While AI has been getting most of the attention as a world-changing technology lately, there’s another technology on the horizon that has the potential to reshape the world: quantum computing.

Quantum walks sound abstract, but they sit at the center of a very concrete race: who will harness quantum mechanics to solve problems that overwhelm today’s most powerful supercomputers. Instead of ...

A gold superconducting quantum computer hangs against a black background. Quantum computers, like the one shown here, could someday allow chemists to solve problems that classical computers can’t.

Classical computing has operated as the fundamental power behind our digital world for many decades. Modern civilization relies on classical systems to operate smartphones and global financial ...

Quantum computers are shifting from lab curiosities into real machines that can already outperform classical systems on ...

The promise of quantum computers appears to be that they will upend modern computing as we know it. With exceptional computational power, they’ll be performing feats unimaginable for any classical ...

Quantum computers just beat classical ones — Exponentially and unconditionally Conducted on IBM quantum processors, study demonstrates “a promise of quantum computing previously articulated only on ...

A quantum computer has demonstrated that it can solve a problem more efficiently than a conventional computer. This achievement comes from being able to unlock a vast memory resource that classical ...

Nvidia claims to have kicked off the “quantum-GPU computing era,” unveiling a way for quantum computers to interconnect with classical systems. Revealed at the chip giant’s GTC event in Washington, ...

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

The summit reported record attendance numbers this year, with UChicago researchers winning awards for their research in ...