Useful quantum networks are hobbled by the problem of decoherence from environmental "noise." But a new breakthrough could ...

Scientists at EPFL have made a breakthrough in designing arrays of resonators, the basic components that power quantum ...

Imagine the tiniest game of checkers in the world—one played by using lasers to precisely shuffle around ions across a very small grid.

Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.

Quantum computing is still in the early stages of development, but it has proven to be an extremely powerful tool for various ...

"What we've found is that topology is a powerful resource for information encoding in the presence of noise," says Professor Andrew Forbes from the Wits School of Physics. Quantum entanglement is ...

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage Last week ... about the challenges of achieving Microsoft’s goal of a superconductor-based topological qubit. That ...

In 2024, Empa researchers and their partners successfully for the first time realized a so-called ... including topological states, quantum spin liquids, and exotic critical phenomena.

Thus, the study of Dirac materials provides essential insights into the mechanisms that give rise to the novel phenomena observed in topological materials, highlighting a key aspect of their ...