Much interest in quantum computer development was spurred by Peter Shor's 1994 discovery of an algorithm that showed how ...

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

New research suggests that a quantum computer could crack a crucial cryptography method with just 10,000 qubits.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Quantum computers can outperform even the best classical supercomputers thanks to quantum entanglement and superposition, but even ...

Rice University quantum computing researchers have introduced a novel algorithm with the potential to speed up quantum computing. This algorithm landed the team in the finals for the XPRIZE Quantum ...

For years, quantum computers have been framed as the ultimate problem solvers, machines that would eventually crack any task that classical hardware could not touch. Now a new line of research is ...

Quantum computers struggle with a major flaw: their information vanishes unpredictably. Scientists have now created a new method that can measure this loss over 100 times faster than before. By ...

A team of physicists set out to test some of the most exciting claims in quantum computing—and found a very different story. Instead of confirming breakthroughs, their careful replication studies ...

The Wisconsin Union Directorate welcomed renowned quantum physicist John Martinis to Shannon Hall on March 23 as part of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have just created a new, strange type of molecule. It’s made of a bunch of atoms bound together in a ring, like many ...

Quantum processors operate in environments engineered to eliminate nearly all external interference. That just might make ...

A gold superconducting quantum computer hangs against a black background. Quantum computers, like the one shown here, could someday allow chemists to solve problems that classical computers can’t.