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Majorana fingerprints in full-shell nanowires

New physics discovery from the Microsoft Quantum team: topology with a twist 

We are excited to announce that Science, a leading academic journal, has published a new paper entitled Flux-Induced Topological Superconductivity in Full-Shell Nanowires. This research, born from a cross-disciplinary collaboration on the Microsoft Quantum team, highlights how theoretical physics, experimental physics, and materials science can unite across academia and industry to generate new ideas that...Read more

Women of Microsoft Quantum (Part 2) 

In honor of International Women’s Day, Microsoft is proud to recognize some of the amazing women of Microsoft Quantum. These engineers, scientists, program managers and business leaders are working toward realizing Microsoft’s mission of building a scalable quantum computer and global quantum community to help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Last year,...Read more

Women of Microsoft Quantum (Part 1) 

In honor of International Women’s Day, Microsoft is proud to recognize some of the amazing women of Microsoft Quantum. These engineers, scientists, program managers, and business leaders are working toward realizing Microsoft’s mission of building a scalable quantum computer and global quantum community to help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Last year,...Read more

New Quantum Machine Learning library for the QDK 

Quantum machine learning is a promising area of interest, to those in the quantum community and those curious about how quantum computing will impact how complex behaviors and systems can be better understood. Machine learning on classical computers is revolutionizing the world of science and business. However, the high computational cost of training the models...Read more

Cryptography in the era of quantum computers 

The promise of quantum computing is that it will help us solve some of the world’s most complex challenges. When designed to scale, quantum systems will have capabilities that exceed our most powerful supercomputers. We’re seeing this begin to take shape even today, with early breakthroughs in material design, financial risk management, and MRI technology....Read more

Developing a quantum-ready global workforce 

At Microsoft Quantum, our ambition is to help solve some of the world’s most complex challenges through the world’s most scalable quantum system. Recently, we introduced Azure Quantum to unite a diverse and growing quantum community and accelerate the impact of this technology. Whether it’s algorithmic innovation that improves healthcare outcomes or breakthroughs in cryogenic...Read more
Group of people standing with the Hamberg prize

Microsoft scientist accepts Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics for quantum contributions 

This week, Dr. Matthias Troyer, a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft, accepted the 2019 Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics – one of the most valuable German prizes in the field – for his groundbreaking contributions to the development of quantum Monte Carlo algorithms. “In Professor Troyer, we are honoring a scientist whose work connects myriad areas...Read more
Two people working on a Quantum system

Experience quantum impact with Azure Quantum 

At Microsoft Quantum, our ambition is to help solve some of the world’s most complex challenges through the world’s most scalable quantum system. To deliver on that promise, we’ve been working together with a global quantum community to innovate across every layer of the quantum stack – from applications and software down to control and...Read more

Microsoft Quantum and collaborators prove shallow quantum circuits provide an exponential advantage 

We know that Shor’s algorithm can factor integers on a quantum computer exponentially faster than any known classical algorithm, and that there are problems, such as the simulation of physical systems as posed by Richard Feynman in the 1980s, that quantum computers can solve that would take classical computers more than the lifetime of the...Read more

Bringing code completion to the QDK 

As the community of Q# developers grows, we’re always looking for new ways to make you more productive. In this month’s Quantum Development Kit update, we’re bringing you an exciting new feature to enhance our developer experience, as well as two new Quantum Katas.  We are happy to introduce Q# code completion, a highly anticipated feature in the...Read more