Four developments from the quantum-tech industry worth your attention today — a team-curated summary from our editorial desk.
Rutgers and IBM Demonstrate Real-Time Control Across 100 Qubits
Researchers at Rutgers University and IBM, together with colleagues from the City College of New York, the CUNY Graduate Center, Iowa State University, Ames National Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University and Louisiana State University, report in Nature Physics that a quantum computer can measure and reset parts of itself while it runs. On a 156-qubit IBM Heron processor they used a chain of up to 100 qubits, alternating a “scrambler” that mixes information between neighbors with measurement-and-reset steps, for nearly 5,000 two-qubit operations. When resets occurred often enough to outpace the scrambling, the system shifted abruptly from chaotic behavior to a controllable state, a phase transition matching the team’s theoretical predictions. The authors describe it as one of the largest demonstrations of real-time quantum feedback control to date; conventional computers could simulate only about two dozen qubits of the setup.
Source: Nature Physics paper
Florida Launches First Segment of Statewide Quantum-Safe Network
Palm Beach State College and Florida Atlantic University are now linked by a quantum-safe network over Palm Beach County’s dark fiber, using quantum key distribution (QKD) technology from IonQ that can detect attempts to intercept encryption keys. The link went live on October 15, with Florida LambdaRail as a partner and a $1 million grant from FloridaCommerce. Connections to Miami Dade College and FAU’s Jupiter campus are planned within about three months, while wider statewide expansion depends on further funding.
Source: The Quantum Insider
New York City Awards NYU $29.2 Million for Quantum Fabrication Facility
New York City will give New York University $29.2 million to establish a Quantum Fabrication Facility (QFab), announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). The unusual term: the city will receive board seats at QFab and a stake in technologies that emerge from it, which the administration calls a first-of-its-kind arrangement meant to give the public a say in the technology’s development. The announcement does not specify construction or opening dates.
Source: NYU Tandon School of Engineering announcement
DOE Publishes Eight Priority Applications to Guide “Quantum Genesis”
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the Quantum Genesis Priority Applications, eight scientific problems across chemistry, materials, subatomic physics and applied mathematics that are meant to steer its effort to build fault-tolerant quantum computers useful for science. They will inform three pillars: the Q Competition, a National Quantum Computing User Facility, and focused applications research. DOE names the Department of War, the Laboratory for Physical Sciences and NASA as interagency partners; no funding amounts were stated.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
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