Quantum computing is advancing fast, and nations are racing to field the first machines powerful enough to break modern encryption. This race has direct consequences for the commercial space industry, ...

The U.S. and China are racing to develop computers based on the properties of quantum physics – with implications for science ...

The Trump administration wants a useful quantum computer in two years. Microsoft wants one in three. Independent researchers ...

For years, quantum computers have been framed as the ultimate problem solvers, machines that would eventually crack any task that classical hardware could not touch. Now a new line of research is ...

Quantum computers are already here, but they make far too many errors. This is arguably the biggest obstacle to the technology really becoming useful, but recent breakthroughs suggest a solution may ...

A new Quantum Monte Carlo algorithm in Physical Review Letters marks a significant step forward in the quest to build ...

In the pursuit of powerful and stable quantum computers, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed the theory for an entirely new quantum system – based on the ...

The US government wants to get hold of a quantum computer good enough to contribute to scientific breakthroughs in just two ...

A gold superconducting quantum computer hangs against a black background. Quantum computers, like the one shown here, could someday allow chemists to solve problems that classical computers can’t.