Imperial College London researchers developed a modular photonic processor called Clavina that combines programmable linear ...

As scientists and the public mark World Quantum Day on 14 April 2026, the date itself reveals the story. April 14 was chosen because 4.14 represents the first three digits of Planck's constant when ...

Quantum technologies are poised to transform fields ranging from medicine and sensing to computing and communications by ...

Physicists have directly observed a long-predicted quantum effect of gravity, putting one of Einstein’s foundational ideas to ...

A quantum processing unit (QPU) is a hardware device that uses quantum mechanics -- such as superposition and entanglement -- to perform complex calculations on quantum information stored in quantum ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A University at Buffalo physicist has received two U.S. Department of Defense grants totaling $1.1 million to study the quantum dynamics that could help advance neutral-atom quantum ...

Indefinite causal order let physicists reverse a rule of nature, then confirm it with a split light beam.

Quantum computing firm Rigetti has launched the Novera QPU, the company’s first commercially available quantum processing unit (QPU). Built at Rigetti’s Fab-1 facility in Fremont, California, the ...

Explore how AI and quantum computing could converge to transform drug discovery, scientific research, cybersecurity, and the future of technological innovation.

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...