Quantum Explained – MIT AI Hardware Program

June 10, 2024

In explaining quantum technology, Lab researcher Will Oliver cites MIT’s interdisciplinarity as a key component in developing these technologies. In this short video he, along with MIT’s Jeff Grover, explore the origins of quantum mechanics and the state of quantum computing today to how MIT develops quantum technologies.

Watch the video here.

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Honeycomb pattern consisting of three pairs of round graphene orbs in red, yellow, and blue.

Graphene can hold multiple states of superconductivity, a new study finds

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

What’s more, the superconducting states get stronger under conditions expected to kill them.

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Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atoms

Zach Winn | MIT News

A new method for precisely moving columns of individual atoms within a material could give rise to exotic quantum properties.

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Improving the reliability of circuits for quantum computers

Adam Zewe | MIT News

A new technique helps scientists measure a phenomenon that can cause quantum circuits to perform differently than expected, increasing the error in computations.

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