Researchers at the California Institute of Technology theorize that a functional quantum computer may require far fewer ...

A small mathematical revision to quantum mechanics could effectively limit the purported infinite capacities of quantum ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

Quantum computers may slam into hard architectural walls long before they can crack the encryption protecting online banking, ...

Quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality thanks to new research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked start-up company. Theorists and experimentalists teamed up to develop a new ...

The performance of quantum computers could cap out after around 1,000 qubits, according to a new analysis published in the ...

The research shows quantum computers may break bitcoin and ether wallet encryption with far fewer qubits than previously ...

Bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies use an implementation of ECC called secp256k1. According to Google, its ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard pioneered quantum information theory. Now they’ve been awarded the highest honor in computer science.

Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard, winners of this year’s Turing Award, spent their lives touting the advantages of the ...