arxiv.org/abs/2606.13521 claims a "new S gate in the rotated surface code". To me the protocol is quite the same as the one described in Ismail et al. 2025 arxiv.org/abs/2509.18294, see Fig. 12 !

Quantum Logic Codes: Complete Transversal Logical Clifford Instruction Sets for High-Rate Stabilizer Quantum Error Correcting Codes

We study the structure and transversal logical capabilities of stabilizer quantum error correcting codes. Among our results, we identify universal lower bounds on circuit depth to generate a full logi...

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There is an exciting job opening as Pasqal right now careers.pasqal.com/jobs/7821621... A position to work at the crossing of quantum algorithms, their fault-tolerant implementations and neutral atoms technology! ✨

Mid-Senior Quantum Developer - W/M - Pasqal

Participez au développement rapide d’une start-up deep-tech à l’avant-garde de la seconde révolution quantique !

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Blog post: "The French have the Quantum Circuits" algassert.com/post/2602 André Schrottenloher just published a preprint showing how to construct quantum ECDLP circuits with costs similar to the ones in our zero knowledge proofs.

Between two property flips, Fowler giving some thoughts to QEC. He is still hooked! arxiv.org/abs/2603.28852

Color code off-the-hook: avoiding hook errors with a single auxiliary per plaquette

Syndrome extraction in the planar color code is complicated by high weight stabilizers and hook errors that can reduce the circuit-level distance. With a single auxiliary qubit per plaquette, any spat...

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The forward-looking Oratomic time-efficient architecture claims to "potentially enable runtimes of 10 days for ECC–256 with ≈26,000 qubits, and 97 days for RSA–2048 with ≈102,000." This is based on stitching together several gadgets and plausibly assuming they can work together on an atom platform.

Recently Scott Aaronson was suggesting that progresses on RSA number factoring should maybe kept reasonably private for sensitivity reasons scottaaronson.blog?p=9564

On reducing the cost of breaking RSA-2048 to 100,000 physical qubits

So, a group based in Sydney, Australia has put out a preprint with a new estimate of the resource requirements for Shor’s algorithm, claiming that if you use LDPC codes rather than the surfac…

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Having been logged off unexpectedly, I was surprised and thrilled to discover that @odpomery.bsky.social did the Bluesky login screen illustration, only to find out few hours later he actually did two! Such a treat to see an artist you cherish pop up at a place you value 😃 Thank you Owen!

After years of projects and actions led by core teams at MPQ and IRIF, Université Paris Cité is now scaling up with its own Quantum Initiative, bringing together its labs. Expanding research, training & innovate on across quantum technologies, from local to European levels. 🌐 quantum.u-pariscite.fr

Keep thinking about arxiv.org/abs/2505.13587

After the CEA in France and Jülich in Germany, this is the 3rd QPU installed and operational in a European HPC center! Huge congrats to all my involved colleagues at @pasqal-quantum.bsky.social!

Pasqal@pasqal-quantum.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Pasqal has delivered Italy’s first 140‑qubit neutral atom quantum computer, integrated with @cineca.bsky.social's Leonardo supercomputer. Co‑funded by @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social & ICSC, this operational system boosts Europe’s sovereign hybrid HPC–quantum infrastructure www.pasqal.com/newsroom/pas...

Indépendance stratégique quantique 🐓🇫🇷

TIL about the atmospheric sponge effect 🧽 www.latimes.com/california/s...

California is free of all drought, dryness for first time in 25 years. Inside the remarkable turnaround

After experiencing one of the wettest holiday seasons on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years.

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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

Congrats Philippe! Exciting times ahead 😀

Philippe Faist@phfaist.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So this just happened 🎉 I'm profoundly excited about what's ahead and deeply grateful for all the support that everyone provided along the way! #ERCCoG

If you can smell meaning, you can turn in a latent space bloodhound sniffing for global minima 🐕 writetobrain.com/olfactory

We Induced Smells With Ultrasound

We decided to try to stimulate the olfactory bulb with focused ultrasound. As far as we know, no one seems to have done this kind of stimulation before - even in animals.

