In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

An international team of researchers has identified a quantum counterpart to Bayes’ rule. The likelihood you assign to an ...

Researchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered ...

USU mathematicians' theories could bolster quantum computing by predicting new particles and enhancing qubit stability.

The operation of quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, relies on the ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

A new calculation shows how five atoms interact in the Efimov effect. It marks a major leap in quantum physics. Matter behaves weirdly at the quantum scale, one of the strangest examples being the ...

New measurements on Bose-Einstein condensate could help us better understand how objects transition from being quantum and ...

Train delays can cascade into stalled commutes, economic losses, and vacation snags. Scheduling trains is computationally ...

When we observe the world at our scale, everything seems to obey predictable laws, those of classical physics. But when ...

For many business leaders, quantum computing feels like science fiction—a technology that’s exciting, but distant. That’s a ...

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 ...