(Nanowerk News) You are no doubt viewing this article on a digital device whose basic unit of information is the bit, either 0 or 1. Scientists worldwide are racing to develop a new kind of computer ...

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There's a lot of interest in quantum computing in the banking world, but outside specialized teams at large institutions that have invested in it, there is a lack of clarity on what it is, how it ...

Qubits, or quantum bits, are the fundamental units of information in quantum computing. Unlike classical bits, which can only exist in one of two states (0 or 1), qubits can exist in multiple states ...

The new IBM 127-quantum bit (qubit) ‘Eagle’ processor has been unveiled this week during the annual IBM Quantum Summit 2021. The ‘Eagle’ processor is a breakthrough in tapping into the massive ...

Researchers have developed an experimental method for determining whether the functions performed by a quantum computer are the result of quantum mechanics — or just a clever twist on classical ...

Meet the team Left to right are Yu Yang, Matteo Fadel, Yiwen Chu and Igor Kladarić. They were the main researchers at ETH Zurich who created the groundbreaking mechanical qubit. (Courtesy: Yu Yang/ETH ...

Built from a single erbium atom, a hybrid quantum bit encodes data magnetically and beams it through fiber-optic wavelengths.