Dear Friends,
Greetings of the day! Welcome to the 26th edition of weekly newsletter by OneQuantum India. Lot of actions and updates happening in our Indian Quantum Ecosystem be it Government, Defense, Private or Public Enterprises, all are marching ahead to get ahead in the future.
We are gearing up for our next event themed on Quantum Internet. Stay tuned for more updates on social media. It was my pleasure to share my views on Tech in Fintech on 27th November. I shared factors driving economy in India, how Quantum would benefit fintech, what are developments in Quantum Computing Ecosystem in India and what are other waves of technology disruption in the decade ahead. I am thankful to Prof Anshul Saxena and the leadership team at Christ University - Lavasa. Due to personal exigencies, I couldn't travel and visit the campus, meet students. I look forward to visiting the campus very soon.
I continue to meet various professionals / founders / academia / government officials from the Quantum Community and look forward to setting up a one-on-one interaction with you soon.
Should you have any news to share or authored an article or have delivered a talk or participated in a panel discussion related to Quantum Computing and would wish us to cover the same, feel free to ping me on LinkedIn.
Stay Safe,
Regards,
Chintan Oza
President India Region, OneQuantum
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chintanoza
Phenomenon of Time Reversal: In the Quantum Realm, Not Even Time Flows as You Might Expect
A group of scientists from the Universities of Bristol, Vienna, the Balearic Islands, and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI-Vienna) has demonstrated how quantum systems may evolve down two opposing time arrows – forward and backward in time. The work, which was published in the most recent edition of Communications Physics, calls for a rethinking of how the flow of time is understood and represented in circumstances where quantum rules are important. Philosophers and scientists have been debating the existence of time for millennia. However, in the classical world, human experience dispels any question that time exists and continues. Indeed, in nature, processes tend to move naturally from less disordered to more disordered states, and this proclivity may be utilized to establish a time arrow. This is represented in physics terms as 'entropy,' which is the physical quantity that defines the amount of disorder in a system.
Due of security concerns, the United States has placed Chinese quantum computing enterprises on a blacklist
The Bureau of Industry and Security at the US Department of Commerce has added twenty-seven businesses to its list of organizations barred from doing business with the US, including numerous Chinese enterprises that dabble in quantum computing. According to the Financial Times, the corporations were barred on the grounds that they endanger national security. Eight Chinese groups have been deliberately targeted to prevent them from gaining access to critical quantum technology, with the Department accusing the corporations of assisting in the development of the Chinese military's quantum computing programme.
https://www.techradar.com/in/news/us-blacklists-chinese-quantum-computing-firms-over-security-fears
The Impact of Quantum Computing on Drug Development
Because Quantum Computing's potential to model bigger, more complicated molecules might be game-changing, pharmaceutical corporations must reconsider their strategic approach on this exciting modern technology. Pharmaceutical businesses' primary activity is to discover and produce small compounds as well as macromolecules. Because this may aid in the treatment of ailments and disorders. Given its emphasis on molecular forms, the pharmaceutical business is an obvious target for quantum computing. Finally, and most critically, molecules such as those utilized in pharmaceuticals are quantum systems, which are systems based on quantum physics. Although Quantum Computing supports the whole pharmaceutical value chain, its major value is in R&D. Now, actors in the pharmaceutical business use non-quantum computing methods such as MD and DFT to process molecules in a process known as computer-assisted drug development (CADD). However, because the classical computers on which they rely are constrained, fundamental calculations predicting the behavior of medium-sized pharmacological molecules may take a lifetime to complete properly. Quantum computer-assisted drug discovery may broaden the range of biological processes compatible with CADD. Using Quantum Computing in computer-assisted drug discovery and hypothesis formulation may also improve the early stages of drug discovery to a higher extent.
Researchers use a spiderweb to produce one of the world's most accurate microchip sensors
A team of TU Delft researchers created one of the world's most precise microchip sensors; the gadget can operate at ambient temperature - a "holy grail" for quantum technology and sensing. They were able to create a nanomechanical sensor vibrate in great isolation from everyday noise by combining nanotechnology and machine learning inspired by nature's spiderwebs. This breakthrough, described in the journal Advanced Materials as "Spiderweb Nanomechanical Resonators via Bayesian Optimization: Inspired by Nature and Guided by Machine Learning," has far-reaching implications for the study of gravity and dark matter, as well as quantum internet, navigation, and sensing.
https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news2/newsid=59233.php
Smart Internet Lab will deliver the Quantum Data Center of the Future
As part of UKRI's £170 million Commercializing Quantum Technologies Challenge, the University of Bristol's pioneering Smart Internet Lab will collaborate with industry partners to create the first design for a quantum data center. Quantum technologies, such as quantum computing and communications, have the potential to solve some of the world's most difficult challenges. However, little is known from a systems standpoint regarding how to connect them with current data centers. The Quantum Data Centre of the Future project will begin in early 2022, bringing together specialists in traditional data centers and networking with experts in quantum computing and quantum communications to create the first design for a quantum data center.
https://www.miragenews.com/smart-internet-lab-will-deliver-quantum-data-681951/
Power grids to get quantum computing as a service
Resilient Entanglement, located in Denver, has received funding to enhance quantum computing as a service for renewables and grid use cases. Resilient Entanglement, which bills itself as the first global women-owned R&D firm in the quantum grid field, is working on a software as a service (SaaS) product to aid in the deployment of renewable energy generation and responsive demand strategies using quantum models and quantum mechanical phenomena.
Video of the week
Quantum Network Explorer (QNE) launch event
On 19 November QuTech launched its Quantum Network Explorer platform. Get inspired by and learn from leading experts and the latest generation of innovators about QNE. How can you contribute to a future quantum internet? Explore and experience quantum networks.