping Atoms. A report presented by nature.com consolidates results from several studies focusing on “the cooling and trapping of single strontium and ytterbium atoms in two-dimensional arrays.” The quantum computing nexus is that these […]
Accurately Measuring Qubit State. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new method allows the quantum state of atomic “qubits” — the basic unit of information in quantum computers — to be measured with 20 times less error than was previously possible, without losing any atoms. Accurately […]
Should China be Considered as Having Already Taken the Quantum Leap? A three part series on quantum computing from National Defense periodical online was released this week. Part 2’s salient points: • “China’s leaders recognize the strategic potential of quantum science and technology to enhance […]
The Ohio State University Creates Method to Make Quantum Devices Using Common Chip Technology. Columbus, Ohio. In the quest for smaller, faster computer chips, researchers are increasingly turning to quantum mechanics — the exotic physics of the small. The problem: the manufacturing techniques required […]
Basic Quantum 101 and What the U.S. Is Doing with It. Or Isn’t… Doing with It. A three part series on quantum computing from National Defense periodical online was released this week. Part 1’s salient points as found by The Qubit Report: “Quantum computing, quantum […]
U.S. Army to Leverage Quantum Sensing’s “Nonintuitive Properties.” Entanglement, wave-particle duality, superposition: These properties are key to quantum sensing. And the U.S. Army intends to leverage these properties for national defense applications. “Quantum sensing uses some nonintuitive properties of nature to measure things like time, […]
How CipherLoc “Future Proofs” Encryption. The below diagram and high-level protocol steps are from CipherLoc’s materials at their website. We found it worthwhile to repost here, with appropriate links back to the provider, CipherLoc. Security strength can be vastly improved via a variety of […]
U.S. National Science Foundation Soliciting Proposals for Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes. The Quantum Leap initiative augments a wide range of NSF investments in quantum information science and engineering. These efforts, combined with activities supported by other entities, including other government agencies and industry, indicate that […]
Korea, The Good One, Investing Just Under $450M, In Part for Quantum Computing and Quantum Sensing. Moon Mi-ok, South Korea’s Vice Minister of Science and ICT, announced the country’s investments in disruptive technologies, this past week. Over the next ten years, data, artificial intelligence, and […]
IBM Teams with Universities to Develop Quantum Computing Workforce. Major corporations continued taking their quantum computing efforts to universities. Recent announcements from IBM highlight new efforts with universities in the United States. New collaboration between the University of Chicago and IBM on the heels of IBM’s […]
DARPA Announces Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Devices. “DARPA’s Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) program will pursue a hybrid concept that combines intermediate-sized quantum devices with classical systems to solve challenging optimization problems.” (Image Credit: DARPA) (DARPA) Universal quantum computers with millions of […]
Bringing Photonic Quantum Computing to Reality. Researchers in China “have demonstrated a way to map and measure large-scale photonic quantum correlation with single-photon sensitivity.” This capability is critical for making photon-based quantum computing practical. The new method is dubbed “correlation on spatially-mapped photon-level image or […]
Keep the Quantum Application Discussions Open and Broad. William Hurley, or “Whurley”, founder of Strangeworks, a quantum computing application startup, has penned an op-ed of sorts discussing the overly simplistic and narrow scope the media is feeding the masses on the subject of quantum computing’s […]
Quantum Information Science is Ramping Up at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The Computational Science Initiative at Brookhaven Lab is expanding efforts in quantum information science through a newly formed Quantum Computing Group. The national lab is at the forefront of computing technologies. Known for leading data […]
Size, Stability, Power Consumption: New Quantum Clock for Satellites. (News Release from RICOH…) Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ricoh co. and The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have developed an ultra-lowpower atomic clock (ULPAC) for small satellites to enable future communication […]
First Conference for the Business of Quantum Computing, Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Sensors. In a few short weeks, research corporation, Inside Quantum Technology, will host a premier quantum technology event in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference will explore the current state of the industry, as well as […]
Single Photon Emitters; Now on Silicon. “Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have developed a way to directly write quantum light sources, which emit a single photon of light at a time, into monolayer semiconductors such […]
