The collaborative spirit within the quantum computing research community is bearing fruit with joint research by scientists at UNSW and the University of Sydney which has “overcome a fundamental hurdle” in the field.
Australia – and Sydney in particular – cemented its global reputation as a quantum computing powerhouse this week, by hosting two major international conferences.
What gets scientists so excited about the potential of quantum computers is the ability of multiple quantum bits to exhibit what is called ‘quantum entanglement’.
They said a silicon based quantum computer couldn't be built. Professor Michelle Simmons and her team are proving otherwise.