For a field that many have long considered decades away, quantum computing sure is getting a lot of buzz in Silicon Valley.

An international research collaboration has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about ...

Majorana 1 relies on ‘topological superconductivity,’ a never-before-seen theoretical form of matter.

With the development, Microsoft is raising the stakes in what is set to be the next big technological contest.

New Native Theatre hosted several live recording sessions of a soon-to-be-released narrative podcast: “Blood Quantum Physics.” This exciting ...

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled its new Majorana 1 chip, which Satya Nadella described as a "breakthrough" in quantum ...

With its ‘topological’ quantum computers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales faster than competing technologies ...

It's necessary to explore multiple computational strata—including those yet to be discovered—that will underpin the creation ...

Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that stores information in ...

A new adaptive optics technology is set to transform gravitational-wave detection, allowing LIGO and future observatories like Cosmic Explorer to reach new heights. By correcting mirror distortions, ...

Quasiparticles are collections of particles (and, in some cases, field lines) that can be described mathematically as if they ...

What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world’s population – most of them ...