{"id":156230,"date":"2023-01-25T13:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/an-accident-in-a-lab-experiment-may-revolutionize-quantum-computers"},"modified":"2023-01-25T13:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:25:19","slug":"an-accident-in-a-lab-experiment-may-revolutionize-quantum-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/an-accident-in-a-lab-experiment-may-revolutionize-quantum-computers","title":{"rendered":"An accident in a lab experiment may revolutionize quantum computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/an-accident-in-a-lab-experiment-may-revolutionize-quantum-computers2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers may have made a massive breakthrough in quantum computing. According to a new study published in <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41565-022-01280-4\">Nature Nanotechnology<\/a><\/em>, researchers may have discovered a cheaper way to push large-scale quantum computers.<\/p>\n<p>Quantum computing is an intriguing field that has seen quite a bit of growth over the past several years. However, there\u2019s still a lot holding back the massive computers that researchers are working with \u2013 namely, their size and the sheer amount of control required to keep large-scale quantum computers running smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because the larger you make a quantum computer, the more quantum bits, or qubits, it requires to run. And the entire idea of a quantum computer requires you to control every single one of those qubits to keep things running smoothly and efficiently. So, when you make large-scale quantum computers, you end up with a lot of processing power and a lot more qubits to control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers may have made a massive breakthrough in quantum computing. According to a new study published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers may have discovered a cheaper way to push large-scale quantum computers. Quantum computing is an intriguing field that has seen quite a bit of growth over the past several years. However, there\u2019s still a lot [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,4,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-nanotechnology","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}