Quantum computing uses quantum mechanics—the physics governing particles at atomic and subatomic scales—to process information in totally different ways from today’s digital computers. Instead of ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Quantum mechanics, the subfield of physics that describes the behavior of very small ...

Quantum computers promise transformative advances in cryptography, materials science, chemistry and complex systems modeling. They will do this by harnessing the "superposition" and "destructive ...

What use is a quantum computer? Perhaps both more and less than you think, according to quantum computing expert Shayan Majidy ...

The race to build the first truly useful quantum computer just got more exciting. A quantum computer made from extremely cold atoms has now passed some of the most important milestones towards ...