Quantum breakthroughs help Army, Air Force advance supercomputing 1 hour ago Army-funded research has led to recent breakthroughs in quantum computing. Such advances could lead to supercomputers vital to future military operations. (Army photo) As the Army builds its forces on the multi-domain operations concept for future warfighting, a core problem for today’s technologists is figuring out how to have a constant view of the battlefield and share that information across the globe. Today’s computers simply can’t handle the immense amount of data and speed necessary for commanders and soldiers to gain a clear picture of their surroundings and the ability to use that information.
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Two University of Chicago scholars have earned prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize early-career scholars’ potential to make substantial contributions to their fields.
This year’s UChicago winners include a molecular engineer who seeks to develop new ways of engineering large, complex quantum systems, and an economist who studies global currency and fixed income markets, financial regulations, and emerging market finance.
Awarded since 1955 to the brightest young scientists across the United States and Canada, the two-year Sloan Fellowships are one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career researchers. This year’s 128 winners, announced Feb. 16, will receive two-year fellowships in the amount of $75,000 to further their innovative research.
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IMAGE: Army-funded research sends entangled qubit states through a communication cable linking one quantum network node to a second node. This research could help lay new groundwork for future quantum communication. view more
Credit: Nancy Wong, University of Chicago
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. New Army-funded research could help lay the groundwork for future quantum communication networks and large-scale quantum computers.
Researchers sent entangled qubit states through a communication cable linking one quantum network node to a second node.
Scientists at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, funded and managed by the U.S. Army Combat Capability Development, known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory s Center for Distributed Quantum Information, also amplified an entangled state via the same cable first by using the cable to entangle two qubits in each of two nodes, then entangling these qubits further with other qubits
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Bone is not just a fixed material - it s a dynamic set of structures that can adapt their mass and strength based on the loads they must support.
Developing that sort of adaptive material has long been the dream of scientists. Now for the first time, scientists at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago have developed a gel material that strengthens when exposed to vibration.
Not only were scientists able to make the material 66 times stronger through vibrations, they were also able to strengthen only the areas exposed to movement. That sort of specificity could lead to new adhesives and better ways of integrating implants within the body.