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Volkswagen to Use Quantum Computing to Develop EV Batteries
Jun 14, 2018German automaker Volkswagen is set to use quantum computing to simulate industrially relevant molecules for the development of batteries for electric vehicles. The experts have successfully simulated molecules such as lithium-hydrogen and ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Quantum Computing
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Toward Quantum Computing on Silicon-on-Insulator Platform
Feb 6, 2016Researchers in France believe they have made preliminary steps towards establishing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) platform for quantum information processing. Quantum information processing ...
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The Computational Heart Is Composed of Multiple Quantum Bits, or Qubits
Feb 27, 2014How do you build a universal quantum computer? Turns out, this question was addressed by theoretical physicists about 15 years ago. The answer was laid out in a research paper and has become known as the DiVincenzo criteria. The ...
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Evidence for D-Wave's Claim to Have Built Commercial Quantum Computers Just Got Weaker
Feb 26, 2014The strongest scientific evidence for D-Wave's claim to have built commercial quantum computers just got weaker. A new paper finds that classical computing can explain the performance patterns of D-Wave's machines just as well as quantum ...
Tags: D-Wave, IEEE Spectrum's, quantum computer, ETH Zurich
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Nanotechnology Is a Thriving Science
Feb 8, 2014Nanotechnology is a thriving science. Parts for computers for example are becoming smaller and more precise by the minute. One of the most efficient computers would be the so-called quantum computer. Up to now, its existence has been merely ...
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Google Has Acquired DeepMind Technologies,an Artificial Intelligence Company in London
Feb 7, 2014Google has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, reportedly for a fee of US$400 million. A Google representative confirmed the deal Sunday, but said the company’s isn’t providing any ...
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Google, Artificial Intelligence Lab
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Researchers Create a Chip for Interference Between Silicon Photon-Pair Sources
Jan 15, 2014A team made up of researchers from several countries has succeeded in creating a chip that allows for observation of the interference between silicon photon-pair sources. In their paper published in Nature Photonics, the team describes the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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A Million-Dollar Puzzle Relating to Prime Numbers Could Be Tackled Using Quantum Computer
Mar 21, 2013A million-dollar puzzle relating to prime numbers could be tackled using only a mid-sized quantum computer. There is a race to find ever bigger primes, but no way to predict when the next one will pop up. One option is to measure their ...
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Recent Research Offers a New Spin on Using Nanoscale Semiconductor Structures
Mar 13, 2013Recent research offers a new spin on using nanoscale semiconductor structures to build faster computers and electronics. Literally. University of Pittsburgh and Delft University of Technology researchers reveal in the Feb. 17 online issue ...
Tags: new spin, nanoscale semiconductor structures, faster computers
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Mega File-Sharing Service Has Launched a Vulnerability Reward Program
Feb 17, 2013The Mega file-sharing service has launched a vulnerability reward program that will pay up to 10,000 euros (around $13,600) for every serious security flaw found in the platform and reported responsibly. The rules of the program were laid ...
Tags: Mega, file-sharing service, vulnerability reward program
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Quantum Computing: Measurements Leave SchrÖMetaphorical Cat Without Killing It
Dec 11, 2012By making constant but weak measurements of a quantum system,physicists have managed to probe a delicate quantum state without destroying it–the equivalent of taking a peek at Schrodinger's metaphorical cat without killing it.The ...
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