Are quantum computers worth the billions that are being invested in them? The answer is probably many years away. However, the machines could prove to be particularly suited to solving problems in ...

Quantum computing could lead to revolutions in cryptography, materials design and telecommunications. But fulfilling those ...

Quantum computers have the potential to transform science, accelerating breakthroughs in drug development, cosmology, ...

Quantum computers hit a crucial milestone for error-free calculation The new record holder is a quantum computer called Jiuzhang 4.0 that makes calculations using particles of light, or photons.

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these ...

Google has announced that it has developed a 'quantum computer that can solve a computational problem that takes 10,000 years even in the world's fastest supercomputer in 3 minutes and 20 seconds.' ...

The hope for quantum computers is that the devices will be able to solve complex tasks such as predicting how chemicals react or cracking encrypted text. One of the main reasons that the machines are ...

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 ...

RIKEN and Fujitsu have collaborated to develop a new 64-qubit superconducting quantum computer at the RIKEN RQC- Fujitsu Collaboration Center. The new quantum computer, which leverages the technology ...

China has unveiled its latest photonic quantum computer, Jiuzhang 4.0, with researchers saying it can outperform the world’s fastest classical supercomputer by a vast margin, further strengthening ...

This week, researchers published LIGO findings that hint at the existence of second-generation black holes. Astronomers captured a spectacular new image of the Milky Way across a wide range of radio ...

Part 1 of this series explained what quantum computers actually are. Not just faster versions of regular computers, but a fundamentally different kind of machine that exploits the weird rules of ...