Quantum computing should be viewed as a powerful new tool for solving specific classes of exceptionally difficult problems.​ ...

Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are practically impossible to solve. Quantum computers threaten to flip that ...

Understanding quantum computing, from qubits science and tech breakthroughs to future quantum applications, and discovering how close we are to real-world use cases Pixabay, geralt Quantum computing ...

The world's first portable, room-temperature quantum computer with more than 10 qubits utilizes flawed lab-made diamonds. The ...

Cryogenic dilution refrigerator at the Advanced Quantum Testbed. Credit: Marilyn Sargent / Berkeley Lab Quantum computers have the potential to transform science, accelerating breakthroughs in drug ...

IBM and collaborators say their quantum computers outperform all known classical algorithms for three distinct tasks, but proving quantum advantage in an absolute sense is difficult. All three ...

The only snag was that “Shor’s algorithm”, as it is now known, required something that at the time only existed on university blackboards: a quantum computer. These days, quantum computers—which ...

Netherlands-based QuiX Quantum has delivered Carina, the world's first universal photonic quantum computer designed for customer deployment. Unlike most quantum machines, Carina operates at room ...

Google has published research suggesting a future quantum computer could theoretically derive a bitcoin private key from its public key in about nine minutes, threatening the security of Bitcoin and ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Ananya Palivela about recent advances in quantum computing. Ananya and Craig talk about the results of ...