Scott Aaronson, a researcher in the field, has written a nice perspective on quantum computing. His analogy of a decoherence to a collapsing souffle is nice.
There is a story about quantum computing in yesterday’s NYTimes. The story is particularly about superconducting qubits, which is my area of research, and quotes my advisor Rob Schoelkopf.
News of our latest result is starting to appear in the media. Engadget has the funniest version so far. For a more serious article, you can view the Nature news story.
Terry Eagleton adds his voice to the science and religion dialog
May 4, 2009 11:15:am 0 Comments EditI’d like to say, “congrats” to the writers of BSG for actually using an explanation which is scientifically correct. In episode 15, Anders says that the Final 5 traveled to Kobol by “relativistic but sub-luminal speeds”. Thereby allowing them to age much less than those in stationary frames around them. Yay special relativity!