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- MSFT demonstrates formerly elusive physics needed to build scalable qubits https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/azure-quantum-majorana-topological-qubit/ 14 comments
- Who needs qubits? Factoring algorithm run on a probabilistic computer https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/who-needs-qubits-factoring-algorithm-run-on-a-probabilistic-computer/ 18 comments
- Researchers develop magnetic cooling system for quantum computers, eliminating need for expensive gases currently used to cool qubits to near absolute zero temperatures https://www.tomshardware.com/news/permanent-magnetic-cooling-quantum-computers-tum,39586.html 3 comments science
- In a historic milestone, Azure Quantum demonstrates formerly elusive physics needed to build scalable topological qubits https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/azure-quantum-majorana-topological-qubit/ 4 comments technology
- Researchers have found that ionising radiation limits the coherence time of superconducting qubits, and have quantitively measured this effect for the first time. Their results warn that future quantum computers will need some kind of radiation shielding in order to maintain performance. https://www.snippetscience.com/cosmic-rays-and-ionising-radiation-could-soon-be-a-problem-for-quantum-computing 202 comments technews
- Presidential Advisers Push for National Network to Support Quantum and AI Advancement | As with the High Performance Computing initiative in the past, industry and academic advisers told the administration they need facilities and a network to get from bits to neurons and qubits. https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/02/presidential-advisers-push-national-network-support-quantum-and-ai-advancement/162839/ 11 comments politics