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Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

2024-03-19 11:05 AM by Wanda Parisien

Last year, 18 percent of Stanford University seniors graduated with a degree in computer science, more than double the proportion of just a decade earlier. Over the same period at MIT, that rate went up from 23 percent to 42 percent. These increases are common everywhere: The average number of undergraduate CS majors at universities …

New Ion Cooling Technique Could Simplify Quantum Computing Devices

2024-02-05 06:30 PM by Wanda Parisien

A new cooling technique that utilizes a single species of trapped ion for both computing and cooling could simplify the use of quantum charge-coupled devices (QCCDs), potentially moving quantum computing closer to practical applications. The research was reported February 5, 2024 in the journal Nature Communications. Using a technique called rapid ion exchange cooling, scientists at …