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NEWS ABOUT: quantum computing

quantum computing stories: 2 news summaries

Quantum Internet
Gets Closer

New kind of Net would be automatically secure

Apr 15, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A recent quantum computing breakthrough is a step towards creating a quantum Internet—which would be "automatically secure," a researcher told Technology Review. A Northwestern University professor has created a fundamental element of a quantum computer, a quantum logic gate, within an optical fiber, where previous gates... More »

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Internet • computer • quantum computing • computing • supercomputer • quantum Internet • Prem Kumar • Northwestern University

Quantum Computing Works in Experiment

Atomic-level computer could change world

Mar 4, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - In theory, a quantum supercomputer would be insanely powerful. By manipulating atoms, quantum bits—qubits, for short—would never be definite 1s or 0s. Instead, they would be both at once, in theory allowing a device using them to solve nigh-impossible problems. That theory is getting closer to reality, Ars... More »

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quantum computing • qubits • binary data • pattern recognition • supercomputer

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