Quantum computer leap
Phys.Org
(Phys.org) -- The main technical difficulty in building a quantum computer could soon be the thing that makes it possible to build one, according to new research from The Australian National University. Dr André Carvalho, from the ARC Centre for ...

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Quantum computing: The light at the end of the tunnel may be a single photon
Nanowerk LLC
(Nanowerk News) Quantum physics promises faster and more powerful computers, but quantum versions of basic logic functions are still needed to bring this technology to fruition. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Toshiba Research Europe ...

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Quantum computing: The light at the end of the tunnel may be a single photon
Phys.Org
Quantum physics promises faster and more powerful computers, but quantum versions of basic logic functions are still needed to bring this technology to fruition. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. have taken ...
The single photon of quantum computingTG Daily

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En route to a quantum computer
Phys.Org (press release)
The overall objective of the projects is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a quantum computer on the basis of electron spins. Quantum computers are theoretically capable of far more efficient calculations than those of today's silicon-based ...

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Quantum dots boost graphene's photodetector dreams
ZDNet UK (blog)
By Lucy Sherriff , 18 May, 2012 09:27 News from the frontline of the weird and wonderful world of quantum computing. From the theoretical musings of solid state physicists to breakthroughs you might actually see in a data centre in your l?


First Simulation Of Quantum Tunnelling On A Quantum Computer
Technology Review (blog)
Quantum tunnelling had always been thought too complex to simulate on today's simple quantum computers. Now a new approach to quantum computing has changed that and opens the door to more complex simulations The exploitation of quantum weirdness for ...


Scientific Computing

Keeping One Step Ahead of Errors in Quantum Computation
Scientific Computing
The result of this research places scientists one step closer to the success of quantum computation and closer to the major challenge ? in the long term ? of building large quantum computers. The study has been published in the Physical Review X ...


DARPA seeks Holy Grail: Quantum-based data security system
Network World
Information security systems based on quantum computing techniques are one of the holy grails of the industry but the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to change that with a program that could develop such a system in 3 ...


Challenge: Quantum Computers
U.S. News & World Report
By Marlene Cimons, National Science Foundation When people ask computational theorist Scott Aaronson if working quantum computers will become widely available soon, he likens this to asking the same of 19th Century English mathematician Charles Babbage ...


Quantum Computer Breakthrough? 'Ion-Crystal' Points To Vast Increase In ...
Huffington Post
Talk about a quantum leap. Scientists say they've developed a tiny device that may hold the key to the development of quantum computers vastly more powerful than the best computers now in existence. Composed of about 300 atoms suspended in space, ...
Aussies develop crystal 'quantum' computerStuff.co.nz
300 atom quantum simulator smashes qubit recordZDNet UK (blog)

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