Quantum physics isn’t just complicated – after 100 years, there is an awful lot of it to understand. This makes writing an accessible yet comprehensive book about the topic a challenge in both ...

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Google's latest breakthrough in quantum computing, the Willow chip, is reigniting discussions among the scientific community about the possibility of parallel universes. Hartmut Neven, the founder and ...

Monday saw an announcement from tech goliath Google that reverberated around the computing industry: a new state-of-the-art quantum computing chip called "Willow" with unprecedented capabilities.

Google's new 105-qubit "Willow" quantum processor has surpassed a key milestone first proposed in 1995 — with errors now reducing exponentially as you scale up quantum computers. When you purchase ...

Quantum computers will one day outpace the fastest supercomputers on the planet, but what will they be used to accomplish? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The company’s surface code technique allows its quantum bits to faithfully store and manipulate data for longer, which could pave the way for useful quantum ...

For the first time, a quantum computer has improved its results by repeatedly fixing its own mistakes midcalculation with a technique called quantum error correction ...

Faced with a roomful of bored students, Jacob Mitchell found a way to make adverbs fun. Now his classroom is global. By Elisabeth Egan Reporting from London Jacob Mitchell started out as a star ...