Strategic U.S. Policy and Quantum Science: Time to Prepare. The Heritage Foundation has presented a primer for U.S. national security policymakers. Whether in policy or technology, the piece is an excellent synopsis, in simple terms, on the current status of quantum computing. From the report […]
Quantum Spin in Sheets of Hexagonal Boron Nitride are Reading Out Quantum States. The sheer volume of data held in a quantum bit vice a classical binary bit’s 1 or 0 is the strength behind quantum computing as a “revolutionary technology.” But to harness this […]
Argonne National Laboratory: Reducing Quantum Noise. Many current quantum information applications suffer from decoherence. Decoherence is the loss of quantum information due to environmental noise inherent to quantum hardware. Magnetism, temperature fluctuations in and around the device, and electrical currents contribute greatest to this noise. […]
NIST Narrows Candidate Quantum-resistant Algorithms. On the last day of January, 2019, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released its latest list of quantum-resistant algorithms. Now, well into the process, the NIST goal is to select one or more public-key crypto algorithms and make […]
South Korea Investing Millions in Quantum Computing. Over the next 5 years, South Korea is set to invest nearly $40M toward quantum computing and related technologies. Of particular note in the South Korean government announcement was investing in computational performance and computer security. Using quantum mechanical […]
60 Carbon Atoms Contain an Entire Quantum Computer; or so might one think, if fully understanding and controlling the buckminsterfullerene were to come to fruition. The most symmetric molecule known, the “buckyball” is both small enough to observe quantum mechanical principles and large enough to […]
U.S. Army Seeking Quantum-assured Position, Navigation, Timing… But… A recent report on U.S. Army modernization has been released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The preponderance of technologies listed are near-term; now through 2026. However, quantum-assured PNT is not in the near-term. It rears its […]
Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Research and Engineering, INQUIRE. With approximately $1.4 million in funding – $1M from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the University of Arizona is building the Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Research and Engineering instrument (INQUIRE). “Inquire is the world’s first shared research and training instrument […]
Photonics for Quantum Workshop, @ RIT. Quantum science has potential for “handling complex computational problems, providing communication security, and in enhancing navigation, imaging and other sensing technologies.” From January 23 to 25, 2019, scientists and engineers from across the U.S. will meet at the Rochester […]
Quantum Computing Memory. Quantum memories are essential for quantum information processing. Techniques have been developed for quantum memory based on atomic ensembles. The nascent “Raman Process” shows promise. Memory efficiency remains an “unsolved bottleneck.” Recent work marks an important advance of quantum memory towards practical […]
Exxon Mobil and IBM Q Team Up. The energy sector has joined the IBM Q network. Exxon Mobil announced the company will harness the human resources and quantum computing IBM offers. Exxon’s VP of research and development sees great value in quantum computing’s simulation of nature […]
U.S., China’s Quantum Computing Ambitions. If perception is reality, China is in the lead for the race to being the world leader in quantum computing technology. With the December 21st, 2018, signing into law of the U.S.’s National Quantum Computing Initiative Act, perception may not […]
U.S. Has a Head Start in Quantum Arms Race? A quantum-technology military arms race between the U.S. and China is on. Given China’s ‘impressive effort to turbocharge quantum research’ in military-applied quantum technology and the U.S.’ quiet but known efforts, the gap between these powerful […]
Solving Coherence and Initialization Problems of Qubits with Hybrid Qubits. Researchers at Japan’s RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science have succeeded in creating a device – an architecture based on semiconductors – for quantum computing which solves two problems plaguing the furtherance of quantum computing. […]
5G, Quantum Random Numebr Generation, and Korea. In a short 9 months, the South Korean communications company, SK Telecom, hopes to deploy its 5G service to 85 cities. The quantum nexus to this is the quantum cryptography they plan to employ. With the help of ID […]
IBM to Showcase Quantum Computing. The largest consumer electronics show, CES, is taking place January 8-11, 2019, in Las Vegas. IBM is showcasing quantum computing alongside other technology to include artificial intelligence. This helps pave the way to rolling out quantum computing for the masses; though, […]
U.S. Army Research Laboratory Chief Scientist Picks Quantum Information. Of the advances made in technology this year, the ARL’s chief scientist picked quantum information with minimum distortions as #10 “coolest advance”. Reference is found at DVIDS… Related work is at nature.com…