New research suggests quantum computers capable of breaking internet encryption may arrive sooner than expected—with AI ...

Quantum vendors and national agencies are aligning to establish common standards for logical qubits, which should enable ...

Quantum computers struggle with a major flaw: their information vanishes unpredictably. Scientists have now created a new method that can measure this loss over 100 times faster than before. By ...

Understanding the Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin The world of cryptocurrency has long been praised for its robust security based ...

One paper finds that attacking the bitcoin blockchain through quantum mining would demand the energy output of a star.

What is it about quantum computers that makes them more powerful than conventional machines? A new experiment shows that the property of “quantum contextuality” may be a key ingredient. Quantum ...

Quantum computers are emerging as one of the most transformative technologies of the 21st century, with the potential to reshape industries ranging from healthcare to cybersecurity.

Mid-circuit measurements are one of the biggest practical hurdles in quantum error correction on encoded qubits. Researchers in Innsbruck and Aachen have now proposed and experimentally demonstrated ...