New Scientist Mar 28
The race to solve the biggest problem in quantum computing:
The errors that quantum computers make are holding the technology back. But recent progress in ...
newscientist.com/article/2518974-the-race-to-solve-the-biggest-problem-in-quantum-computing/
Story Details
| Last Updated | |
| Total Articles | 6 |
Main Topics
systematic study of the world through testable explanations, empirical evidence, and independent verification
making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, and methods of organization, or tools and techniques so created
Similar to This
Previous
Quantum error correction goes well beyond breakeven: A demo of error-corrected qubits shows big reductions in errors as they grow.
arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/quantum-error-correction-goes-well-beyond-breakeven/
Nvidia runs fault-tolerant quantum sim on Europe's biggest supercomputer: Nvidia’s 104-qubit fault-tolerant quantum simulation on Europe’s Jupiter supercomputer ...
seekingalpha.com/news/4654354-nvidia-runs-fault-tolerant-quantum-sim-on-europes-biggest-supercomputer
Hybrid quantum computers could finally get to grips with light and matter: Many of nature's most important processes depend on how particles of matter ...
phys.org/news/2026-10-hybrid-quantum.html
China reaches mass production of key isotope in quantum computing, Beijing says: The country is pushing for self-reliance in important industries amid ...
scmp.com/tech/article/3357170/china-reaches-mass-production-key-isotope-quantum-computing-beijing-says
Paid articlePaywall
Imec builds world's first High-NA EUV-fabricated quantum dot qubit device — breakthrough could pull quantum computing onto the same manufacturing roadmap ...
tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/imec-builds-worlds-first-high-na-euv-fabricated-quantum-dot-qubit-device-breakthrough-could-pull-quantum-computing-onto-the-same-manufacturing-roadmap-as-next-gen-ai-processors-compressing-tim
Paid articlePaywallNovel approach to quantum error correction portends a scalable future for quantum computing
phys.org/news/2026-03-approach-quantum-error-portends-scalable.html
Low-noise microwave amplifiers bring quantum computers closer to scale: It is a crucial component in superconducting quantum architectures, where even minimal ...
techspot.com/news/111402-low-noise-microwave-amplifiers-bring-quantum-computers-closer.html
Quantum Computing Could Bring Bitcoin Chaos. Rush Is On To Stop Crypto-geddon.: Quantum computing could unlock the cryptography that secures bitcoin and other ...
investors.com/news/technology/quantum-computing-bitcoin-chaos-cryptocurrency/
Key FactsQuantum Computers: Promise Despite Fragile Qubits
Dec 12, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nist.gov
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nist.gov
- Quantum computers use qubits that can exist in superpositions and become entangled with one another, rather than classical bits.
- The most advanced quantum computers currently have hundreds of interconnected qubits and make an error roughly once in every thousand operations.
- Scientists hope for applications in molecular and materials simulations, complex optimization problems and analysis of encrypted data, but most remain years or decades away.
- The article says a quantum computer running Shor’s code-breaking algorithm might require millions of qubits operating error-free indefinitely, while today’s systems mainly serve research and testing purposes.
"It seems to me we're just on the threshold of quantum systems doing genuinely new simulations that we can't do classically," says Glancy. "It might inspire a revolution in physics. In my opinion that is a good reason to build a quantum computer."— Scott Glancy, a physicist at NIST, quoted in the NIST article Quantum Computing Explained
Ziff Davis Nov 13 25
IBM Takes the Wraps Off Nighthawk and Loon Quantum Chips: The new processor could deliver quantum advantage next year.
extremetech.com/computing/ibm-takes-the-wraps-off-nighthawk-and-loon-quantum-chips
Key FactsIBM unveils Loon and Nighthawk with novel qubit connectivity
Nov 15, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: newscientist.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: newscientist.com
- Loon connects each qubit to six others; its vertical links are unprecedented among superconducting quantum computers.
- Nighthawk connects each qubit to four others; IBM says it ran programs 30 percent more complex in preliminary tests.
- IBM’s approach could enable error-free computations without requiring the construction of millions of qubits.
- IBM plans a modular quantum computer for 2026 that stores and processes information, informed by testing of Loon and Nighthawk.
"You're in theory land, you cannot realise that." And [now] we're going to show that [to be] wrong.— Jay Gambetta, IBM — on critics who claimed IBM's approach was theoretical and unrealisable, and the aim to prove them wrong.
Why Did Nvidia GTC News Spook Quantum Computing Stocks?: Quantum computing stocks fell amid an announcement by Nvidia at the fall version of its GTC conference ...
investors.com/news/technology/nvidia-gtc-news-spook-quantum-computing-stocks/
Rigorous approach quantifies and verifies almost all quantum states: Quantum information systems, systems that process, store or transmit information leveraging ...
phys.org/news/2025-10-rigorous-approach-quantifies-quantum-states.html
Computerworld Oct 09 25
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to quantum pioneers: The trio was awarded the prize for research on quantum tunneling, the second year in a row that IT-related ...
computerworld.com/article/4069750/nobel-prize-in-physics-awarded-to-quantum-pioneers.html
Using sound to remember quantum information 30 times longer: While conventional computers store information in the form of bits, fundamental pieces of logic that ...
phys.org/news/2025-08-quantum-longer.html
In boost to quantum computing, AI makes atoms dance with lasers: Quantum computing breakthrough: AI guides rapid assembly of defect-free atom arrays for scalable ...
thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/in-boost-to-quantum-computing-ai-makes-atoms-dance-with-lasers/article69915961.ece
Aalto researchers set world record for qubit coherence time: Finnish researchers at Aalto University have set a new global record in quantum computing by ...
helsinkitimes.fi/themes/themes/science-and-technology/27366-aalto-researchers-set-world-record-for-qubit-coherence-time.html
IBM now describing its first error-resistant quantum compute system: Company is moving past focus on qubits, shifting to functional compute units.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/ibm-is-now-detailing-what-its-first-quantum-compute-system-will-look-like/
New Scientist May 29 25
Qubit breakthrough could make it easier to build quantum computers: Quantum computers that correct their own errors usually require hundreds of thousands of ...
newscientist.com/article/2482057-qubit-breakthrough-could-make-it-easier-to-build-quantum-computers/
Next