Quantum computers use quantum bits, aka qubits, based on the laws of quantum mechanics. Qubits can represent both 0 and 1 simultaneously thanks to a phenomenon called superposition. Another ...

Her study, published in Physical Review D, proposes an innovative approach connecting gravity and quantum mechanics. Representation of the action of entropic quantum gravity. Credit: Physical Review D ...

David Hutchinson receives funding through MBIE's Quantum Technology Aotearoa platform and from the Ministry of Education through the Dodd-Walls Centre of Research Excellence. Until September 2024 ...

Quantum computing might sound like the kind of sci-fi plot device used to explain how a character traveled through time or shrank to the size of an ant. But the technology is very real, and ...

However, right around when Einstein came up with general relativity, scientists also developed the foundations of quantum mechanics. Since then, both theories have been tested, revised and ...

How quantum mechanics emerged in a few revolutionary months 100 years ago This opened the door to a thrilling journey of discovery, to understand the rules governing subatomic structures.

Last month Microsoft announced, with fanfare, that it had created a new kind of matter and used it to make a quantum computer architecture that could lead to machines “capable of solving ...

The mind-bending world of quantum mechanics provides many opportunities to engage K-12 students in important STEM lessons, says Todd Campbell, a science education professor at the University of ...

Some physicists are questioning Microsoft's February claim that it made a significant breakthrough in quantum computing. The claims are "not reliable and must be revisited," says Henry Legg, a ...

Tech giants Amazon, Google, IBM, and Microsoft are racing to develop fault-tolerant quantum computers. Each has released a prototype quantum chip with different approaches and potential applications.