Those that solve artificially simplified problems where quantum advantage is meaningless. Those that provide no genuine quantum advantage when all costs are properly accounted for. This critique is ...

Quantum computing advantages look weaker; classical methods beat a nitrogen-fixing molecule simulation, raising doubts about ...

Quantum computers work by applying quantum operations, such as quantum gates, to delicate quantum states. Ideally, quantum ...

An international team of scientists from IBM, The University of Manchester, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, EPFL and the University of Regensburg have created and characterized a molecule unlike any ...

Walking the show floor at CES 2026, you might think we’re on the precipice of the quantum age. Between the debut of a consumer-facing chatbot trying to force quantum’s “ChatGPT moment” and hype for ...

A method for making quantum computers less error-prone could let them run complex programs such as simulations of materials more efficiently, thus making them more useful ...

NbRe may be a long-sought triplet superconductor, offering zero-resistance spin transport and major advances in quantum computing.

Alphabet is seeing some solid results from its Willow chip. Nvidia ties traditional and quantum computing together. IonQ is the quantum computing accuracy leader. Quantum computing has taken a step ...

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 ...

Investors recently learned that quantum computers could one day be used to steal Bitcoin. That isn't going to happen in the near future, if ever. But, during the panic of the recent sell off, some ...

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 ...

Right now, criminal and state-sponsored hackers are intercepting and storing encrypted data they cannot yet decode. Likely targets include everything from corporate secrets and medical records to ...