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Fermilab Physicist Awarded DOE Grant to Test Entanglement for Dark Matter Detection

Fermilab Physicist Awarded DOE Grant to Test Entanglement for Dark Matter Detection

Rakshya Khatiwada, a physicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Illinois Institute of Technology, has received a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award. This grant will fund her project to construct and operate a four-qubit entangled quantum sensing system at Fermilab. The primary goal is to expose this system to a simulated dark matter signal and empirically determine if quantum entanglement offers a measurable advantage in detecting dark matter compared to traditional, independent quantum sensors. Dark matter, which constitutes approximately 85% of the universe's matter, has eluded direct detection for decades, despite its gravitational effects being widely observed. Previous dark matter searches, particularly for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), have yielded null results, leading scientists to explore alternative candidates like ultralight bosonic particles such as axions and dark photons. These particles are hypothesized to produce extremely faint electromagnetic si...
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National Science Foundation Awards $4.5 Million Grant for Extreme Laser Research

National Science Foundation Awards $4.5 Million Grant for Extreme Laser Research

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $4.5 million grant to a collaborative project called Diagnostics for Extreme Light (DELIGHT). This funding will support continued research by scientists from six universities across the country, including the University of Nevada, Reno. The DELIGHT project focuses not on building lasers, but on measuring the light, particles, and matter generated by some of the world's most powerful lasers. Researchers recently spent four weeks at the University of Michigan, studying the country's highest-intensity laser. Tom White, Physics Department Chair at UNR, described these lasers as capable of generating conditions found at the center of planets, likening them to a billion billion laser pointers focused on one spot for a billionth of a second.
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Pandora Expands U.S. Workforce with Part-Time Sales Positions Amidst Global Jewelry Market Presence

Pandora Expands U.S. Workforce with Part-Time Sales Positions Amidst Global Jewelry Market Presence

Pandora Expands U.S. Workforce with Part-Time Sales Positions Amidst Global Jewelry Market Presence
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GAO Warns of 'Catastrophic' Economic Risk from Unpreparedness for Quantum Computers

GAO Warns of 'Catastrophic' Economic Risk from Unpreparedness for Quantum Computers

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that the nation's failure to prepare for the advent of Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computers (CRQCs) could have 'catastrophic' consequences for the U.S. economy and national security. CRQCs are capable of breaking most existing encryption methods, posing a significant threat to cybersecurity. The GAO's analysis echoes concerns from technology and cybersecurity experts about a hypothetical 'Q-Day,' where quantum computers could be used by malicious actors to crack billions of passwords and disrupt other encryption methods, leading to widespread financial crimes. The report indicates that only one federal agency has fully addressed one of the three practices reviewed by the GAO regarding quantum threats to cryptography.
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IonQ Achieves Record 1 kHz Quantum Interconnect Speed for Distributed Quantum Applications

IonQ Achieves Record 1 kHz Quantum Interconnect Speed for Distributed Quantum Applications

IonQ Achieves Record 1 kHz Quantum Interconnect Speed for Distributed Quantum Applications
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Xanadu Partners with GlobalFoundries to Scale Photonic Quantum Chip Manufacturing in New York

Xanadu Partners with GlobalFoundries to Scale Photonic Quantum Chip Manufacturing in New York

Xanadu Partners with GlobalFoundries to Scale Photonic Quantum Chip Manufacturing in New York
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Avalanche Energy to Establish Fusion Machine Manufacturing Facility in Tri-Cities, Washington

Avalanche Energy to Establish Fusion Machine Manufacturing Facility in Tri-Cities, Washington

Avalanche Energy to Establish Fusion Machine Manufacturing Facility in Tri-Cities, Washington
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Quantum Neural Networks Enhance Flow Model Execution Efficiency

Quantum Neural Networks Enhance Flow Model Execution Efficiency

Researchers have developed an efficient quantum circuit for executing flow models using Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs). This new approach aims to improve the precision and reduce the computational resources required for wavefunction flow simulations on quantum computers. The study compares the QNN-based framework with the traditional Quantum Read-Only Memory (QROM)-based framework, demonstrating that the QNN method requires significantly fewer CNOT gates, especially as the number of address qubits increases. For instance, when the number of address qubits increases from 2 to 5, the CNOT gate count for QNNs rises from 192 to 1680, while for QROMs, it escalates exponentially to 39424. This substantial reduction in gate count indicates a more efficient implementation of flow models. The research also shows that the QNN-based phase kickback framework achieves accuracy comparable to the QROM-based framework, with error metrics such as RMSE, RME, KL divergence, and Wasserstein-1 distance showing only slight diff...
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China, EU strike deal to halve Chinese hybrid exports

China, EU strike deal to halve Chinese hybrid exports

By Joe Cash BEIJING, Oct 9 (Reuters) - China and the European Union have reached a deal that could cut Chinese exports of hybrid cars to the bloc by more than half, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Friday after talks in Beijing aimed at reducing the EU's ballooning trade deficit
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IonQ Achieves World-First 1,000 Entanglements Per Second Quantum Link, Advancing Quantum Computing

IonQ Achieves World-First 1,000 Entanglements Per Second Quantum Link, Advancing Quantum Computing

IonQ has announced a significant breakthrough in quantum computing, demonstrating a quantum link capable of over 1,000 entanglement events per second. This achievement connects two distinct types of qubits: a trapped-ion qubit and a silicon-vacancy (SiV) qubit within a solid-state memory. The connection is facilitated by a photonic interconnect, which uses light to carry the quantum information. This rate surpasses previous records for trapped-ion systems by more than four times, addressing a critical challenge in building larger quantum computers by enabling more efficient exchange of quantum information between separate systems. The company's approach combines the strengths of trapped ions, known for their qubit coherence, with silicon-vacancy centers in diamond, which are efficient in interacting with light and suitable for quantum memories. This development is crucial for coordinating separate processors and distributing computational workloads across multiple machines in quantum networks.
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Lawmaker calls for US research funding curbs on more Chinese schools

Lawmaker calls for US research funding curbs on more Chinese schools

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A Republican lawmaker has called on the Defense Department to put US research funding restrictions on dozens more Chinese universities, including one with ties to top American business leaders.
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General Fusion Achieves Major Magnetized Target Fusion Milestone with 12 Million Degree Celsius Plasma Heating

General Fusion Achieves Major Magnetized Target Fusion Milestone with 12 Million Degree Celsius Plasma Heating

General Fusion Group Ltd., a leading fusion company, has announced a significant achievement in its Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) technology. The company successfully heated plasma to electron temperatures exceeding 12 million degrees Celsius (more than 1 keV) using its large-scale Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) demonstration. This compressional plasma heating result was co-published by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the UK’s national fusion laboratory, and validated using Thomson scattering methods. This milestone is particularly notable as only a few fusion companies have surpassed the 1 keV threshold, and General Fusion is the first to do so with its MTF approach, which utilizes low-speed compression. The LM26 program aims to achieve fusion in a practical and economical manner by employing a liquid metal wall, which allows for the use of existing materials and avoids the need for superconducting magnets and high-powered lasers. This development is a crucial step in the company's goal to deliver base...