Quantum Computing
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Albert Einstein
Chandeliers, ‘qubits’ and Schrödinger’s cat: Inside the bizarre world of quantum computing
In the quantum realm, the laws of physics are different. Now its mind-bending tech could soon transform our lives. How does it work?
- by Angus Holland, Jackson Graham and Angus Dalton
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Analysis
Science
Confused by the quantum computing race? It’s just like the Oscars
The government just bet $1 billion on one kind of quantum. But there are many other contenders in the race for the golden gong.
- by Angus Dalton
Analysis
Science
Y2K was a flop. But Q-Day could really screw us over
Quantum computing accelerated on Tuesday with a $1 billion injection of government funding. But the rise of the tech poses a key threat to the way we live.
- by Angus Dalton
The next industrial revolution is here, and it’s ‘spooky’ according to Einstein
The world’s most powerful nations and many of the biggest companies are racing to establish themselves as leaders in a computer technology of unimaginable potency
- by Peter Hartcher
$1 billion for Australian project to build first useful quantum computer
Anthony Albanese will on Tuesday announce the investment to bring a cutting-edge computing company to Australia.
- by Shane Wright
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Future technology
Plan for Australia to stay ‘ahead of the pack’ in cutting-edge computing
The federal government is investing $18 million to link the country’s major universities with industry groups and strategic partners to boost the country’s quantum edge.
- by Rachel Clun
First supercomputer that replicates the human brain firing up in Sydney
For all our rapid technological progress, the best computer on earth remains the human brain. So scientists are building a computer that replicates one.
- by Angus Dalton
Queensland dreams big by investing in technology of the future
The state will invest $76m in the emerging field of quantum technology, which will be introduced as a subject in Queensland schools and TAFEs.
- by Matt Dennien
Sydney scientists’ quantum breakthrough slows time, chemically at least
How long’s a femtosecond? Blink and you’ll miss it. A hundred trillion times.
- by Angus Dalton
Google’s quantum computer instantly makes calculations that take rivals 47 years
The CEO of a Cambridge-based quantum company declared: “Squabbling about whether we had reached, or indeed could reach, quantum supremacy is now resolved.”
- by James Titcomb
Australia sets ‘ambitious goal’ to build first complete quantum computer
The federal government is backing the push to build the first error-corrected quantum computer within the decade. If achieved, it would put the country at the forefront of the new technology.
- by Liam Mannix