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Unclear to me what are the significance and practical consequences of arxiv.org/abs/2510.08451 ... The d* bound is not so large

If benchmark performance translated to reality, radiologists should be the canary in the coal mine of AI job loss. Instead, radiology residency slots hit a record high in 2025.

There are urban legends such as this one, that we know wrong from experience. Luckily there are great folks to debunk them, thanks @deenamousa.com www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-ai-isn...

AI isn't replacing radiologists

Radiology combines digital images, clear benchmarks, and repeatable tasks. But demand for human radiologists is ay an all-time high.

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I made a zine about quantum gates and distributed it at @unitary.foundation's unitaryCON this two weeks ago. check it out :) and lemme know what you think nates.place/static/ng01....

perhaps making topological qubits when you know you don't have Majorana?

Hi, I am here! Will mostly post about Quantum Foundations/Computing and Quantum Music.

It's amazing how jj is a pleasure to work with. 20 minutes ago I erased by mistake an _untracked_ file that I used to record progress while editing history on my local branch.

In 30 minutes, Pascal Scholl and I will give technical details on FTQC and how we do it at Pasqal, with the plans on the coming years. See you there!

Pasqal@pasqal-quantum.bsky.social · last yr.

Exclusive Webinar on FTQC on July 10th 💡 You will learn more about: • Our strategy to perform FTQC in a relevant regime for applications • The key technological features required to perform FTQC with neutral atoms • The typical applications we envision targeting with FTQC ow.ly/FESM50Wce5x

My great desk buddy @francoismarie.bsky.social published arxiv.org/abs/2507.03678 earlier this week, introducing his efforts in collecting QEC experiments across all modalities into a single database at github.com/francois-mar... Check it out!

Awesome Quantum Computing Experiments: Benchmarking Experimental Progress Towards Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation

Achieving fault-tolerant quantum computation (FTQC) demands simultaneous progress in physical qubit performance and quantum error correction (QEC). This work reviews and benchmarks experimental advanc...

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It has been a hot day in Paris—currently 31°; and yet we are supposed to have hail! 🌨️ Friday evening picnic cancelled as the town closed all parks…

Forget the 10²⁵ years needed to simulate Google's Willow chip on world's fastest supercomputer. The most impressive number in quantum computing in this: It would take 3678 years for a quantum computing PhD student to earn the 103 million made by the IonQ CEO Niccolo de Masi in his first 90 days.

Dulwich Quantum Computing@dulwichquantum.bsky.social · last yr.

"IONQ CEO Niccolo de Masi sells $103 million in stock. SEC filing confirms full liquidation. Investors question timing. Pump-and-dump concerns rise." citizenwatchreport.com/ionq-ceo-nic...

Maybe we shouldn't join an unproven technology like quantum computing with an unproven financial vehicle like SPACs. —me, 2021 www.reddit.com/r/wallstreet...

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My deer colleague Alex has brought to publication his book Machine Learning in Quantum Sciences! Available for free on the arXiv here: arxiv.org/abs/2204.04198. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Modern applications of machine learning in quantum sciences

In this book, we provide a comprehensive introduction to the most recent advances in the application of machine learning methods in quantum sciences. We cover the use of deep learning and kernel metho...

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This is a typical "making the hard part harder" paper. Making good qubits is *already* the hardest part. Replacing those qubits (2-level systems) with n-level systems isn't helping, it's hurting. But the increased difficulty is hard to quantify, whereas counting oscillators is easy, so here we are.

On spot paper from @riverlane.com. arxiv.org/abs/2505.23567

Scalable decoding protocols for fast transversal logic in the surface code

Atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) approaches to quantum computing are promising due to their increased connectivity, long coherence times and apparent scalability. However, they have a significantly...

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