Just a few years ago, many researchers in quantum computing thought it would take several decades to develop machines that ...

Quantum computing technology is complex, getting off the ground and maturing. There is promise of things to come. potentially ...

Scientists have finally figured out how to read ultra-secure Majorana qubits—bringing robust quantum computing a big step closer. “This is a crucial advance,” says Ramón Aguado, a CSIC researcher at ...

Four RIKEN researchers have used two small quantum computers to simulate quantum information scrambling, an important quantum-information process. This achievement illustrates a potential application ...

A new light-based breakthrough could help quantum computers finally scale up. Stanford researchers created miniature optical cavities that efficiently collect light from individual atoms, allowing ...

Imagine the tiniest game of checkers in the world—one played by using lasers to precisely shuffle around ions across a very small grid. That’s the idea behind a recent study published in the journal ...

By using controlled microwave noise, researchers created a quantum refrigerator capable of operating as a cooler, heat engine, or amplifier. This approach offers a new way to manage heat directly ...

with Microsoft, Atom Computing, and QuEra leading efforts to deliver small, error-corrected machines. enabling error correction and a plausible path to scaling up ...

STORY: Could the next tech frontier be quantum AI? A team of researchers at the University of Oxford is figuring that out. NATALIA ARES, OXFORD UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: "Not only do we find AI ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Traditional quantum computing happens in huge buildings with expensive isolation from ...