5 July 2023
Driverless cars can use lasers to sense objects, but reflected light from nearby vehicles or bright sunlight can interfere. A system using entangled photons could help the vehicles avoid obstacles
25 May 2023
A fluxonium qubit can keep its most useful quantum properties for about 1.48 milliseconds, drastically longer than similar qubits currently favoured by the quantum computing industry
23 May 2023
The principle of least action has been a key law of physics since the 18th century, but has only now been directly observed in the quantum realm thanks to an experiment with single particles of light
26 April 2023
Condensed matter is a huge field of physics that gets less attention than it deserves. We must show people its subtle magic if we are to draw in a diverse set of researchers for the next generation, says Felix Flicker
23 February 2023
For the first time, Google has shown it is possible to reduce the overall number of errors produced by a quantum computer, meaning it should be possible to build larger, useful devices
15 February 2023
From cancer cures to the Kama Sutra, the word "quantum" has been comprehensively hijacked. A book by physicist Chris Ferrie explores why and sets out to fight back
17 November 2022
Large quantum programs build up errors as they run, but a technique for mitigating these errors has allowed researchers at IBM to run over 1700 operations on their quantum computer
16 November 2022
Companies such as IBM offer timeshare access to prototype quantum computers, but researchers have shown that they can access other users’ data on these machines
28 October 2022
A device that measures acceleration very precisely using quantum effects could be used for navigation when GPS is unavailable
12 October 2022
A quantum engine built using two entangled quantum bits uses measurements as a source of energy. It could speed up the way some quantum computers process information
