Quantum Computing Newsflash

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-quantum-mechanics.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60144498

https://thenextweb.com/news/nuclear-quantum-computing-its-coming

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2022/01/11/million-qubit-quantum-computing-how-seeqc-plans-to-scale-quantum-computers/?sh=be36cde5b46c https://seeqc.com/blog/1-million-qubit-quantum-computers-moving-beyond-the-current-brute-force-strategy

https://www.quantamagazine.org/eulers-243-year-old-impossible-puzzle-gets-a-quantum-solution-20220110/

2021 will be remembered for a lot of things, but when it’s all said and done we think it’ll eventually get called the year quantum computing finally came into focus. https://thenextweb.com/news/neurals-best-quantum-computing-and-physics-stories-2021

https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-computers-eight-ways-quantum-computing-is-going-to-change-the-world/

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-crucial-error-mitigation-quantum.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211130130231.htm

https://www.fastcompany.com/90698019/quera-quantum-computing-startup

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-launches-127-qubit-eagle-quantum-processor-previews-ibm-quantum-system-two/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-computing-skills-are-hard-to-find-heres-how-companies-are-tackling-the-shortage/

https://www.azoquantum.com/News.aspx?newsID=8532

https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-computing-this-is-how-ibm-is-now-measuring-the-speed-of-its-quantum-processors/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-computers-eight-ways-quantum-computing-is-going-to-change-the-world/

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202110/1237312.shtml

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2279115-this-is-the-most-detailed-look-at-individual-atoms-ever-captured/

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-breakthrough-proof-path-quantum-ai.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293341-spies-may-be-storing-data-to-decrypt-with-a-future-quantum-computer/

https://www.techspot.com/news/91695-investors-dumping-money-quantum-computing-firms-hopes-big.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292140-quantum-computers-can-now-fix-their-own-mistakes-without-making-more/

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-foundational-quantum-sum.html

https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/rose-vs-moore-quantum-computing-s-evolutionary-pace-passing-classical-computing

https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2021/09/23/ionq-unveils-the-power-of-its-next-generation-quantum-computer-along-with-quantum-finance-announcements/

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.08062.pdf

https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/quantum-computing-venture-capital-funding

https://interestingengineering.com/researchers-achieve-major-breakthrough-in-quantum-computer-scalability

https://www.wired.com/story/so-what-if-aliens-quantum-computers-explain-dark-energy/

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/expert-now-is-the-time-to-prepare-for-the-quantum-computing-revolution/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/08/12/timecrystal-google/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2021/08/13/google-amazon-honeywell-quantum-computing/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-computings-next-challenge-finding-quantum-developers-and-fast/

https://www.bcg.com/publications/2021/building-quantum-advantage Equity investments in quantum computing nearly tripled in 2020, the busiest year on record, and are set to rise even further in 2021. IonQ became the first publicly traded pure-play quantum computing company, at an estimated initial valuation of $2 billion. BCG estimates that quantum computing could create value of $450 billion to $850 billion in…

https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-time-crystal-built-using-googles-quantum-computer-20210730/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/psiquantum-raises-450-million-to-build-its-quantum-computer-11627387321

https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202106/qis.cfm

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/physicists-move-closer-defeating-errors-quantum-computation

https://hbr.org/2021/07/quantum-computing-is-coming-what-can-it-do Quantum technology is approaching the mainstream. Goldman Sachs recently announced that they could introduce quantum algorithms to price financial instruments in as soon as five years. Honeywell anticipates that quantum will form a $1 trillion industry in the decades ahead. 

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/world-first-operating-system-breakthrough-puts-quantum-compu-9204744/

https://research.ibm.com/blog/quantum-advantage-limited-space

Toyota and Mitsubishi Chemical to use IBM quantum computer https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Toyota-and-Mitsubishi-Chemical-to-use-IBM-quantum-computer

https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/more-funding-for-quantum-computing-and-additive-manufacturing

https://www.technologynetworks.com/informatics/news/tiny-prototype-shows-how-quantum-computing-could-come-to-data-centers-350020

https://research.ibm.com/blog/stfc-discovery-accelerator https://newsroom.ibm.com/2021-06-03-UK-STFC-Hartree-Centre-and-IBM-Begin-Five-Year,-210-Million-Partnership-to-Accelerate-Discovery-and-Innovation-with-AI-and-Quantum-Computing

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6546/1026

https://pasqal.io/2021/06/08/pasqal-raises-e25-m-in-series-a-funding-to-speed-up-commercialization-of-quantum-processors/

