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

Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

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

A new presidential initiative called QMIT will advance the development of quantum technologies—and help ensure that they are ...

An experiment with ultracold atoms reveals that a strongly driven quantum system doesn’t always heat up as expected. In daily ...

Ultracold atoms have successfully mimicked a fundamental quantum effect normally found in electronic circuits.

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 ...

A further benefit is that the channels can be multiplexed, allowing many quantum processors to access the system at the same ...

If you are anything like me, you are almost always charging your smartphone. What you might not realise is that the ability to do so safely depends on a delicate quantum measurement at the cutting ...