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Researchers take a step toward novel quantum simulators
From SLAC News: Researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, including Q-NEXT's David Goldhaber-Gordon, take a step toward novel quantum simulator that could help answer questions about certain kinds of superconductors and other unusual states of matter. Read More
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Quantum information science and engineering opportunities for undergraduate students: My experience as an OQI fellow
From Medium: Open Quantum Initiative undergraduate fellow Ariadna Fernandez writes about her summer experience at the University of Chicago, where she used both a classical-quantum algorithm and a quantum computer simulator to calculate molecular system energies. Read More
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Quantum computers could solve countless problems — and create a lot of new ones
From Time: Q-NEXT collaborator of Jay Lowell is quoted in this Time cover story on the frontier that is quantum computing. Read More
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Quantum Computing Cybersecurity bill signed into law
From FEDweek: President Biden has signed into law HR-7535, the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, to move federal agencies toward encryption for their IT systems strong enough to resist attacks from quantum computers developed in the future. Read More
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New algorithm closes quantum supremacy window
From Quanta Magazine: Q-NEXT collaborator Bill Fefferman is quoted in this piece on a new result related to random circuit sampling. The popular technique for showing the power of quantum computers doesn’t appear scale up if errors go unchecked. Read More
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The National Quantum Initiative Supplement to the President’s FY 2023 budget released
The third annual report on the National Quantum Initiative program, as required by the NQI Act, is available. Read More
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Quantum leaders discuss past, present, future of quantum technology at Chicago Quantum Summit
From the Chicago Quantum Exchange: The fifth annual Chicago Quantum Summit, held Nov. 14 – 15, 2022, brought together over 220 members of the quantum information science and technology community from across the nation and around the world. Industry leaders, US government officials, university presidents, and national laboratory directors gathered to discuss quantum education, cutting-edge quantum research, and what comes next for the rapidly growing field. Read More
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Intel quantum wisdom: Think quantum is powerful? You’re right. Think it will happen soon. You’re mistaken!
From HPCwire: Intel's James Clarke, a member of Q-NEXT, talks about the company's quantum strategy, goals and achievements. Read More
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4 mind-boggling technology advances in store for 2023
From Forbes: Q-NEXT Director David Awschalom talks about what we can expect from future quantum networks. Read More
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Readout: National Quantum Initiative Centers Summit
From the White House: On Dec. 2, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosted the thirteen National Quantum Initiative research centers to discuss the most pressing scientific and workforce challenges affecting quantum information science, as well as the impacts and benefits of the field for all of society. Read More
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Q-NEXT releases roadmap for the development of quantum information technologies
The roadmap serves as a guide for research and development in quantum interconnects, devices that link and distribute quantum information between systems and across distances to enable quantum computing, communications and sensing. Read More
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Quantum repeaters and their role in information technology
If we want quantum computers to reach their full potential, we’ll need complex networks of the machines strung together with quantum repeaters. Read More
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The entanglement advantage
Sensing networks achieve greater precision through quantum entanglement: Researchers show how to create quantum-entangled networks of atomic clocks and accelerometers — and they demonstrate the setup’s superior, high-precision performance. Read More
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Amazon Web Services and Antia Lamas-Linares to bring quantum communication innovations to Q-NEXT
With one of the largest fiber networks in the world, Q-NEXT partner AWS brings a global perspective to quantum technologies, and AWS’ Antia Lamas-Linares is tackling the engineering challenges in making quantum networks a reality. Read More
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Stability in asymmetry: Scientists extend qubit lifetimes
Scientists demonstrate a new method for stretching the length of time qubits can maintain information — by disrupting the symmetry of their environment. Read More