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A new ion-based quantum computer makes error correction simpler

Published: 5 November 2025
Categories: MIT Tech Review

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The US- and UK-based company Quantinuum today unveiled Helios, its third-generation quantum computer, which includes expanded computing power and error correction capability. 

Like all other existing quantum computers, Helios is not powerful enough to execute the industry’s dream money-making algorithms, such as those that would be useful for materials discovery or financial modeling. But Quantinuum’s machines, which use individual ions as qubits, could be easier to scale up than quantum computers that use superconducting circuits as qubits, such as Google’s and IBM’s.

“Helios is an important proof point in our road map about how we’ll scale to larger physical systems,” says Jennifer Strabley, vice president at Quantinuum, which formed in 2021 from the merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum. Honeywell remains Quantinuum’s majority owner.

Located at Quantinuum’s facility in Colorado, Helios comprises a myriad of components, including mirrors, lasers, and optical fiber.

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Assistant Professor-Structural Engineering

Published: 5 November 2025
Categories: Eng Jobs Academic Keys

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Structural Engineering with an
anticipated start date in August 2026. Candidates for this position are expected to demonstrate a
strong commitment to teaching excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels, along with a
proven research capability that will support the development of an externally funded, independent
research program and publication in leading scholarly journals. The successful candidate should also be
prepared to collaborate with colleagues, develop new research efforts, and contribute to ongoing
research initiatives.

This position offers exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and access to
advanced research infrastructure. Facilities within CEE include high-bay structural testing laboratories
on both City Campus in Lincoln and Scott Campus in Omaha. Additional advanced research
infrastructure is available through the Nebraska Transportation Center, the Mid-America
Transportation Center (Region VII University Transportation Center), the Midwest Roadside Safety
Facility, the Nebraska

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