A familiar thought experiment about a hidden cat has helped scientists take a meaningful step toward building reliable ...

Quantum computers are coming. Or, at least, that’s what current predictions say. These machines harness the power of quantum mechanics, the set of rules governing how physics operates at atomic and ...

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

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 ...

Advances in recent years suggest we are entering the Quantum Frontier Era. National security, science, economic competitiveness, and cybersecurity will all feel the impact.

By remotely accessing an IBM quantum computer, a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has successfully ...

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

Darío Gil, undersecretary for science for the US Department of Energy, presides over programmes advancing artificial ...

This technology may or may not be a big deal. Simultaneously.

A quiet transformation is unfolding in the way scientists design the materials that power modern technology. From faster ...