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New Study Achieves Coherent Manipulation of Electron Spins in Silicon
Researchers at the University of Rochester have recently introduced a new strategy to coherently manipulate either single or multiple electron spins in silicon quantum dots. This method, introduced in a paper published in Nature Physics, could open new possibilities...
UW Madison Researchers Develop ‘Wiggle Wells’ to Improve Accuracy of Quantum Computers
In two papers published in Nature Communications in December, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of New South Wales and TU-Delft showed that tweaking a qubit’s physical structure, known as a silicon quantum dot, creates sufficient...
Supercomputer Research Predicts Extinction Cascade
The immediate impacts of climate change and land-use change are severe enough, but increasingly, researchers are warning that large enough changes can then snowball into catastrophic changes. New, supercomputer-powered research from Giovanni Strona (a senior...
Revolutionary Environmental AI Infrastructure Detailed in New Report
Researchers and scientists are working together to apply AI and modeling techniques such as machine learning (ML) to advance Earth and environmental science. Specifically, a group of scientists and experts aims to integrate modern technology in the work of Earth...
Quantum Researchers Strike the Right Chord with Silicides
Just as the sound of a guitar depends on its strings and the materials used for its body, the performance of a quantum computer depends on the composition of its building blocks. Arguably the most critical components are the devices that encode information in quantum...
University of Potsdam Researchers Utilize Supercomputers to Understand Binary Neutron Star Mergers
With the help of new observational data of gravitational waves and electromagnetic signatures, University of Potsdam researchers are using supercomputers to understand binary neutron star mergers. The post University of Potsdam Researchers Utilize Supercomputers to...
Perlmutter Results Show Progress in Quantum Information Science
Quantum computing is coming. Though predicted decades ago and only now in its early stages, this potentially game-changing technology and the hardware and software that support it are progressing rapidly – thanks in part to dedicated initiatives like the...
Quantum Simulator Enables 1st Microscopic Observation of Charge Carriers Pairing
Using a quantum simulator, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have observed pairs of charge carriers that may be responsible for the resistance-free transport of electric current in high-temperature superconductors. The post Quantum...
Making an autonomous Zamboni for the Pittsburgh Penguins
If you’ve ever been to a hockey game, you’re familiar with the large Zambonis that roll onto the rink between periods to resurface the ice. Motorized ice surface cleaners first began making their debut on ice rinks in the 1950s, and now, researchers are looking to...
Lab Develops New Method for On-Chip Generation of Single Photon
As buzz grows ever louder over the future of quantum, researchers everywhere are working overtime to discover how best to unlock the promise of super-positioned, entangled, tunneling or otherwise ready-for-primetime quantum particles, the ability of which to occur in...
Researchers Utilize AI to Discover New Self-assembled Nanostructures
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have successfully demonstrated that autonomous methods can discover new materials. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technique led to the discovery of three new nanostructures,...
By Detecting Tiny Flashes of Heat, Scientists Pave Way for More Stable Quantum Computers
An international collaboration between quantum scientists resulted in a new way to measure heat dissipation in superconducting quantum circuits – crucial building blocks for quantum technologies such as computers. The discovery represents a step forward for...