They combined optical tweezers with metasurfaces to trap more than 1,000 atoms, with the potential to capture hundreds of thousands more. Quantum computers will only surpass classical machines if they ...

Breakthrough could open possibilities in quantum computing, space platforms, precision manufacturing and the chip industry.

A new light-based breakthrough could help quantum computers finally scale up. Stanford researchers created miniature optical cavities that efficiently collect light from individual atoms, allowing ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of ...

Quantum computing is nearing the point of practical use, but scientists still need to make some specific breakthroughs.

The day when quantum computers will be able to break conventional encryption is rapidly approaching, but not all companies ...

Physicists have assembled one of the largest and most intricate time crystals yet, using IBM’s latest quantum hardware to push a once-theoretical phase of matter into a new regime of scale and control ...

Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction. We are born and ...

Researchers have taken a major step forward in studying time crystals—exotic materials with unusual, ...

Professor Emil Bergholtz is at the forefront of the application made by Stockholm University, Linköping University and Uppsala University to create a broad and cohesive strategic research area in ...

A new study suggests that crystal defects in diamond may hold the key to scalable quantum interconnects. Connecting large numbers of quantum bits (qubits) into a working technology remains one of the ...