Researchers find unexpected magnetic effect
Combining two thin-film materials yields surprising room-temperature magnetism.
Research highlight: Jagadeesh Moodera
Step-by-step, the Moodera Research Group is building the essential knowledge and hardware for next-generation quantum computers.
Stabilizing quantum bits
Feedback technique used on diamond “qubits” could make quantum computing more practical.
The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?
New quantum computer, based on five atoms, factors numbers in a scalable way.
Crunching quantum code
MIT physics graduate student Sagar Vijay co-develops error correction method for quantum computing based on special electronic states called Majorana fermions.
Faculty highlight: Liang Fu
MIT theoretical physicist’s research bridges abstract math and exotic computing materials.
A new quantum approach to big data
System for handling massive digital datasets could make impossibly complex problems solvable.
3Q: Scott Aaronson on Google’s new quantum-computing paper
Google experiments suggest that the D-Wave computer exploits quantum phenomena.
Vanishing friction
In tuning friction to the point where it disappears, technique could boost development of nanomachines.
Advance in quantum error correction
Protocol corrects virtually all errors in quantum memory, but requires little measure of quantum states.
Qubits with staying power
Technique greatly extends duration of fragile quantum states, pointing toward practical quantum computers.
Superconducting circuits, simplified
New circuit design could unlock the power of experimental superconducting computer chips.
New ‘switch’ could power quantum computing
A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters.