Even as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes mission-critical for tech majors, each is charting its own distinct path. For ...

Understanding randomness is crucial in many fields. From computer science and engineering to cryptography and weather ...

Imaginary time is a wonky concept for our time-bound brains, but in quantum theory and mathematics, it’s a useful tool for ...

Working in tandem, a quantum computer and a supercomputer modelled the behaviour of several molecules, paving the way for ...

Scientists say they’ve cracked a key challenge in scalable quantum hardware after generating an error-correcting, light-based qubit on a chip for the first time.

IARPA director Rick Muller is departing after just over a year at the R&D unit that invests in emerging technologies of ...

While randomising a deck of cards gets more difficult as you add more cards, it turns out that the same isn't true for the ...

The AI ship has already sailed and the fusion boat is still stuck in the docks, so is this the next best thing?

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage More than 300 top quantum physicists gathered ...

Artificial intelligence has already transformed how we innovate, predict, and compete. Quantum computing promises to do the ...

A multinational team has cracked a long-standing barrier to reliable quantum computing by inventing an algorithm that lets ordinary computers faithfully mimic a fault-tolerant quantum circuit built on ...

Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy, find physicists who worked out a way to probe photons ...