Quantum hardware has finally crossed a psychological threshold: it is no longer a science project in search of a purpose, it is a working tool that large companies and governments are starting to use.

Digital secrets are protected by encryption, which converts meaningful data into an unintelligible form. If quantum computers ...

Massachusetts will invest up to $25 million in a new quantum research facility at ...

Quantum computers have the potential to transform science, accelerating breakthroughs in drug development, cosmology, ...

A new room-temperature quantum device uses twisted light to entangle photons and electrons, overcoming one of the biggest hurdles in quantum technology. The breakthrough could pave the way for smaller ...

King's College London researchers hope the chip will help answer previously unanswerable questions about the most important ...

The US Department of Commerce is awarding $2 billion in grants to American quantum-computing companies, half of which will go ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Quantum science, and especially its most popular offshoot, quantum computing, have come a long way in a fairly short period of time.

Microsoft has just announced a chip that it claims will "redefine" how quantum computing works. The company claims its "topological superconductor" could see a useful quantum computer in "years, not ...

I see three investment lanes for quantum computing: pure plays like IonQ (IONQ) and Rigetti (RGTI); the "Magnificent Seven" giants with quantum divisions; and infrastructure picks-and-shovels. Which ...

This newly public quantum company recently won a $100 million government contract.