Quantum computers have long promised to surpass their classical counterparts, but concretely demonstrating this advantage remains a major challenge. A team of researchers has just taken a significant ...

Explore the potential of quantum computing and the challenges ahead as researchers strive to overcome noise and errors.

A team of scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic and IBM has calculated nine molecular ...

When checking that solutions to certain problems are correct, it turns out, you can’t get around the inherent complexity of ...

Quantum computers promise to one day solve problems beyond the most powerful supercomputers imaginable. But it’s often underappreciated how much classical computing it takes just to operate these ...

Quantum computers still face limits when it comes to storing information. Researchers at ETH Zurich are now turning to ...

The Trump administration wants a useful quantum computer in two years. Microsoft wants one in three. Independent researchers ...

A gold superconducting quantum computer hangs against a black background. Quantum computers, like the one shown here, could someday allow chemists to solve problems that classical computers can’t.

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. Inside a ...

The U.S. and China are racing to develop computers based on the properties of quantum physics – with implications for science ...