The Majorana 2 quantum chip embodies Microsoft's efforts to use a topological architecture to pursue fault-tolerant quantum ...
A new Nature critique questions Microsoft’s quantum computing research, raising doubts about a key study behind its goal of building a working quantum computer by 2029.
Microsoft's quantum computing ambitions face renewed doubt following a critique in Nature questioning a key 2025 research ...
Microsoft disagrees. A peer-reviewed critique of Majorana 1 claims Microsoft did not conclusively demonstrate a working topological qubit. Microsoft disagrees. But in a peer-reviewed article, Henry ...
A surge of funding and federal action is giving the once-futuristic technology a more immediate role in everything from ...
Microsoft is speeding up its quantum-safe security timeline, noting that advances in quantum computing and new federal requirements have pushed post-quantum cryptography from a future planning issue ...
Copper demand has exploded – used in hotplates to EVs, solar panels and the most advanced AI ‘factories’. It is also found virtually everywhere in the Earth’s crust. But the easy ore is mostly gone, ...
The writer is a quantum scientist and professor at UCLA  Three of the scientific breakthroughs foundational to quantum ...
Quantum computing is starting to pull rubidium out of obscurity. The metal is produced in tiny amounts, yet new hardware plans could make it far more valuable to technology companies, governments, and ...
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