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 ...

A team led by physicists at Washington University in St. Louis has created quantum sensors that can survive in extreme conditions. Built inside unbreakable sheets of crystallized boron nitride, the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to UNESCO, marking 100 years since quantum mechanics was proposed. The theory hardly needed the extra publicity, though ...

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