Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage More than 300 top quantum physicists gathered ...

A multinational team has cracked a long-standing barrier to reliable quantum computing by inventing an algorithm that lets ordinary computers faithfully mimic a fault-tolerant quantum circuit built on ...

Interestingly, Microsoft is already working with the Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...

In a significant stride, Russia's Lebedev Physical Institute (FIAN) has successfully tested a 50-qubit quantum computer, ...

Quantum computing can boost the accuracy of battery material simulations, optimize power grid flows and enhance the design of ...

Successful completion of the tests would pave the way for the production of serial samples of quantum computers and their commercial use, , the Lebedev Physical Institute added ...

In a pair of papers submitted June 17 at arXiv.org, researchers generated conditions called “magic states,” crucial components of quantum computations. And those magic states were high-quality enough ...

Solving life's great mysteries often requires detective work, using observed outcomes to determine their cause. For instance, ...

As quantum computing develops, scientists are working to identify tasks for which quantum computers have a clear advantage over classical computers. So far, researchers have only pinpointed a ...

According to the scientists, the method has already been adapted to the capabilities of modern devices and brings quantum computing closer to solving real industrial problems. The study was carried ...

Rajeeb Hazra, CEO of Quantinuum, discusses the growing demand for quantum computing, and how partners and customers are finding more use cases for the technology.

But in the quantum world of very small things, a bit – known as quantum bit or qubit – can be both 1 and 0 at the same time. How? Because of something called superposition.