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 ...

A surge of funding and federal action is giving the once-futuristic technology a more immediate role in everything from ...

Advances in recent years suggest we are entering the Quantum Frontier Era. National security, science, economic ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A team of Australian and international scientists has, for the first time, created a full picture of how errors unfold over time inside a quantum computer—a breakthrough that could help make future ...