Feb 5, 2025 · MIT physicists predict exotic form of matter with potential for quantum computing. New work suggests the ability to create fractionalized electrons known as non-Abelian anyons without a magnetic field, opening new possibilities for basic research and future applications. November 18, 2024. Read full story →

Feb 13, 2025 · Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have successfully linked together two molecules in special quantum states, reports Pandora Dewan for Newsweek. “The discovery may lead to more robust quantum computing and support new research techniques,” writes Dewan.

May 29, 2024 · Multiple chips could be connected using optical networking to create a large-scale quantum communication network. By tuning qubits across 11 frequency channels, this QSoC architecture allows for a new proposed protocol of “entanglement multiplexing” for large-scale quantum computing.

Aug 23, 2024 · It is estimated that a quantum computer would need about 20 million qubits to run Shor’s algorithm. Right now, the largest quantum computers have around 1,100 qubits. A quantum computer performs computations using quantum circuits, just like a classical computer uses classical circuits.

Sep 25, 2023 · MIT researchers developed a superconducting qubit architecture that can perform operations between qubits with much higher accuracy than scientists have yet been able to achieve. Utilizing a superconducting qubit called fluxonium, the architecture is scalable and could be used to build a large-scale quantum computer.

Apr 16, 2024 · An MIT CSAIL paper discusses why quantum computers struggle to run quantum algorithms and outlines how their abstract machine would run quantum control flow to make the technology more easily programmable.

Mar 18, 2024 · Quantum computing is the next frontier for faster and more powerful computing technologies. It has the potential to better optimize routes for shipping and delivery, speed up battery development for electric vehicles, and more accurately predict trends in financial markets.

Jan 5, 2023 · MIT researchers demonstrated an architecture that can enable high fidelity and scalable communication between superconducting quantum processors. This method could be used to develop a largescale network of quantum processors that could efficiently communicate with one another.

Apr 24, 2024 · A new technique can generate batches of certain entangled states in a quantum processor. This advance could help scientists study the fundamental quantum property of entanglement and enable them to build larger and more complex quantum processors.

Jan 14, 2025 · The higher the gate fidelity, the easier it is to realize practical quantum computing. MIT researchers are developing techniques to make quantum gates, the basic operations of a quantum computer, as fast as possible in order to reduce the impact of decoherence.