Quantum computing

Nations race to secure sovereign AI as chips, energy become strategic assets

“The map is being redrawn” as nations race to secure chips, energy, and data‑center power needed for sovereign AI says Varana Capital co-founder Ezra Gardner

THE DIGITAL universe ignores geographic borders, but there are various kinds of physical infrastructure needed to facilitate data traveling. Pictured: Futuristic Data Center with Server Racks in Big Warehouse.
Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

What every board member should know about Quantum, before it's too late - opinion

Q-Factor is led by professors from the Technion, the Weizmann Institute, and experts in the world of deep-tech startups.

Q-Factor emerges as Israel’s latest quantum computing developer with $24 million seed investment

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

Google research flags looming quantum threat to cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin vulnerable in minute


China holds 'stunning lead' over US in competition for key technology

China had established a "stunning lead in high-impact research" under government programs against the West, The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said.

 The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, US, November 1, 2021.

Israeli Innovation Authority to launch plans for quantum computing tech

The goal of the group is to demonstrate how quanta can advance Israel’s science and hi-tech industries, with the hope of private R&D initiatives in the future.

 Conceptual illustration of quantum dots in action.

Does our brain use quantum computation?

One of the authors of the study said that quantum brain processes could explain why humans can outperform supercomputers.

 The brain (illustrative).

Academic collaboration agreement signed between National University of Singapore and TAU

The joint academic agreement will be in the fields of quantum-based technologies and quantum data science.

 Tel Aviv University

Quantum computers moving forward, where is Israel?

Experts in the field often say that today’s supercomputers will look like the stone age in comparison to the quantum paradigm shift which will replace them.

A spinning fluid of quantum particles breaks up into a crystal formed from swirling, tornado-like structures.

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.