Quantum Supremacy

A new benchmark performed on chips from five different vendors has indicated how we can measure QPU performance as quantum computers become more advanced and useful.

There has been plenty going on in the world of quantum computing, suggesting that commercial systems are on the horizon

Quantum tech isn't just about going smaller—it's about doing the impossible

Using a superconducting qubit called fluxonium, MIT researchers in the departments of Physics and EECS, and in the Research Laboratory of Electronics, developed two new control techniques to achieve a world-record single-qubit fidelity of 99.998%.

Solana introduces a quantum-resistant vault to enhance blockchain security, protecting user funds from future quantum computing threats.

Google debuted Willow, its latest quantum chip, on Wednesday, and if you've spent any time online since, you've undoubtedly run into some breathless...

The mind behind the endeavor is Luke Mortimer, a PhD student at the Barcelona ICFO Institute who is well-versed in quantum information. In the release notes on...

Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few decades as scientists strive to create machines that can solve impossible problems.

Tech giant Microsoft and leading quantum computer developer Quantinuum have hit two more significant markers on the path towards scientific quantum advantage. They have successfully ...

Swiss startup Terra Quantum announced today it has landed a contract to embark on a study with the US Air Force for a network utilising post-quantum cryptography, quantum key distribution, ...

Google's Sycamore quantum computer was the first to demonstrate quantum supremacy – solving calculations that would be unfeasible on a classical computer – but now ordinary machines have pulled ahead again

Scientists have designed a physical qubit that behaves as an error-correcting "logical qubit," and now they think they can scale it up to make a useful quantum computer using a few hundred.

In 1965, cryogenics pioneer Olli V. Lounasmaa set up the Low Temperature Laboratory (LTL) at what is now Aalto University to research ultra-low temperature physics. Despite some initial ...

Daniel Amihud Lidar examines quantum computing's transformative promise, exploring its unprecedented computational power, potential applications, challenges, and the looming risk of a 'quantum winter.'

Winning the race to develop this critical technology will require a little help from friends.

At Microsoft, we believe that it will take the world's collective genius to fully understand quantum computing.

Jones brings leading expertise in computational materials modelling that is crucial in developing quantum algorithms

Innovations require engineering breakthroughs and focus on real computational problems.

An innovative new technique to detect and characterize molecules with greater precision has been proposed, paving the way for significant advances in environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and industrial processes.

Grover's algorithm is one of the primary algorithms offered as evidence that quantum computers can provide an advantage over classical computers. It involves an "oracle" (external quantum subroutine) which must be specified for a given application and whose internal structure is not part of the formal scaling of the quantum speedup guaranteed by the algorithm. Grover's algorithm also requires exponentially many…