A Yale-led project — aided by a national community of researchers — has reached the next step in its effort to develop the first large-scale, error-correcting quantum computer. More than a year ago, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Isosurface of the Dyson orbital, taken from Piccinelli, Samuele, et al., “Exploring pathways ...

Recent improvements in our understanding of how the principles of thermodynamics apply in the quantum realm could give a boost to quantum technology, and a clearer picture of quantum thermodynamics ...

What is a quantum computer? The question feels deceptively simple. It is a computer that uses quantum effects to run calculations – or at least, that is what I have been saying to friends and ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A massive new US government investment in quantum computing might just signal a major ...

IN 2013 GOOGLE and NASA, America’s space agency, launched a quantum computing lab. The idea was to use a specialised quantum computer built by D-Wave, a Canadian firm, to improve the onerous task of ...

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 ...