Quantum Computing

The company has been touting its quantum technology for years, but some experts say these claims just don’t pass muster

The Department of Energy official discusses what will drive tomorrow’s innovation

Microsoft’s announcement of a new quantum computing breakthrough with its Majorana 2 chip continues a trend of bold claims followed by scant evidence

Generating and confirming the randomness of qubits could lead to breakthroughs in computer data encryption

Sometimes science does make our world turn upside down

Here are six ways to build a quantum computer

Quantum computing could lead to revolutions in cryptography, materials design and telecommunications. But fulfilling those promises could be many years away

The rare isotope helium-3 is one of Earth’s most precious commodities—so precious, in fact, that it might prove profitable to mine from the moon

Researchers have developed a way to flip time to move backward in a quantum system. This level of control could lead to bizarre real-world applications

The SciFy program tests whether adversaries’ most outlandish scientific claims add up or fall apart

How the discovery of altermagnets could change physics and computing

Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard, winners of the latest Turing Award, spent their lives touting the advantages of the quantum world