A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have made a breakthrough in quantum computing that elegantly bypasses the ...

As the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology draws to a close, Margaret Harris revisits some of the year’s ...

Forgetting feels like a failure of attention, but physics treats it as a fundamental process with a measurable price. At the ...

Scientists are learning to engineer light in rich, multidimensional ways that dramatically increase how much information a ...

Quantum computers promise unprecedented computing speed and power that will advance both business and science. These same ...

Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two pillars of modern physics. However, for over a century, their treatment of space ...

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means ...

The pioneer of quantum computing talks about how Albert Einstein would have reacted to his experiments, the hype around the ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of quantum computers and voltage standards. The appearance of Shapiro steps in ...

A new study in Nature Physics has turned an old problem on its head by reporting a way to use the noisy interactions between ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

IBM is innovating quickly as it pushes toward useful quantum computing. The company has a clear roadmap and the resources to ...