For many business leaders, quantum computing feels like science fiction—a technology that’s exciting, but distant. That’s a ...

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

Noise is annoying, whether you're trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

Wijit Thanesanurak/Shutterstock.com Addressing this noise might result in the best sensors ever created, with applications ...

It's one thing when a respected scientist has a novel idea of what dark matter or dark energy might be, or what could explain ...

Scientists have finally unlocked a way to identify the elusive W state of quantum entanglement, solving a decades-old problem ...

A hidden world of quantum metrologists ensure that everyday devices perform safely and correctly, but their work is never done ...

The concept of quantum entanglement is emblematic of the gap between classical and quantum physics. Referring to a situation ...

Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers ...

Can two versions of reality exist at the same time? Physicists say they can — at the quantum level, that is.

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 ...