Quantum Computing

Schrödinger’s cat is scratching its head over the “topological” qubit that is causing a buzz in quantum computing. We should be, too

With its ‘topological’ quantum computers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales faster than competing technologies

Physicists are finding new ways to model false vacuum decay, a terrifying, albeit remote, cosmic endgame

Google’s new chip, Willow, has achieved the exponential suppression of errors. The advance is substantial, but Willow remains far from delivering on any practical applications

It’s a “big deal” to demonstrate entangled quantum networks outside a lab

The influential AI design that makes chatbots tick now runs on quantum computers

Experts are starting to plan for the moment when a quantum computer large enough to crack the backbone of the math that keeps things secret will be turned on.

The company announces its latest huge chip—but will now focus on developing smaller chips with a fresh approach to “error correction”

Scientists are trying to master the basic computing element known as a qubit to make quantum computers more powerful than electronic machines

Quantum algorithms can find their way out of mazes exponentially faster than classical ones, at the cost of forgetting the paths they took

Researchers demonstrate for the first time that using more qubits can lower the error rate of quantum calculations

Individual atoms trapped by optical “tweezers” are emerging as a promising computational platform