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Finland enters the Quantum Race, UK experiments with Flood-Risk Modeling, Cleveland Clinic Launches Quantum Startup Accelerator, RSA-2048 Encryption Allegedly Breached
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Researcher Claims to Crack RSA-2048 With Quantum Computer
Ed Gerck, a quantum computing developer, has claimed to have broken the RSA-2048 encryption using a quantum computer, stirring skepticism among security experts. RSA-2048 is a widely used public key algorithm considered secure against current computational capabilities. Gerck asserts that his method does not require the expensive and complex infrastructure traditionally associated with quantum computing, such as cryogenics, and instead can run on a commercial cellphone or desktop.
Finland Opens First Quantum Computer
Finland's first quantum computer, Lumi, is now available for Finnish and European companies to use. Managed by the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), this 5-qubit machine is accessible through the LUMI supercomputer based in a central Finnish data center. Introduced in November 2021, Lumi can be used by businesses for a fixed monthly fee, offering a platform for developing quantum algorithms and software. Access is provided remotely from a user's own computer through the LUMI supercomputer, which facilitates the connection to Lumi.
UK Funds Quantum for Flood Risk Assessment Amid Climate Crisis
Multiverse Computing, a quantum software company from Spain, has received £100,056 from Innovate UK for a project that aims to enhance flood risk assessment through quantum technology. Collaborating with Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) in the UK and Moody’s Analytics in the US, Multiverse will work on quantum computing solutions to overcome the limitations of current large-scale flood modeling, which is computationally expensive and often lacks precision. “...there is promising potential in the application of quantum machine learning (QML) to develop emulators as alternatives to traditional physics-based models,” -Gago said
Cleveland Clinic Launches Quantum Accelerator for Health-Tech Startups
Cleveland Clinic has introduced an accelerator program named the Clinic Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program, designed to give health tech and life sciences startups access to its IBM Quantum System One for 24 weeks. The initiative aims to harness quantum computing's potential applications in drug discovery, digital health, and biomarker analysis. Participating startups will have the opportunity to collaborate with Cleveland Clinic researchers and benefit from technical seminars and quantum education.
Cleveland Clinic has a 10-year agreement with IBM to expedite biomedical discoveries using quantum computing.