Irrational numbers have underpinned quantum mechanics for a century. Removing them could eliminate its strangest features and ...

It turns out that imaginary numbers aren’t really needed for quantum mechanics.

With potentially billions of dollars of government funding (and profit) at stake in the race to build functional quantum computers, there’s a massive hype machine to match. Last week Senate Majority ...

Randomness is incredibly useful. People often draw straws, throw dice or flip coins to make fair choices. Random numbers can enable auditors to make completely unbiased selections. Randomness is also ...

A new facility in Queensland will allow researchers from academia and industry to test new ideas on a real quantum processor.

A team including Scott Aaronson demonstrated what may be the first practical application of quantum computers to a real world problem. Using a 56-qubit quantum computer, researchers have for the first ...