Major step towards quantum computers
A team of researchers led by Osaka University have been able to demonstrate how information encoded in the circular polarisation of a laser beam can be translated into the spin state of an electron in a quantum
Why big banks could soon jump on the quantum bandwagon
If you’re trying to model an uncertain economic future, consider using a machine that runs on probability. Researchers from IBM, ETH Zurich and J.P. Morgan have recently figured out how to run a simplified risk calculation on
New images of the Majorana fermion drive a step closer to harnessing the mysterious objects for quantum computing
The team had been able to turn Majorana particles on and off. Next step would be to implement these particles on quantum chips and to manipulate them. (ScienceAdvances) Read more.
ProteinQure uses quantum computing and AI models to find new drugs
The company‘s biomolecular models can integrate outputs from quantum computers to accelerate CPU or GPU-based methods routinely used in structure-based drug discovery, such as molecular similarity and conformational search. (nextbigfuture.com) Read more.
McKinsey – Quantum Computing’s impact on chemicals
by Florian Budde and Daniel Volz The chemical industry is poised to be an early beneficiary of the vastly expanded modeling and computational capabilities of quantum computing. Companies must act now to capture the benefits.
200 times faster than ever before: The speediest quantum operation yet
Physicists have built a super-fast version of the central building block of a quantum computer, completing an operation in 0.8 nanoseconds. (University of New South Wales) Read more.
Google wants to make programming quantum computers easier
Google wants to make the quantum programmer life easier with its new open-source software. Developers may better experiment with the quantum machines, including Google’s own super-powerful quantum processor. (MIT Technology Review)
White Paper: Cryptography and Quantum Computing
We often read or hear that Quantum Computing will strongly impact certain activities such as financial transactions or e-commerce because no cryptography could resist it. In May 2018, during a meeting of The Churchill Club
Researchers build transistor-like gate for quantum information processing
Purdue University researchers are among the first to build a gate, what could be a quantum version of a transistor, with qudits. Whereas qubits can exist only in superpositions of 0 and 1 states, qudits
ABN AMRO and Qutech link up to improve banking security
Dutch bank ABN AMRO has partnered with quantum leader Qutech to improve security for banks. The two companies are working to develop a technology based on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) to tackle security issues. (pymnts.com) Read more.