Scientists recreated a particle-forming process linked to the extreme physics of the early universe using a 13-ion quantum simulator. The breakthrough suggests quantum computers could eventually help ...

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A research team led by faculty at the Duke Quantum Center (DQC) has observed string-breaking dynamics related to ...

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Quantum computing has always struggled to achieve the necessary division of labor between processing and memory. While ...

Quantum simulation of particle physics reached a milestone this week: IBM, Duke, and QuEra quantum computers each independently ran real-time gluon string-breaking, the process that creates every ...