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Quantum computer dominates traditional PC in head-to-head battle

Quantum computer dominates traditional PC in head-to-head battle
  • Posted May 10, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Computer scientists have been singing the praises of quantum computers for years but the question remains: How do they stack up against a traditional high-end PC? We finally have an answer to that question as Catherine McGeoch from Amherst College,…

Government lab admits to running "quantum internet" for years

Government lab admits to running "quantum internet" for years
  • Posted May 7, 2013, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web With Video
  • A government-owned lab in Los Alamos claims it has been running a "quantum internet" for more than two years, MIT Technology Review reports. Researchers worked around the traditional difficulties of interlinking quantum-based networks by creating something of a classical-quantum network…

MIT demonstrates new magnetic state with quantum spin liquids

MIT demonstrates new magnetic state with quantum spin liquids
  • Posted December 26, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • A team of MIT researchers claim they can experimentally demonstrate the effects of a long-theoretical, third state of magnetism using materials known as quantum spin liquids. The magnetic field produced by QSL closely mimics that of a true liquid in…

IBM makes huge stride toward developing scalable quantum computer

IBM makes huge stride toward developing scalable quantum computer
  • Posted February 29, 2012, 7:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News With Video
  • At the American Physical Society in Boston, IBM will be announcing further progress in creating a practical, working quantum processor. Big Blue said it has managed to increase the longevity of information provided by quantum bits, a crucial hurdle that…

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