Devices that can confine individual electrons are potential building blocks for quantum information systems. But the electrons must be protected from external disturbances. RIKEN researchers have now ...

To push beyond this boundary, the team developed a quantum repeater system capable of creating memory–memory entanglement ...

The race to build reliable quantum computers is fraught with obstacles, and one of the most difficult to overcome is related ...

Quantum communication has long promised unbreakable encryption, but the hardware has struggled to escape the lab. A new generation of laser-written glass chips is changing that equation, carving three ...

Just a few years ago, many researchers in quantum computing thought it would take several decades to develop machines that ...

Researchers have managed to read information stored in Majorana qubits, which are a form ...

A breakthrough optical design allows quantum computers to read information in parallel, a key step toward building ...

Scientists have finally figured out how to read ultra-secure Majorana qubits—bringing robust quantum computing a big step closer. “This is a crucial advance,” says Ramón Aguado, a CSIC researcher at ...

The order outlines a widespread effort to plan for increased quantum innovation, private sector cooperation and international partnership in pursuit of a quantum computer for scientific applications ...

As quantum computers continue to advance, many of today's encryption systems face the risk of becoming obsolete. A powerful ...

Quantum computers struggle because their qubits are incredibly easy to disrupt, especially during calculations. A new ...

The study shows that in quantum devices, reading a clock consumes far more energy than running it. This insight will help ...