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.
The complexonaut
Scott Aaronson travels the far reaches of computational complexity, shaping conventional and quantum computing.
MIT researchers to play key roles in new Center for Integrated Quantum Materials
Professor Raymond C. Ashoori will serve as co-principal investigator in the Harvard-led effort to develop new devices for quantum computing.
Researchers build an all-optical transistor
An optical switch that can be turned on by a single photon could point toward new designs for both classical and quantum computers.
Research update: Multiple steps toward the ‘quantum singularity’
Over three days in December, four research groups announced progress on a quantum-computing proposal made two years ago by MIT researchers.
Proving quantum computers feasible
With a new contribution to probability theory, researchers show that relatively simple physical systems could yield powerful quantum computers.