Natural and artificial atoms for quantum computation

April 7, 2017February 13, 2010 by Brian Wang

Arxiv 21 page pdf – work by Japan Riken and University of Michigan – Remarkable progress towards realizing quantum computation has been achieved using natural and artificial atoms. On the one hand, natural atoms (such as neutral atoms and ions) have long coherence times, and could be stored in large arrays, providing ideal “quantum memories”. …

Aubrey de Grey Interview by Sander Olson

April 7, 2017July 17, 2009 by Brian Wang

Aubrey de Grey: Founder of Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) is a 25-year long research strategy, currently underway, to develop a regenerative medical procedure to periodically repair all the age-related damage in the human body, thereby maintaining a youth-like state indefinitely Question: Tell us about the SENS foundation. What …