As quantum computing is attracting unprecedented investment, with $3 billion flowing into the sector in just the first half of September through major venture deals and public markets, critical infrastructure challenges remain and threaten to undermine the technology's ambitious scaling goals.

Recent research reveals that quantum mechanics can supersede the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale, challenging long-held principles of entropy and energy dissipation in microscopic systems.

Quantum echoes” rippling through Google’s quantum computer chip Willow could lead to advances in molecular chemistry and the physics of black holes

A supersolid is a paradoxical state of matter—it is rigid like a crystal but flows without friction like a superfluid. This exotic form of quantum matter has only recently been realized in dipolar quantum gases.

This balance—neurons as the silent bee workers, waves as the queen’s rhythm holding the hive together—suggests consciousness may be measurable, but complicated. Which means that the professor who once snapped that the soul was “just neurons firing” may have missed the bigger picture.

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.

Honored by the Swedish Academy alongside his colleagues John Clarke and John Martinis for research conducted 40 years ago, the French scientist now wants to engage with young people to popularize his field.

Groundbreaking dialogues between expert meditators and leading scientists open a new frontier in science education with the potential to address society’s biggest challenges.