Rusty Flint

RIKEN protein model reaches 12,635 atoms using quantum-classical computing A research collaboration between Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM has reached a new benchmark in molecular modeling, simulating a protein containing 12,635 atoms, the largest ever achieved using quantum computers, the company says.

One hundred metres underground, within a 27-kilometre tunnel straddling the Swiss-French border, lies the Large Hadron Collider, and soon, chips designed by a team from Macquarie University. Led by A/Professor Jafar Shojaii, the researchers have joined CERN’s LHCb experiment to develop advanced semiconductor technology that will sit just millimetres from where particles collide.

Chalmers speeds quantum operations 1,000x, nearing fault tolerance Chalmers University of Technology researchers have achieved a thousandfold increase in the speed of advanced quantum operations, addressing a critical hurdle in building reliable quantum computers. The breakthrough tackles the problem of error accumulation caused by even the slightest environmental disturbances, electrical noise, cosmic radiation, or overheating, that disrupt fragile qubits.