For the first time ever, researchers have measured the fidelity—that is, the accuracy—of two-qubit logic operations in silicon, with highly promising results that will enable scaling up to a full-scale quantum processor. The research, carried out by Professor Andrew Dzurak’s team in UNSW Engineering, was published today in the world-renowned journal Nature. The experiments were performed…
Quantum Scientists Demonstrate World-first 3D Atomic-scale Quantum Chip Architecture
UNSW researchers at the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T) have shown for the first time that they can build atomic precision qubits in a 3D device—another major step towards a universal quantum computer. The team of researchers, led by 2018 Australian of the Year and director of CQC2T Professor Michelle…
The Long Dry: Why the World’s Water Supply Is Shrinking
A global study has found a paradox: our water supplies are shrinking at the same time as climate change is generating more intense rain. And the culprit is the drying of soils, say researchers, pointing to a world where drought-like conditions will become the new normal, especially in regions that are already dry. The study…
Tests Show Integrated Quantum Chip Operations Possible
Tuning into Quantum: Scientists Unlock Signal Frequency Control of Precision Atom Qubits
Australian scientists have achieved a new milestone in their approach to creating a quantum computer chip in silicon, demonstrating the ability to tune the control frequency of a qubit by engineering its atomic configuration. The work has been published in Science Advances. A team of researchers from the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication…
Complete Design of a Silicon Quantum Computer Chip Unveiled
Research teams all over the world are exploring different ways to design a working computing chip that can integrate quantum interactions. Now, UNSW engineers believe they have cracked the problem, reimagining the silicon microprocessors we know to create a complete design for a quantum computer chip that can be manufactured using mostly standard industry processes…
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Radical New Quantum Computing Design Invented
Engineers at Australia’s University of New South Wales have invented a radical new architecture for quantum computing, based on novel ‘flip-flop qubits’, that promises to make the large-scale manufacture of quantum chips dramatically cheaper – and easier – than thought possible. The new chip design, detailed in the journal Nature Communications, allows for a silicon quantum…
Screen-Printed Batteries for Renewables On The Way
Ultra-thin, flexible screen-printed batteries for cheap portable devices and intermittent renewable energy are closer to reality, thanks to a joint UNSW-University of Queensland project to further develop technology by battery energy storage firm Printed Energy and bring it to market. Backed by the energy innovator and philanthropist Trevor St Baker, founder of ERM Power and creator of…
Climate Change Forecasts: More Intense Deluges, Downpours Down Under
Perovskite Solar Cells Hit New World Efficiency Record
They’re flexible, cheap to produce and simple to make – which is why perovskites are the hottest new material in solar cell design. And now, engineers at Australia’s University of New South Wales in Sydney have smashed the trendy new compound’s world efficiency record. Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference in Canberra on Friday…
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Quantum Computers: 10-Fold Boost in Stability Achieved
Australian engineers have created a new quantum bit which remains in a stable superposition for 10 times longer than previously achieved, dramatically expanding the time during which calculations could be performed in a future silicon quantum computer. The new quantum bit, made up of the spin of a single atom in silicon and merged with…
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Ancient ‘Deep Skull’ from Borneo Full of Surprises
A new study of the 37,000-year old remains of the “Deep Skull” – the oldest modern human discovered in island South-East Asia – has revealed this ancient person was not related to Indigenous Australians, as had been originally thought. The Deep Skull was also likely to have been an older woman, rather than a teenage…
A World-first: Location of Single Atom in Silicon Crystal IDed
Researchers from the Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T) have been able to identify the exact location of a single atom in a silicon crystal — an important technique for building a silicon-based quantum computer. The study, by Centre researchers from UNSW and the University of Melbourne, is published in the journal Nature…