Quantum computing exploded onto the investment scene in late 2024, igniting a frenzy that propelled pure-play stocks to astronomical heights. Rigetti Computing (RGTI) emerged as one of the biggest ...

In the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka teleports a larger-than-life candy bar (and a small child) across the room into a television set. The idea of instantly transporting ...

When ultraviolet light hits ice—whether in Earth's polar regions or on distant planets—it triggers a cascade of chemical reactions that have puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers at the ...

For the past year, I kept bringing the same story to my editor: quantum computers are on the edge of becoming useful for scientific discovery. Of course, that has always been the goal. The idea of ...

Software firm Horizon Quantum claimed it is the first private company to deploy a commercial quantum computer in Singapore. The deployment also makes it the first quantum software company to deploy ...

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Quantum communication is edging closer to reality thanks to a breakthrough in teleporting information between photons from different quantum dots—one of the biggest challenges in building a quantum ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab announced on Wednesday it has built a new experimental quantum computing chip called Loon that demonstrates it hit a key milestone toward ...

As physicists search for a theory of quantum gravity, new results show that classical gravity can still interact with quantum fields to allow matter to become entangled. When you purchase through ...

A new phishing automation platform named Quantum Route Redirect is using around 1,000 domains to steal Microsoft 365 users' credentials. The kit comes pre-configured with phishing domains to allow ...

Recent advancements in quantum computing hardware have ushered in a new era of practical quantum mechanics applications. A novel system that sorts ions for more efficient computation marks a ...