Two physicists, from EPFL and Columbia University, have introduced an approach for simulating the quantum approximate optimization algorithm using a traditional computer. Instead of running the algorithm on advanced quantum...

Cool connection: Visualization of a cryogenic electro-optical interconnect for superconducting devices. (Image Credit: Amir Youssefi, EPFL)  Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Indian Institute...