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Reaching absolute zero for quantum computing now much quicker thanks to breakthrough refrigerator design
Using a more efficient method than current approaches, researchers promise the coldest temperatures in the world at just a fraction of the cost and time.
China creates its largest ever quantum computing chip — and it could be key to building the nation's own 'quantum cloud'
China’s supersized superconducting chip looks to match the performance of industry leaders like IBM and will be used to help scale up the performance of quantum computers globally.
'World's purest silicon' could lead to 1st million-qubit quantum computing chips
Scientists engineer the 'purest ever silicon' to build reliable qubits that can be manufactured to the size of a pinhead on a chip and power million-qubit quantum computers in the future.
Quantum computing breakthrough could happen with just hundreds, not millions, of qubits using new error-correction system
Scientists have designed a physical qubit that behaves as an error-correcting "logical qubit," and now they think they can scale it up to make a useful quantum computer using a few hundred.
Future quantum computers could use bizarre 'error-free' qubit design built on forgotten research from the 1990s
Qubits can be made by floating a suspended electron over a pool of liquid helium rather than being embedded them a solid-state crystal — which leads to impurities and errors.
Why quantum computing at 1 degree above absolute zero is such a big deal
Operating at even marginally warmer temperatures means quantum computers could be much easier to operate — and much more widely available.
New York college becomes 1st university with on-campus IBM quantum computer that is 'scientifically useful'
IBM's latest System One quantum computer is based at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and is the 1st IBM quantum machine to be installed at a university campus in the U.S.
Error-corrected qubits 800 times more reliable after breakthrough, paving the way for 'next level' of quantum computing
Scientists used a technique called 'active syndrome extraction' to build four logical qubits from 30 physical ones and run 14,000 experiments without detecting a single error.
Future quantum computers will be no match for 'space encryption' that uses light to beam data around — with the 1st satellite launching in 2025
Quantum computers will break encryption one day. But converting data into light particles and beaming them around using thousands of satellites might be one way around this problem.
