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Quantum Physics Jun 25, 2025

New hybrid quantum–classical computing approach used to study chemical systems

Caltech professor of chemistry Sandeep Sharma and colleagues from IBM and the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Japan are giving us a glimpse of the future of computing. The team has used quantum computing in combination ...

Quantum Physics Jun 20, 2025

Magically reducing errors in quantum computers: Researchers invent technique to decrease overhead

For decades, quantum computers that perform calculations millions of times faster than conventional computers have remained a tantalizing yet distant goal. However, a new breakthrough in quantum physics may have just sped ...

Quantum Physics Jun 19, 2025

From spin glasses to quantum codes: Researchers develop optimal error correction algorithm

Scientists have developed an exact approach to a key quantum error correction problem once believed to be unsolvable, and have shown that what appeared to be hardware-related errors may in fact be due to suboptimal decoding.

Quantum Physics Jun 12, 2025

Trapped-ion advances break new ground in quantum computing

Research at the Quantum Systems Accelerator has been steadily breaking new ground, quickening the pace toward flexible, stable quantum computers with capabilities well beyond those of today's classical machines.

Quantum Physics Jun 12, 2025

A new problem that only quantum computing can solve

As quantum computing develops, scientists are working to identify tasks for which quantum computers have a clear advantage over classical computers. So far, researchers have only pinpointed a handful of these problems, but ...

Quantum Physics Jun 12, 2025

Understanding quantum computing's most troubling problem—the barren plateau

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.

Optics & Photonics Jun 9, 2025

Quantum machine learning: Small-scale photonic quantum processor can already outperform classical counterparts

One of the current hot research topics is the combination of two of the most recent technological breakthroughs: machine learning and quantum computing.

Quantum Physics May 28, 2025

Quantum computers may crack RSA encryption with fewer qubits than expected

A team of researchers at AI Google Quantum AI, led by Craig Gidney, has outlined advances in quantum computer algorithms and error correction methods that could allow such computers to crack Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) encryption ...

Quantum Physics May 21, 2025

Study finds quantum computing in health care faces significant challenges, but there is promise

A broad systematic review has revealed that quantum computing applications in health care remain more theoretical than practical, despite growing excitement in the field.

Quantum Physics May 18, 2025

First successful demonstration of quantum error correction of qudits for quantum computers

In the world of quantum computing, the Hilbert space dimension—the measure of the number of quantum states that a quantum computer can access—is a prized possession. Having a larger Hilbert space allows for more complex quantum ...

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