The cosmological constant is the mathematical description of the energy that drives the ever-accelerating expansion of the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

Researchers have successfully simulated higher-order topological (HOT) lattices with unprecedented accuracy using digital quantum computers. These complex lattice structures can help us understand ...

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle states that there are limits to how precisely certain pairs of physical properties, like ...

Physicists have long relied on elegant theorems to connect the abstract math of quantum theory with the tangible behavior of particles, yet some of those theorems have rested on assumptions that never ...

Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any clever trick for solving them ...

Qiskit, the world's most performant quantum software, can extend length and complexity of certain circuits to 5,000 two-qubit operations with accurate results on IBM (IBM) quantum computers RIKEN and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul-Smith Goodson is an analyst covering quantum computing and AI. IBM’s 300mm quantum processor wafer features multiple chips ...