logo
episode-header-image
Nov 2024
20m 9s

Cryptographers Discover a New Foundation...

QUANTA MAGAZINE
About this episode
Researchers have proved that secure quantum encryption is possible in a world without hard problems.

The post Cryptographers Discover a New Foundation for Quantum Secrecy first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Up next
Jul 3
Audio Edition: How Noether’s Theorem Revolutionized Physics
Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights continue to shape physics.“The post How Noether’s Theorem Revolutionized Physics first appeared on Quanta Magazine. 
7m 48s
Jul 1
How Amateurs Solved a Major Computer Science Puzzle
The Busy Beaver Challenge, an open online collaboration, started in 2022 to finally solve a major problem in theoretical computer science. Over time, the online community grew to include more than 20 contributors from around the world, most of them without traditional academic cr ... Show More
24m 40s
Jun 24
The Mysterious Math of Turbulence
Turbulence is a notoriously difficult phenomenon to study. Mathematicians are now starting to untangle it at its smallest scales.This is the sixth episode of The Quanta Podcast. In each episode, Quanta Magazine editor in chief Samir Patel speaks with the minds behind the award-wi ... Show More
26m 12s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 3
What Is the True Promise of Quantum Computing?
Quantum computing promises unprecedented speed, but in practice, it’s proven remarkably difficult to find important questions that quantum machines can solve faster than classical ones. One of the most notable demonstrations of this came from Ewin Tang, who rose to prominence in ... Show More
38m 47s
Nov 2024
When Quantum Computing Brings Breakthroughs ... or Chaos
Quantum computers harness the almost mystical properties of subatomic particles to solve problems that are beyond even the most powerful “classical” computers available today. Will these computers usher in a new generation of custom pharmaceuticals and sustainable materials—or wi ... Show More
32m 31s
Aug 2024
Quantum-proof and ready: NIST unveils the future of encryption. [Special Edition]
In this Special Edition podcast, N2K's Executive Editor Brandon Karpf speaks with Dustin Moody, mathematician at NIST, about their first 3 recently finalized post-quantum encryption standards. NIST finalized a key set of encryption algorithms designed to protect against future cy ... Show More
32m 3s
May 19
Quantum noise with Daniel Lidar
In this episode of The New Quantum Era, your host Sebastian Hassinger talks with Dr. Daniel Lidar. Dr. Lidar is a pioneering researcher in quantum computing with over 25 years of experience, currently a professor at the University of Southern California. His work spans quantum al ... Show More
42m 37s
May 2021
2 - Quantum Computing Has A Purpose! (The Factoring Algorithm)
In the mid-90’s, there was no quantum computing field. There was excitement, sure, but nearly a decade and a half after the conference at MIT Endicott House, the possibilities of marrying physics and computer science had yet to yield a significant technological breakthrough. That ... Show More
38m 59s
Sep 2024
Quantum computers aren't what you think — they're cooler | Hartmut Neven
Quantum computers obtain superpowers by tapping into parallel universes, says Hartmut Neven, the founder and lead of Google Quantum AI. He explains how this emerging tech can far surpass traditional computers by relying on quantum physics rather than binary logic, and shares a ro ... Show More
12m 18s
Apr 2021
Making Quantum Computers a Commercial Reality
IonQ is the first company solely focused on quantum computing to go public, with its quantum computers accessible via the cloud today. The company’s co-founder/chief scientist Chris Monroe and president/CEO Peter Chapman join Azeem Azhar to explore how they turned cutting-edge re ... Show More
49m 17s
Oct 2021
Quantum Computing - Dr. Sarah Kaiser | Podcast #63
Dr. Sarah Kaiser is currently a technical staff member and quantum community lead at Unitary Fund and has spent much of her career developing new quantum hardware in the lab. From building satellites to hacking quantum cryptography hardware, communicating what is so exciting abou ... Show More
49m 50s
May 2021
1 - Dawn of a Quantum Era
On May 6th, 1981, at the MIT Endicott House, a group of computer scientists gathered together with elite physicists to make the case that quantum phenomena could be used for computation. Here, ideas that would influence the next four decades of quantum computing research and deve ... Show More
39m 39s
May 21
Séminaire - Immanuel Bloch : Quantum Simulation and Quantum Computing with Fermions
Antoine GeorgesPhysique de la matière condenséeAnnée 2024-2025Fermions froids et simulation quantiqueSéminaire - Immanuel Bloch : Quantum Simulation and Quantum Computing with FermionsImmanuel BlochMax Planck Institute et LMU, MunichRésuméQuantum simulation has emerged as an inte ... Show More
1 h