The same quantum tunneling honored by this year’s #NobelPrize is driving #URochesterResearch
@machielblok.bsky.social is building quantum systems that do what classical computers can’t—inspired by the same fundamental questions
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#QuantumPhysics #QuantumComputing
We taught a quantum computer to learn from its own mistakes-- without stopping.
Our RL framework repurposes QEC detection events as learning signals to stabilize the system.
Result: Improved Logical Error Rates for both Surface and Color codes on Willow!
see arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.08493
Machiel Blok’s research in superconducting circuits builds on the quantum tunneling effects recognized by the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.
This weekend I tried another home experiment for my toddler. This one was suggested to me by none other than Michel Devoret!
It’s pretty cool. But I was more excited than the kid 😅
Great work worth a read if you work on superconducting circuit with flux control!
Alexis Morvan
I cannot decide what's my favorite slop: The single qubit CNOT gate or the tentative to make a graph for a bell pair or maybe the new notation ∣0^2 and ∣1 ^1 .
Source: a linked in post I saw while scrolling out of boredom
Another experiment with my son (4yo)! We use this baby nasal aspirator to show the Venturi effect!
Blowing air through the horizontal tube creates a low-pressure zone at the T-junction, sucking the liquid right up the vertical tube.
Coloring the water is the trick to get my son to pay attention
Nobel Prize week is almost here. I enjoy the predictions, but the real highlight for me is the forced exposure to science outside my field. It’s the one week I get a proper dive into research I’d otherwise miss.
