Zulfi Alam thinks his team doesn’t need to “prove” they engineered a new state of matter in their bid to reinvent computing. Science would disagree.

A new critique in the scientific journal Nature ​is raising fresh questions about Microsoft's claimed quantum computing breakthrough last year, which underpinned the company's announcement this month ...

Nature - On the robustness of topological gap detection via transport

The rare isotope helium-3 is one of Earth’s most precious commodities—so precious, in fact, that it might prove profitable to mine from the moon

Interfinity brachte am Donnerstag ein Stück über Exoplaneten in die Messehalle. Wie beim Festival fast schon erwartbar: Der Abend dehnte die Grenzen zeitgenössischer Musik aus.

Around the world, governments are demanding that research funding follow broader political priorities. They should be careful what they wish for.

Manipulating the topology of electronic bands can realize new states of matter, with possible implications for information technology. A central question is how to tell whether a topological regime ha...

HSBC announces the world’s first-known empirical evidence of the potential value of quantum computers for solving real-world problems in algorithmic bond trading.

HSBC announces the world’s first-known empirical evidence of the potential value of quantum computers for solving real-world problems in algorithmic bond trading.

Two-qubit operations exceeding 99% fidelity have been demonstrated by silicon devices made with standard semiconductor tooling in a 300-mm foundry environment.

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Four out of five making staff cuts as physicists say findings are ‘great concern’ for UK’s leadership in important areas

Move deals potentially major blow to US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and China