Quantum catalysts are specialized resources that enable quantum state transformations previously thought impossible, holding ...

A small mathematical revision to quantum mechanics could effectively limit the purported infinite capacities of quantum computers—if validated, that is.

Two scientists just won computing's Nobel Prize for an idea from 1984: use quantum mechanics to make eavesdropping physically ...

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Physicists at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg have identified a hidden geometric structure reaching 48 ...

More than a century before quantum mechanics was born, Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton stumbled onto an idea that would quietly foreshadow one of the deepest truths in physics. While ...

Physicists have directly visualized the fundamental electronic building blocks of flat-band quantum materials, a class of systems in which electron motion is effectively quenched and strong ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard were recognized for their foundational work in quantum information science.

Nation-states and malicious actors are collecting encrypted data so they can read it with future quantum computers. These ...

John von Neumann came about as close as humanly possible to embodying the Platonic ideal of a genius. Conversant in ancient Greek by age 6, the Hungarian made significant mathematical advances in his ...

The 2026 Turing Award celebrates quantum cryptography's inventor and pioneers. Learn how their physics-based security model defends global data against next-generation quantum computers.