Quantum computing

National AI Directorate announces 'Project Nexus' to develop, build quantum computer in Israel

Israel's national AI strategy backs a locally produced quantum computer and physical AI tools to secure tech sovereignty and future global leadership.

A quantum computer and an Israeli flag. Ilustrative.
Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

Israeli startup Qedma helps IBM outperform top supercomputer using quantum technology

Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

Israel's quantum leap: Building a national hub for the next tech revolution - interview

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New phase of matter could protect quantum computers against errors

The researchers still need to find a way to integrate the phase with the computational side of quantum computing.

An inside look at an ion trap within Quantinuum's quantum computer, which processes data using trapped-ion technology, Broomfield, US in this handout picture from 2019

New time crystal experiment may open new horizons in quantum computing

A time crystal is a phase of matter which repeats in time, similar to how a regular crystal's structure repeats in space.

 Single crystal of a mixture of 95% aluminum potassium sulfate and 5% chromium potassium sulfate. Growing period - 3 months in home conditions.

Microsoft aims to win the race to build a new kind of computer. So does Amazon

Right now, each company is deciding how to structure the building blocks needed to create a quantum computer. Some rely on semiconductors, others on light.

Azure Quantum hardware engineer Ajuan Cui works on equipment at Microsoft’s Quantum Materials Lab in Copenhagen, Denmark.

IQM, Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University to advance quantum tech

IQM, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University have started research cooperation on quantum technologies, with IQM providing commercial-grade quantum-computing hardware.

 IQM quantum technologies

Israel joins the quantum computing club

Weizmann institute push runs parallel to government initiatives.

 Conceptual illustration of quantum dots in action.

Israel’s Microsoft of quantum computing makes its move

Israeli quantum computing company Classiq has raised $33M, as the Defense Ministry builds Israel's first quantum computer.

 Yoni Zimmermann, a quantum software engineer at Classiq, a startup whose platform companies can use to build quantum applications on for the quantum computer, works on the software platform, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 2022.

How fast can quantum computers process information? - study

Quantum computers, unlike their conventional counterparts, use quantum mechanics to process information, which enables them to solve a wider range of problems - but there are still limits.

 The Technion team with Gal Ness (left) and Prof. Yoav Sagi (right).

Never before seen state of matter could advance quantum tech

A team at Harvard has documented a new state of matter which could advance quantum technology.

 Abstract illustration of wave-particle duality

Researchers create 'time crystal' with quantum computers

The versatility of quantum computers have helped physicists create a "time crystal," a new phase of matter.

 A handout picture from October 2019 shows Sundar Pichai and Daniel Sank (R) with one of Google's Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, US

Israeli, German researchers find breakthrough in quantum data security

A new breakthrough in quantum technology brings us closer to secure, efficient quantum computing.

 Conceptual illustration of quantum dots in action.