Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could soon outperform classical computers on some complex computational problems. These computers rely on ...

Ripples spreading across a calm lake after raindrops fall—and the way ripples from different drops overlap and travel outward ...

Quantum computers promise unprecedented computing speed and power that will advance both business and science. These same ...

Random number generation is a central process in many applications, including cryptography, security, and scientific simulations. It is the process of generating a series of numbers that cannot be ...

Overview: Ongoing research is turning quantum computing from a theoretical concept into a practical technology.Scientists are ...

A new chip-based quantum memory uses 3D-printed “light cages” to store light in atomic vapor with high precision. Quantum ...

In quantum information processing, encoding and processing high-dimensional quantum information could provide unique advantages, for example, stronger violation of Bell’s non-locality, quantum ...

Physicists have long treated space and time as the stage on which quantum particles perform, not as actors in the drama ...

Although the periodic table is filled with elements, nuclear fusion at the center of stars can only produce elements with atomic masses lower than iron—after than, neutron captures processes known as ...