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Wanted: a quantum-ready U.S. workforce
From Forbes: The Chicago Quantum Exchange, one of whose partners is Argonne National Laboratory, is identified as an example of how assertive the U.S. government and academics have been working hand in hand to identify future quantum experts. CQE members were among the leaders of a February workshop to discuss the future of quantum education in the U.S. Read More
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Increasing the accuracy of quantum algorithms
From Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Q-NEXT collaborator Bo Peng and team use the Peeters-Devreese-Soldatov formulation to improve the accuracy of calculations for quantum chemistry. Read More
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Most precise atomic clock shows Einstein’s general relativity is right
From New Scientist: Q-NEXT collaborator Shimon Kolkowitz and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have produced a new atomic clock setup that can achieve a high level of precision, losing just 1 second every 300 billion years. Read More
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memq wins George Shultz Innovation Fund Award
From the University of Chicago: memq, a startup founded by the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Argonne National Laboratory researchers, was recently selected to receive the George Shultz Innovation Fund award. memq is developing an integrated quantum photonics platform that will enable quantum communication between computers at distances orders of magnitude greater than what is available today. The team includes Q-NEXT Chief Technology Officer Supratik Guha. Read More
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U of C researchers make quantum breakthrough
From Crain's Chicago Business: University of Chicago researchers say they’ve made a breakthrough that might help bring quantum computing closer to reality. Researchers achieved a record time for memory, or “coherence,” in quantum bits, or qubits, of more than 5 seconds. Scientists are trying to harness quantum mechanics for the next generation of computing. One of the challenges is that particles maintain their quantum states, and their ability to store information, only briefly. Read More
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The race to build a fault-tolerant superconducting quantum computer
From IEEE Spectrum: Amazon, Google, and IBM are all pursuing different strategies to reduce error rates. Q-NEXT collaborator Oskar Painter of Caltech and team find they can 'make cat qubits that are highly resistant to bit flip, where a qubit flips from one state to another, one of two main sources of error a superconducting qubit can have.' Read More
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What is a quantum network?
From Symmetry: As we step into the quantum age, here are four things to know about quantum networks. Q-NEXT collaborator Emilio Nanni of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University weighs in. Read More
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The quantum squeeze
From Symmetry: A technique from the newest generation of quantum sensors is helping scientists to use the limitations of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to their advantage. Q-NEXT collaborator Kent Irwin helped develop the transition-edge sensor, a progenitor to the quantum squeezing technique. Read More
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More than one way to make a qubit
From Symmetry: Q-NEXT collaborators F. Joseph Heremans and Paul Welander appear in this Symmetry Magazine article on the various ways to make a qubit. Read More
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Computer scientists eliminate pesky quantum computations
From Quanta: For years, intermediate measurements made it hard to quantify the complexity of quantum algorithms. Quanta Magazine unpacks a 2020 result by Q-NEXT collaborator Bill Fefferman and team that establishes that those measurements aren’t necessary after all. Read More
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Scientists give big boost to signals from tin-based qubits
Stanford collaborators at the Q-NEXT quantum center amp up the signal from tin atoms embedded in diamond, opening possibilities for quantum networking. Read More
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U.S. Department of Energy National Quantum Information Science Research Centers celebrate 4-year milestone, look toward future
The five quantum centers have reached significant accomplishments, summarized in a new joint website, nqisrc.org. Read More
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The Fantastic Four: Open Quantum Initiative undergraduate fellows at Argonne share their research experiences
Four students talk about their work developing quantum technologies and how they’re excited to be part of the quantum revolution. Read More
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University of Illinois Chicago students write the book on automating diamond membrane creation for quantum devices
The Break Through Tech Chicago initiative enables six UIC students to develop a process that will accelerate the creation of quantum materials at Q-NEXT. Read More
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Measuring defects to better understand quantum systems
A University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory team has uncovered new aspects of the spin dynamics of nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond — a discovery that will advance the development of quantum sensors. Read More