Australia has launched its first Sydney Nanoscience Hub. The $150 million facility in University of Sydney is among the most advance research and training facilities in the world that would allow researchers to conduct further scientific studies on the nanoscale.
Jointly funded by the university and the Commonwealth Education Infrastructure Fund of the Australian government, the building is furnished with core nanofabrication and characterization facilities, academic laboratories, and state-of -the-art teaching rooms that provide groundwork for its main thrust in education and research.
Digital Revolution In Quantum Computing
Thanks to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's explanation about quantum computing, more people are trying to understand quantum physics. Experts believe the partnership of Microsoft with quantum physicists would set the foundation for the second information age.
For more than 10 years, the tech giant has been eyeing development of scalable universal quantum computer. Microsoft has been working with several labs including Quantum Nanoscience Laboratory headed by Biographical Details Professor David Reilly.
Microsoft, in collaboration with the university, sent its quantum computing scientists and directors to participate in the launch of the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (AINST), where manipulation of electrons in temperatures colder than deep space can be now carried out.
Among those sent by Microsoft is its research director Dr. Norm Whitaker who believes that the company's partnership with the university would push the very edge of physics and engineering.
The computers of today have reached their limits. By harnessing the nanoscale size of qubits, computing speeds would improve 100 million times faster, as what NASA and Google's D-Wave quantum computing can do.
"To build a quantum computer you need more than just the [quantum] qubits; more than just the elementary constituents of matter - the electrons and so on," Prof. Reilly said. He added that quantum computing needs a series of electronics and classical control technology that is more than what is available today.
Professor Reilly acknowledged that building quantum computers has great challenges and is grateful for Microsoft's support. He shared that his team is focused on scaling up and constructing specialized electronic systems that can function in both room and cryogenic temperatures.
He added that in order to overcome that challenge, his team plans to look at classical and quantum streams associations to build quantum machines.
