{"id":241475,"date":"2026-07-24T04:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/quantum-newtons-cradle-set-to-level-up-computing"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:23:45","slug":"quantum-newtons-cradle-set-to-level-up-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/quantum-newtons-cradle-set-to-level-up-computing","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Newton\u2019s cradle set to level up computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/quantum-newtons-cradle-set-to-level-up-computing2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sending quantum information through a chain of qubits, like energy through a Newton\u2019s cradle, could be the key to faster operations and take quantum computing to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>The quantum Newton\u2019s cradle design shows how a laser can be used to give a precisely designed kick of energy to a row of trapped ions, quickly preparing them for quantum calculations known as gates.<\/p>\n<p>The superpower of the new algorithm is its ability to rapidly entangle any two ions in the row without affecting the ones in between: Like a Newton\u2019s cradle, the energy travels through the ions, leaving them untouched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sending quantum information through a chain of qubits, like energy through a Newton\u2019s cradle, could be the key to faster operations and take quantum computing to the next level. The quantum Newton\u2019s cradle design shows how a laser can be used to give a precisely designed kick of energy to a row of trapped ions, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,41,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-information-science","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241475","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\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}