Graduate student Seyoon Ragavan led the work alongside senior author Vinod Vaikuntanathan, a computer science professor at ...

The only snag was that “Shor’s algorithm”, as it is now known, required something that at the time only existed on university ...

Neutral-atom quantum computing gains its first field-wide strategic roadmap from MIT, QuEra, PASQAL, and more than 20 ...

The U.S. and China are racing to develop computers based on the properties of quantum physics – with implications for science and security.

The takeaway: Experts have long warned about the threat that conventional cryptography faces from quantum computers, potentially undermining the foundational security of all digital encryption. New ...

he global financial system rests upon a cryptographic foundation that secures everything from online banking to the digital signatures used in electronic documents. But with major tech firms such as ...

Advances in recent years suggest we are entering the Quantum Frontier Era. National security, science, economic competitiveness, and cybersecurity will all feel the impact.

Quantum computing encryption is reshaping how we think about digital security in a world built on encrypted communication. Today's systems rely on mathematical complexity, but emerging quantum ...

According to Google, Q-Day—the point at which modern encryption becomes obsolete in the face of quantum computers capable of breaking it instantly—is approaching. Google suggests the day may arrive as ...

Powerful quantum computers may be closer than scientists thought. To unleash the technology’s full power, scientists have long thought that quantum computers with millions of quantum bits, or qubits, ...

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require nearly the resources anticipated just a year or two ago, two independently ...