{"id":353828,"date":"2026-03-29T15:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/353828\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:13:08","slug":"why-most-quantum-computers-need-to-be-colder-than-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/353828\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Most Quantum Computers Need to Be Colder Than Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">The large gold chandelier-like structure that has come to represent quantum computers in popular culture is actually just a refrigerator. The quantum computer part sits at the bottom, where temperatures are colder than the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boomerang_Nebula\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">Boomerang Nebula<\/a>, the coldest natural place in the known universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">Most quantum computers need to be kept at temperatures less than 1 degree above absolute zero. That&#8217;s because the qubits these computers use for their computations,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/computing\/four-different-futures-for-quantum-computing-converge-at-nvidia-gtc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">whether they&#8217;re physical atoms or engineered quantum circuits<\/a>, are extremely sensitive to outside forces, including heat.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke with a representative from <a href=\"https:\/\/bluefors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">Bluefors<\/a>, a company dedicated to making the large dilution refrigerators designed to remove heat from quantum systems. I wanted to understand how they work and why this technology is needed to help deliver on the promise of quantum computing. Check out my video, embedded in this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The large gold chandelier-like structure that has come to represent quantum computers in popular culture is actually just&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[111,139,69,393,147],"class_list":["post-353828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-physics","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-physics","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}