Latest Quantum information science Stories
A research team from the University of Bristol's Centre for Quantum Photonics (CQP) have brought the reality of a quantum computer one step closer by experimentally demonstrating a technique for significantly reducing the physical resources required for quantum factoring. The team have shown how it is possible to recycle the particles inside a quantum computer, so that quantum factoring can be achieved with only one third of the particles originally required. The research is published in...
Information breach may be drastically reduced as a result of a technology breakthrough Move over money, a new currency is helping make the world go round. As increasing volumes of data become accessible, transferable and, therefore, actionable, information is the treasure companies want to amass. To protect this wealth, organizations use cryptography, or coded messages, to secure information from "technology robbers." This group of hackers and malware creators increasingly is becoming more...
BURNABY, British Columbia and MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Wave Systems, Inc. today announced that it has closed a $30 million round of equity funding. Bezos Expeditions and In-Q-Tel (IQT) have joined the investment round. Bezos Expeditions is the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos. IQT is the strategic investment firm that delivers innovative technology solutions in support of the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. "We are pleased to have...
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Communication Sciences today announced that it will receive an Edison Patent Award for its breakthrough research that makes quantum communications practical and scalable in fiber optic networks while reducing infrastructure costs. Sponsored by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, the honor is the company's second Edison Award and will be presented November 8. As the former Telcordia Advanced Technology...
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Retail Technology, the leader in innovative inventory management and merchandising optimization solutions, announced today that it has relocated its Minneapolis headquarters to the Campbell Mithun Tower. The new address is 222 S. Ninth St., Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN, 55402. "The relocation of the Quantum Retail headquarters offers larger working spaces and facilities to operate more efficiently," Morgan Day, chief technology officer...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Two new studies, both published in Nature this week, outline incredible breakthroughs in the field of quantum mechanics. Australian engineers led an international team of researchers to create the first working quantum bit based on a single atom in silicon, potentially making another important step toward ultra-powerful quantum computing that theoreticians have dreamt of for decades. The team describes how they were able to read...
WATERLOO, ON, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The University of Waterloo today announced that the official opening of the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC), the site of future innovation in quantum information and nanotechnology, will be held Friday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. in the new building at the heart of the university campus. "It will be a momentous occasion when the curtain is lifted on this remarkable new building, unique in the world, which will add...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Since 1927, when Werner Heisenberg formulated the uncertainty principle, it has stood as one of the cornerstones of quantum mechanics. In a simplified form, the uncertainty principle states that it is impossible to measure anything without disturbing it. For example, any attempt to measure a particle's position must randomly change its speed. For clarity's sake, one should be aware that the uncertainty principle is not the same as...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online An international team of researchers, including physicists from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has achieved quantum teleportation over a record distance of 143 kilometers. The experiment marks a major step towards satellite-based quantum communication. The team transmitted quantum states between the two Canary Islands of La Palma and Tenerife over a distance of 143 kilometers, beating the previous...
Speakers include Nobel laureate and winner of new $3 million physics prize As the scientific community marks 40 years since the publication of Prof. Jacob Bekenstein's famous paper on black hole entropy, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute for Advanced Studies is celebrating the occasion by hosting an international conference featuring the world’s top theoretical physicists. The Sep. 3-7 conference, Forty Years of Black Hole Thermodynamics, is presented in cooperation with...
