Quantum physics has a reputation for needing exotic hardware, from liquid-helium-cooled qubits to sprawling AI clusters, just ...

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Quantum computing is entering a critical phase as researchers say scaling to millions of qubits is the biggest challenge and ...

TU Wien researchers have uncovered a quantum twist to the paths particles take through spacetime — one that could finally ...

Researchers from the School of Physics at Wits University, working with collaborators from the Universitat Autònoma de ...

Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly ...

Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, scientists have filmed atoms performing an eternal quantum dance that never ...

UB today announced the creation of the UB Quantum Institute, a new initiative that will draw upon the university’s research expertise to develop breakthrough innovations that address pressing societal ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in physics." The first step toward quantum gravity, the "holy grail of physics," may ...

Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any clever trick for solving them ...

One hundred years ago on a quiet, rocky island, German physicist Werner Heisenberg helped set in motion a series of scientific developments that would touch nearly all of physics. There, Heisenberg ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...