A collaboration between UChicago PME’s STAGE Center, IBM and United Airlines is introducing travelers to quantum science and ...

An exhibit of a quantum computer at O’Hare put on by the University of Chicago and IBM aims to make learning about the ...

For the first time, researchers have mathematically proven that a quantum computer needs less computational power to solve a ...

In this era of instant communication and rising cyber attacks, keeping things secret has never been harder. Quantum computers ...

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

For decades, quantum computing has felt like something out of science fiction — abstract, theoretical, and always “10 years ...

At Xanadu, Christian Weedbrook is using quantum technology to power breakthroughs in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to automaking ...

QKD uses photons — the smallest units of light — to securely transmit encryption keys. Any attempt to intercept them disturbs ...

Japanese scientists develop scalable quantum LDPC error correction codes approaching the theoretical hashing bound.

Aaron Lauda has been exploring an area of mathematics that most physicists have seen little use for, wondering if it might have practical applications. In a twist even he didn’t expect, it turns out ...

A University of Saskatchewan lab is hoping to stop the next pandemic before it begins with the help of some very large and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...