The Week in Quantum Computing - July 26th
Issue #46
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto) and The Quantum World Association.
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Quick Recap
Atom computing gets a boost with $15M Series A. BCG updates their report on QC estimating $850B of value by 2040. (Full report here). Honeywell publishes 3 breakthroughs together with Cambridge Quantum on Quantum Volume and how to use it for financial applications. And a nice writeup on hype prevention.
Read on!
The Quote of the Week
"The minimum band width required for unambiguous interpretation is substantially equal, numerically, to the speed of signaling and is substantially independent of the number of current values employed."
Harry Nyquist - Electronic Engineer
The Summary of the Week
Video: Near-term Quantum Computing Use Cases in Life Sciences
Quantum computing and life sciences experts from Merck, EY and Zapata Computing discuss promising, near-term use cases. Opportunities to create new value with quantum computing exist along the drug development journey: Research, Development, Trial and In-market. ML, Optimization and the question o
Quantum Computing: From National Security Bugbear To Investible Proposition
When we come to look back at which events from late 2019 to today had the greatest economic, geopolitical and technological impact, we may find ourselves de-emphasizing the pandemic and paying comparatively greater attention to the arms race in quantum computing that is taking place concurrently.
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July 18, 2021 at 09:58AM
Unconventional Superconductor May Unlock New Ways To Build Quantum Computers
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Scientists on the hunt for an unconventional kind of superconductor have produced the most compelling evidence to date that they’ve found one.
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July 19, 2021 at 10:58AM
Quantum Computing Hype is Bad for Science
unhealthy situation where there is too much easy money poured into a small niche nascent field, where the hype is based on unrealistic and in some cases simply false expectations. Crazy headlines abound: "quantum computing will change life as we know it," "quantum computing will solve global warming," "Quantum computing will revolutionize science and industry," etc etc. These statements are not based on any research or reality at all, they are not even wishful thinking.
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July 20, 2021 at 12:58AM
How Bell’s Theorem Proved ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Is Real
The root of today’s quantum revolution was John Stewart Bell’s 1964 theorem showing that quantum mechanics really permits instantaneous connections between far-apart locations. We take for granted that an event in one part of the world cannot instantly affect what happens far away.
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July 20, 2021 at 07:58PM
UK companies lead expansion in quantum computing
LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - More than 80% of large companies in Britain are scaling up their quantum computing capabilities, making the country a leader in deploying the nascent technology to solve complex problems, according to research by Accenture (ACN.N).
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July 21, 2021 at 07:58AM
Quantum 4 Climate
Quantum technology is changing the way we think about how to solve certain impactful problems. Importantly, this relatively new paradigm has the potential to disrupt sectors with applications in areas of climate science, such as mitigation, adaptation and prediction. For this reason, quantum practitioners have a unique shot at helping to solve some of the singular challenges that our generation faces due to climate change.
Link: https://q4climate.github.io/
July 21, 2021 at 09:58AM
Quantum Computing Set to Transform Multiple Industries, Create Up to $850 Billion in Annual Value by 2040, Latest Estimates Show
BOSTON, /PRNewswire/ -- Confidence that quantum computers will solve major problems that are beyond the reach of traditional computers—a milestone known as quantum advantage—has grown fast in the past twelve months, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), titled, What Happe
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July 21, 2021 at 09:58AM
5 Quantum Algorithms That Could Change The World
Will quantum computing help us create a better world, or destroy it? Quantum computers don’t work by trying every possibility at once.
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July 21, 2021 at 09:58AM
Honeywell and Cambridge Quantum Reach New Milestones
BROOMFIELD, Colo., /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) and Cambridge Quantum today announced three scientific and technical milestones that demonstrate the viability of large-scale quantum computing and show that quantum-enabled solutions for optimization are closer than expected.
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July 21, 2021 at 08:58PM
Atom Computing Trifecta: Unveils First-Generation Quantum Computing System, Appoints New CEO, Closes $15 Million in Series A Funding
PRESS RELEASE: Atom Computing, a fast-growing quantum computing start-up, announces its transition into the next phase of growth after closing $15 million in Series A funding. Atom Computing is the first company to build nuclear-spin qubits out of an alkaline earth element.
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July 21, 2021 at 08:58PM
Using Quantum Computers to Tackle Complex Chemistry Simulations With Quantum Embedding
By Robert M. Davis, Graduate Technical Writing Intern, IBM Quantum Feeding the world is an increasingly tall order for the global farming industry. The human population is rising fast, and global agricultural productivity isn’t keeping pace.
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July 23, 2021 at 07:30AM
IBM welcomes CERN as a new hub in the IBM Quantum Network
Particle physics is at the core of our understanding of the fundamental laws governing Nature. To shed light on the sub-atomic scale, humans engineered powerful particle accelerators that can disclose the fundamental laws governing the universe.
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July 23, 2021 at 12:30PM
via Pocket https://research.ibm.com/blog/cern-lhc-qml
From Quantum Computing to 3D Printing: Dutch Startups Eye Opportunities in Taiwan
On Wednesday (July 22), the startup communities in Taiwan and the Netherlands met in an online pitch contest co-organized by the Netherlands Office Taipei, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, and the Taipei City Government.
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July 23, 2021 at 11:30PM
The Future of Space-Based Quantum Technology
Quantum technologies are already revolutionizing life on Earth. But they also have the potential to change the way we operate in space. With the U.S., China and Europe all investing heavily in this area, these changes are likely to be with us sooner rather than later.
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July 24, 2021 at 10:30AM