… shaping the future of what is projected to become a $1 trillion quantum computing industry. https://cambridgequantum.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210608_CQ_HON_PressRelease.pdf https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/press/2021/06/honeywell-quantum-solutions-and-cambridge-quantum-computing-will-combine-to-form-worlds-largest-most-advanced-quantum-business

https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2021/scott-aaronson

The move is expected to create 500 to 1,000 local jobs within the next two to three years.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202105/1222944.shtml https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6545/948

https://www.axios.com/quantum-computing-tackles-financial-risk-1a48b417-999b-4672-82cd-b0e2f38c16bd.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/xanadu-lands-100-million-as-investments-pour-into-quantum-computing-11621944002

https://www.cnet.com/news/google-io-search-giant-expands-its-quantum-computing-ambitions-with-new-center/ https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/google-says-it-will-build-a-commercial-quantum-computer-before-2030-11621363226405.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2021/05/18/27-milestones-in-the-history-of-quantum-computing/?sh=62f8c6c47b23

https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-computing-intels-cryogenic-chip-shows-it-can-control-qubits-even-in-a-deep-freeze/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03469-4.pdf

https://news.trust.org/item/20210511073912-0wtm8

https://psiquantum.com/news/psiquantum-and-globalfoundries-to-build-the-worlds-first-full-scale-quantum-computer

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2021-05-06-IBM-Unveils-Worlds-First-2-Nanometer-Chip-Technology,-Opening-a-New-Frontier-for-Semiconductors?lnk=ushpv18nf1

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/05/eth-zurich-and-psi-found-quantum-computing-hub.html

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/long-awaited-breakthrough-uchicago-scientists-harness-molecules-single-quantum-state

https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/04/harvard-launches-phd-quantum-science-and-engineering https://gsas.harvard.edu/programs-of-study/all/quantum-science-and-engineering https://quantum.harvard.edu/about

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/amazon-quantum

https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/press/2020/03/honeywell-achieves-breakthrough-that-will-enable-the-worlds-most-powerful-quantum-computer

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00420-5

https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases/thune-hassan-introduce-bills-to-bolster-the-united-states-leadership-in-quantum-information-science- https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/866edf34-a5af-493a-908f-afb7bd75843c/B5452276CE50740D5F2B877273BED2C9.quantum-act-one-pager.pdf https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/a5221e07-7f68-48bc-aaa4-4974bca4136d/39C6F32F6670B44D02D314CE2470B5F9.quantum-network-infrastructure-and-workforce-development-act-summary-2021.pdf https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/c8be157b-820a-4d6e-9115-89ffadb78ccf/4572485AB576F6742435D637BBCD1DA8.quantum-for-national-security-act.pdf

https://quandco.com/news/lge-collaboration

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/04/13/student-physics-homework-picked-up-by-amazon-web-services-quantum.html

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/transport-for-nsw-looks-to-quantum-future-with-q-crtl-563240

“If building a useful quantum computer is like building the first rocket to the moon, we want to make sure we’re not quantifying progress toward that goal by measuring how high our planes can fly.” https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-04-02

https://www.forbes.com/sites/martingiles/2021/04/01/bidens-180-billion-plan-prioritizes-key-technologies/?sh=7f8f2561737d https://science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/NSF-FORTHEFUTURE_01_xml.pdf

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3613908/researchers-show-that-quantum-computers-can-reason.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/30/tech/ibm-cleveland-clinic-quantum-computing/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/25/981315128/is-the-future-quantum

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/30/tech/ibm-cleveland-clinic-quantum-computing/index.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-computing-researchers-pave-the-way-to-one-million-qubits-with-ordinary-optical-fiber/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2021/03/19/bmw-chooses-honeywell-model-h1-quantum-computer-and-entropica-labs-for-supply-chain-quantum-proof-of-concept/?sh=2065fcf91c27

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https://thenextweb.com/neural/2021/03/17/quantum-computers-save-us-artificial-intelligence-green/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03242-7

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-updates-quantum-programming-tools/

https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2021/03/republicans-put-forth-two-quantum-computing-bills/172695/ See the QUEST Act 

https://www.ft.com/content/a5af3039-abbf-4b25-92e2-c40e5957c8cd

https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2021/03/government-of-canada-contribution-strengthens-canadas-position-as-a-global-leader-in-quantum-computing.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00488-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03202-1

A nature paper to appear on March 4th, 2021

So far, quantum computing has been ruled by superconductor circuits and trapped ions, but does its future lie with photons as pursued by PsiQuantum, Xanadu, and others. https://spie.org/news/photonics-focus/novdec-2020/a-new-kind-of-quantum?SSO=1