Quantum State in Large Objects

From the BBC: Team's quantum object is the biggest by factor of billions.

Yet another important development towards physical implementations of quantum computers.

Vedral's New Book

Vlatko Vedral has a new book out titled Decoding Reality: The Universe as Quantum Information (Amazon). From the description it looks to be a non-technical exploration, check both the links for more.

I have Vedral's 2006 book, Introduction to Quantum Information Science [1] and consult it from time to time. It went a lot deeper into some areas than I needed while doing my initial work on Cove, but nonetheless remains in my stack of quantum computing books that I consult. See my Top Books on Quantum Computing Post for the books I found most useful.

References
[1] V. Vedral, Introduction to Quantum Information Science, 1 ed. Oxford, Great Britain: Oxford University Press, 2006.

University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing and Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies

University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing and Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies team up.

$900k NSF Grant for Quantum Computing

In addition to the DARPA funding I mentioned a few weeks ago, the National Science Foundation has recently awarded a $900,000 grant for quantum hardware.