Quantum computers, systems that process information using the principles of quantum mechanics, could solve some problems that ...

Explore the potential of quantum computing and the challenges ahead as researchers strive to overcome noise and errors.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visual representation of tensor networks. (Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation) Efforts to advance quantum computing are also ...

Quantum computers promise to one day solve problems beyond the most powerful supercomputers imaginable. But it’s often underappreciated how much classical computing it takes just to operate these ...

Quantum computing has long carried a paradox at its core: if a quantum computer ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Ananya Palivela about recent advances in quantum computing. Ananya and Craig talk about the results of ...

Do we need quantum computers to fully understand complex chemical reactions? A new result, decades in the making, shows the surprising power of ordinary “classical” machines. What Garnet Chan cares ...

Quantum computers might eventually be able to handle some AI applications that currently require huge amounts of conventional computing power. Such a development would be a major boost to machine ...

After 30 months of fast-paced innovation in quantum algorithms, six research groups are hoping to hit paydirt. But there can be only one big winner—if there is a winner at all. I’m standing in front ...

Efforts to advance quantum computing are also raising the bar for classical computing – showing that these conventional workhorses aren't done yet. A specially tweaked classical computer system has ...