Lasers can be used to lengthen quantum bit memory by 1,000 times

September 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of producing "designer dots" that can be tailored for specific applications like a quantum computer. Quantum dots-often called artificial atoms or nanoparticles-are tiny semiconductor crystals with wide-ranging potential applications in computing, photovoltaic cells, light-emitting devices and other technologies.

September 26th, 2009 LONDON - A team of scientists has designed a system that can fire barrages of entangled photons with machine-gun regularity, and can power quantum computers in the future. Existing methods of producing entangled photons tend to spew out photons more or less randomly, according to Terry Rudolph at Imperial College London.

November 8th, 2007 Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a low-cost (1/10 of Flash memory), low-power (1/1000 times more energy efficient as Flash memory) computer memory that could put terabyte-sized thumb drives in consumers' pockets within a few years. "A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," says Michael Kozicki, director of ASU's Center for Applied Nanoionics.

July 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Tel Aviv University researcher has claimed that the first quantum computer could overnight threaten our security and our data. Dr. Julia Kempe, of Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik School of Computer Science, says that these new computers, still in the theoretical stage, will be many times more powerful than the computers that protect our data now.

June 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer. They also used the two-qubit superconducting chip to successfully run elementary algorithms, such as a simple search, demonstrating quantum information processing with a solid-state device for the first time.

July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer. They also used the two-qubit superconducting chip to successfully run elementary algorithms, such as a simple search, demonstrating quantum information processing with a solid-state device for the first time.

June 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light - photons - on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards long-sought-after quantum technologies, including super-powerful quantum computers and ultra-precise measurements. The Bristol Centre for Quantum Photonics has demonstrated precise control of four photons using a microscopic metal electrode lithographically patterned onto a silicon chip.

August 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US, have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically charged atoms (ions), thus raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer. The new work overcomes significant hurdles in scaling up ion-trapping technology from small demonstrations to larger quantum processors.

April 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for efficiently suppressing errors in quantum computers. The advance could eventually make it much easier to build useful versions of these potentially powerful but highly fragile machines, which theoretically could solve important problems that are intractable using today's computers.

October 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In the quest for smaller, faster computer chips, researchers are now turning to quantum mechanics. The work of Paul Berger, professor of computer engineering and physics and colleagues at Ohio State University (OSU) may one day enable faster, low-power computer chips.

June 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian scientists have developed a new method for transmitting data with light that may lead to the development of teleportation technology and super-fast quantum computers. According to a report in www.news.com.au, the research team, from the Australian National University, developed a new approach to generating quantum entanglement in beams of light using only two parts.

February 10th, 2007 Twenty years before most scientists expected it, DWave has announced a 16 Qubit quantum computer that promises to massively speed up computation as we know it (64, 000 operations simultaneously). DWave will debut at two locations, one at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California on February 13th, and the second at the Telus World of Science in Vancouver, Canada on February 15th.

July 29th, 2006 She awakes early on the morning of April 10, 2030, in the capable hands of her suburban Chicago apartment. All night, microscopic sensors in her bedside tables have monitored her breathing, heart rate, and brain activity.

October 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Ohio State University in the US have discovered a way to make quantum devices using technology common to the chip-making industry today, which might one day enable faster, low-power computer chips. The research was conducted by Paul Berger, professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of physics at Ohio State University, and his colleagues.

May 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel nanotube-coated power measurement device, which would be able to calibrate high-power laser systems, such as those intended to defuse unexploded mines, more quickly and easily. The new laser power meter, tested at a U.S.