Nearly 50 years ago, physicists floated a bold idea: our universe might be stuck in a false vacuum. This state feels stable, but deep down, it's not. Over enormous timescales, it could suddenly tip ...

Japan has put a real ion-trap quantum device online, making it accessible through the cloud Japan has taken a practical step ...

HOUSTON – (June 17, 2025) – Vacuum is often thought of as empty, but in fact it is teeming with fleeting energy fluctuations — virtual photons popping in and out of existence that can interact with ...

Quantum computing has quietly advanced to a level of maturity and capability that many technologists, and policymakers, still underestimate.

A preliminary analysis suggests that industrially useful quantum computers designs come with a broad spectrum of energy ...

Most of today's quantum computers rely on qubits with Josephson junctions that work for now but likely won't scale as needed ...