For the past six years, Los Alamos National Laboratory has led the world in trying to understand one of the most frustrating barriers that faces variational quantum computing: the barren plateau.

IBM and collaborators say their quantum computers outperform all known classical algorithms for three distinct tasks, but ...

Last year Universal Quantum, the quantum computing firm spun out of Sussex University, announced it was collaborating with the Open Quantum Institute (OQI) on using quantum computing in drug discovery ...

Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how important ...

After decades spent gestating in labs, quantum computing has finally reached an inflection point between theoretical promise and practical implementation. From discoveries in pharmaceutical and ...

What if the most complex problems plaguing industries today—curing diseases, optimizing global supply chains, or even securing digital communication—could be solved in a fraction of the time it takes ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. Inside a ...

The certificate program comes just months after Florida Atlantic announced it will be the first university in Florida to host a dedicated quantum computer on site.

The company has drawn governments, a major chipmaker, and the Pentagon into an effort to control fragile photons and build a useful quantum machine. It aims to be the first.

You might think that creating a highly accurate model of the way air passes through a jet engine would be relatively easy. It is incredibly hard. The enormous number of variables means that it is, in ...

For Canada, Calgary's new Quantum DISH may prove to be far more than a research centre. It could become a key building block ...

EY quantum computer installation marks a Big Four first: EY Canada now physically owns on-site quantum hardware in Toronto, ...