Scott Aaronson, a renowned quantum computing expert, joins the country’s most prestigious scientific organization.

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough machine may be built much sooner than previously thought ...

Computer scientist Gilles Brassard (left) and physicist Charles Bennett received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking work on quantum key cryptography. - Getty Images/AP Years ...

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough by "distilling" light to eliminate the noise that prevents photonic quantum computers ...

With around 26,000 qubits, the encryption could be broken in a day, the researchers report in a paper submitted March 30 to ...

Google scientist exposes $120M bitcoin startup after quantum computing contest turns out to be "random guessing" ...

Scientists and engineers around the world are working to improve quantum bits, or qubits, the minuscule building blocks of ...

Quantum circuits are supposed to gain power as they grow longer, but noise changes the picture. A new study finds that earlier steps in these circuits gradually lose their impact, with only the final ...

The day when a quantum computer manages to break common encryption, or Q-Day, is fast approaching, and the world is not close ...

As the joke goes, CRQC has been 10 to 20 years away for the past three decades. While the recent research suggests that ...

Last year Universal Quantum, the quantum computing firm spun out of Sussex University, announced it was collaborating with the Open Quantum Institute (OQI) on using quantum computing in drug discovery ...