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Quantum Physics Apr 30, 2025

Quantum computer outperforms supercomputers in approximate optimization tasks

A quantum computer can solve optimization problems faster than classical supercomputers, a process known as "quantum advantage" and demonstrated by a USC researcher in a paper recently published in Physical Review Letters.

Optics & Photonics Apr 30, 2025

Engineers advance toward a fault-tolerant quantum computer

In the future, quantum computers could rapidly simulate new materials or help scientists develop faster machine‐learning models, opening the door to many new possibilities.

Quantum Physics Apr 17, 2025

New quantum 'game' showcases the promise of quantum computers

Imagine the tiniest game of checkers in the world—one played by using lasers to precisely shuffle around ions across a very small grid.

Quantum Physics Apr 10, 2025

Proving quantum computers have the edge

Quantum computers promise to outperform today's traditional computers in many areas of science, including chemistry, physics, and cryptography, but proving they will be superior has been challenging. The most well-known problem ...

Quantum Physics Apr 10, 2025

Simulating quantum magnetism with a digital quantum computer

Quantum computers, which process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, have the potential to outperform classical computers in some optimization and computational tasks. In addition, they could be used to simulate ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 3, 2025

Error correction method reduces photon requirements for quantum computing

An invention from Twente improves the quality of light particles (photons) to such an extent that building quantum computers based on light becomes cheaper and more practical. The researchers published their research in the ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 2, 2025

Quantum computing predicts proton affinity with superior accuracy

Kenneth Merz, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Center for Computational Life Sciences, and a research team are testing quantum computing's abilities in chemistry through integrating machine learning and quantum circuits.

General Physics Mar 28, 2025

Physicist revisits the computational limits of life and Schrödinger's essential question in the era of quantum computing

More than 80 years ago, Erwin Schrödinger, a theoretical physicist steeped in the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the Upanishads, delivered a series of public lectures at Trinity College, Dublin, which eventually came to be ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 27, 2025

Newly developed waveguide device protects photonic quantum computers from errors

Together with an international team of researchers from the Universities of Southern California, Central Florida, Pennsylvania State and Saint Louis, physicists from the University of Rostock have developed a novel mechanism ...

Quantum Physics Mar 26, 2025

Quantum computing milestone: 56-qubit computer provides truly random number generation

In a new paper in Nature, a team of researchers from JPMorganChase, Quantinuum, Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Texas at Austin describe a milestone in the field of quantum ...

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