Quantum computers need special materials called topological superconductors—but they’ve been notoriously difficult to create. Researchers have now shown they can trigger this exotic state by subtly ...

Even the fastest supercomputers struggle with certain complex tasks, such as discovering new medicines or breaking advanced encryption. Quantum ...

By the time Jerry Whirley heard that a $9 billion quantum-computing campus was coming a few blocks from his South Shore home, most of what he actually needed from his neighborhood, like ...

Related Midwest and CRG have broken ground on the quantum park and lured several tenants working to develop utility-scale quantum computers there.

Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.

Cables underneath New York City are teeming with entangled quantum particles of light thanks to Qunnect, a company that has ...

The breakthrough addresses concerns that powerful quantum computers could eventually crack encryption standards to leave vulnerable financial systems, government communications, health data and media.

A new ultra-fast monitoring system reveals that quantum computer qubits can change from stable to unstable in mere milliseconds.

New evidence suggests a rare triplet superconductor may help quantum computers stay in sync by preserving electron spin ...

The commonly used RSA encryption algorithm can now be cracked by a quantum computer with only 100,000 qubits, but the technical challenges to building such a machine remain numerous ...

UChicago faculty were appointed to distinguished or named professorships on January 1. The Maroon sat down with eight of them ...

Quantum computing has been hovering just out of reach of the enterprise technology world for years and "it's still right ...