In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

Researchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered ...

In March, D-Wave announced it performed a materials simulation using quantum technology. A few weeks later, Quantinuum published a paper in Nature detailing how it used the company’s six-qubit ...

Lauda and his colleagues solve some of the problems with topological qubits by using a class of theoretical particles they ...

Train delays can cascade into stalled commutes, economic losses, and vacation snags. Scheduling trains is computationally ...

Imagine the tap of a card that bought you a cup of coffee this morning also let a hacker halfway across the world access your bank account and buy themselves whatever they liked. Now imagine it wasn’t ...

Encryption—the process of sending a scrambled message that only the intended recipient’s device can decode—allows private and public sectors alike to safeguard information. Traditional encryption uses ...

A library of computer code developed for quantum interactions can be used on problems from modeling the flow of electrons to predicting the price of copper in a stock market. (Illustration: Purdue ...

Taproot could be used to "hide" quantum safe spending conditions inside Bitcoin UTXOs to deal with the risk of quantum ...