Latest about quantum computers
China Launches Pioneering 'Hack-Proof' Quantum-Communications Satellite
China launched the first-ever quantum satellite Monday (Aug. 15), in an effort to help develop an unhackable communications system.
First Reprogrammable Quantum Computer Created
The technology could usher in a much-anticipated era of quantum computing, which researchers say could help scientists run complex simulations and produce rapid solutions to tricky calculations.
Quantum Computer Could Simulate Beginnings of the Universe
Scientists have for the first time made an advanced machine known as a quantum computer simulate ghostly particles that fluctuate in and out of existence.
Dead or Alive, Schrödinger's Cat Can Be in 2 Boxes at Once
The Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment is even weirder than people thought, with the quantum cat trapped in a box able to be alive and dead in two places at once.
Light Behaving Badly: Strange Beams Reveal Hitch in Quantum Mechanics
A new property of light has been unearthed in bizarre, corkscrew-shaped strips of light.
New Bizarre State of Matter Seems to Split Fundamental Particles
Scientists have created a new state of matter that seems to split electrons.
