The Week in Quantum Computing - September 27th

What Happens Between the Sheets? Extremely-Promising Superconductor Surprises Everyone

Injecting calcium into graphene creates a superconductor, but where does the calcium actually end up? Credit: FLEET Adding calcium to graphene creates an extremely-promising superconductor, but where does the calcium go?

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September 20, 2020 at 11:54PM September 21, 2020 at 12:33AM

What if We Use Quantum Mechanics to Prevent Fraud in Finance?

Fraud prevention, control and management is a main challenge for any company. According to PwC Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2020, the total cost of fraud across all industries is US$42 billion.

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September 22, 2020 at 06:50AM September 22, 2020 at 07:33AM

What classic software developers need to know about quantum computing

IBM's Quantum Challenge is designed to help classic software programmers become quantum ready developers.

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September 22, 2020 at 08:14AM September 22, 2020 at 08:33AM

Zapata Announces the Integration of Qiskit and Orquestra

Orquestra users can leverage Qiskit, the most popular open-source quantum computing SDK, in their workflows. Developing algorithms and applications for near-term quantum computers is hard and has spurred much research in recent years.

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September 23, 2020 at 05:27PM September 23, 2020 at 05:33PM

Quantum encryption – the devil is in the implementation

Implementation flaws in quantum key distribution systems can undermine claims of ‘unhackable’ cryptographic security, one expert warns Academics at the University of Bristol recently claimed to have made a breakthrough in making quantum key distribution (QKD) systems commercially viable at scal

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September 24, 2020 at 09:19AM September 24, 2020 at 09:33AM

The Urgency of Science

A pandemic is taking lives and livelihoods. Climate change threatens to drown cities and disrupt food supplies. Economic growth widens inequalities. These are some of the urgent problems society is wrestling with, where science, guided by our values, is critical to our progress.

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September 24, 2020 at 07:23PM September 24, 2020 at 07:33PM

Video: Will Quantum Computers & AI Help You Live To 200?

How Quantum AI could help you live to 200, like a bowhead whale.Google's quantum supremacy news opens exciting doors. A quantum computer completed a task in 200 seconds that would take 10,000 years on today's fastest supercomputer.We explore the special connection between quantum computers and AI. T

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September 24, 2020 at 09:26PM September 24, 2020 at 09:33PM

On EQT Ventures’ investment in Seeqc, the digital quantum computing company

When my colleague Ted and I first met Seeqc’s co-Founder/co-CEO, John Levy, earlier this year, he started the conversation in a rather unconventional way.

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September 25, 2020 at 08:11AM September 25, 2020 at 08:33AM

Honeywell’s Tony Uttley And The Quest For Quantum

If you are not a scientist or a techie, and perhaps even if you are, the word “quantum” might sound like something out of Star Trek. It’s futuristic, for sure, but it is not fiction.

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September 26, 2020 at 10:48AM September 26, 2020 at 11:33AM

Paper: Title:Fault-Tolerant Operation of a Quantum Error-Correction Code

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September 26, 2020 at 10:53AM September 26, 2020 at 11:33AM

Paper: Optimal Provable Robustness of Quantum Classification via Quantum...

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September 26, 2020 at 10:54AM September 26, 2020 at 11:33AM

Toshiba provides Ising machine capable of solving large combinatorial problems as it joins Azure Quantum

Across different industries, there are always complex optimisation problems to be encountered, including routing vehicles, managing supply chains, assessing risks, optimising portfolios, operating power grids, and more.

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September 26, 2020 at 02:06PM September 26, 2020 at 02:33PM