Quantum states can be precisely controlled with the help of tiny carbon rings measuring only a few nanometers in size. This ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. Inside a ...

When checking that solutions to certain problems are correct, it turns out, you can’t get around the inherent complexity of ...

A team led by Stanford senior author Jennifer Dionne has built a device that generates quantum light at room temperature by ...

Bell-1 ushers in a new age of quantum computing, Equal1 said. Quantum computing start-up Equal1 has unveiled Bell-1, the “first-ever” Irish-made quantum computer. According to the company, Bell-1 is ...

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) today launched Pathfinder, the first commercially procured quantum computer at ORNL, built and deployed by IQM Quantum Computers. The 20 ...

Four decades ago, physicists were theorizing that the mind-bending mechanics of quantum physics could be harnessed to make a new kind of computer that’s exponentially more powerful than conventional ...

The gap between conventional and quantum computers is closing when it comes to simulating scrambling of quantum information Figure 1: A close-up of the trapped-ion ...

Every two decades or so, a new technology upends national security. In the 1940s and 1950s, the atomic and hydrogen bombs established nuclear deterrence. In the 1970s and 1980s, microelectronics led ...

The point at which quantum computers outperform classical ones will arrive. The question is who controls the infrastructure ...

Mathematician Efim Zelmanov, Fields medalist and cryptography expert, warns about the hype around quantum computing. "I don't like the culture that exists in this field, which consists of companies ...

Canada has long been a hotbed for quantum computing, but even Canadian comedian Rick Mercer doesn’t know what it is despite ...