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Quantum computers could be built that are based on sound

Sound-based quantum computers could be built using chip-sized device

8 June 2023

A chip-sized device can manipulate particles of sound in a way that mimics how particles of light are used in light-based quantum computers, opening the door for building sound-based quantum computers


AI can work out how quantum computers stack up to one another

12 May 2023

Comparing the properties of qubits in different quantum computers is challenging, but AI can tell them apart even when the state of the qubits is 98 per cent similar


Superconducting qubits have passed a key quantum test

10 May 2023

A Bell test can confirm whether two systems are truly entangled – it has now been used to confirm entanglement between qubits in a superconducting circuits


Weird particle that remembers its past discovered by quantum computer

9 May 2023

Particles with unusual properties called anyons have long been sought after as a potential building block for advanced quantum computers, and now researchers have found one – using a quantum computer


Quantum computers could simulate a black hole in the next decade

29 April 2023

Understanding the interactions between quantum physics and gravity within a black hole is one of the thorniest problems in physics, but quantum computers could soon offer an answer


Supersized atoms could help quantum computers link to optical fibres

22 March 2023

A device that uses supersized rubidium atoms could make it possible to transmit outputs from quantum computers through standard optical fibres. That in turn could make it easier to build networks of quantum computers


A tightly arranged collection of copper and silver-colored metallic tubes and cylinders comprise the inside of a quantum computer

Quantum computers that use 'cat qubits' may make fewer errors

5 March 2023

Quantum bits inspired by Schrödinger’s cat could allow quantum computers to make fewer mistakes and more efficiently crack algorithms used for encryption


Google's Sycamore quantum processor

Google’s quantum computer simulation of a wormhole may not have worked

27 February 2023

The first simulation of a wormhole on a quantum computer made headlines, but a new study brings into question whether it was an accurate representation


A quantum computer at London-based start-up, Quantum Motion

From qubits to quantum superposition: How quantum computers work

22 February 2023

Quantum Motion, a London-based quantum computer start-up, is using silicon to make its qubits which could revolutionise quantum computing


Quantum computer

Quantum computers could run programs that should be too big for them

21 February 2023

Quantum computers can currently only run small programs but a trick for reducing a quantum program's size could boost their power for running AI algorithms


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