In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

Researchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered ...

A Los Alamos scientist has shown that quantum computers can be used to “factorize” group representations, a mathematical ...

Lauda and his colleagues solve some of the problems with topological qubits by using a class of theoretical particles they ...

Quantum computing is widely believed to be a revolutionary new technology. In fact, it is a double-edged sword. If efficient ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

A new study addresses a foundational problem in the theory of driven quantum matter by extending the Středa formula to ...

When mathematicians revived ignored mathematical structures, they found that overlooked particles, called "neglectons," could ...

Matter gets weird at the quantum scale, and among the oddities is the Efimov effect, a state in which the attractive forces ...

A device made from superconducting qubits could prove a powerful technology for enabling practical quantum computing or more ...

In March, D-Wave announced it performed a materials simulation using quantum technology. A few weeks later, Quantinuum published a paper in Nature detailing how it used the company’s six-qubit ...