Heat from the Environment can Help Quantum Annealers Solve Certain Problems
Scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) have recently demonstrated that heat energy coming in from the outside can help a quantum annealer get better solutions for a certain type of problem. The usual approach to quantum annealing is to run the device...
Quantum magnets forced to ”chillax”
In what may provide a potential path to connecting data in a quantum computer, researchers have shown that excited atoms in silicon can be forced into a relaxed state on-demand using a device that serves as a microwave “tuning fork.” The team’s findings could...
Structures of two dimensional ice predicted by computer simulations
Scientists at UCL, including the LCN, and Cambridge have predicted new two-dimensional ice structures on the basis of state-of-the-art computer simulations. A systematic computer simulation study has led to predictions about how water molecules freeze into a single...