Some good news, the Majorana fermion has recently been independently observed.<p><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141002141757.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141002141757.ht...</a>
They forgot the NSA under the Quantum Projects section.<p><a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/03/quantum-crypto-google/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/2014/03/quantum-crypto-google/</a>
FTA: "Freedman was 30 when he solved a version of one of the longest-standing problems in mathematics, the Poincaré conjecture."<p>Not true, he apparently made contributions to the poincare conjecture in dimension 4. Also, the article has a link from "poincare conjecture" to a clay institute webpage which is broken.<p>Meh
Can anyone expound further on the practical applications of quantum computing? In my limited understanding, I think the following are definitely candidates (presented in no particular order), but I'm sure there are others:<p>1. Shor's algorithm could expose all encryption algorithms that are based on integer factorization.<p>2. Quantum simulation could open new avenues of research into how our universe operates at the quantum level. This could lead to advancements in materials science, for example.<p>3. Quantum computing could open new avenues of research into the P versus NP problem.<p>4. Quantum computing could open the door to the possibility of instantaneous communication via an understanding of action at a distance / quantum entanglement.<p><i>Edit: Thanks for all of the great responses, clarifications and links to further reading.</i>
I think I have some facts twisted up. I thought Microsoft closed it's R&D lab?<p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-close-microsoft-research-lab-in-silicon-valley-7000033838/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-close-microsoft-research-l...</a><p>Do they have others?
Does anyone know or can explain simplistically why if we can get supercomputer like power from 100 qubits then why not a desktop computer like power with 1 or 2 qubits? I assume that the computational capacity increases exponentially with the number of qubits, but how?