For conventional computers searching through large databases is time consuming. This is not helped by many collections containing unsorted data, and the steps for a search require a computer to scan ...

A micro-scale quantum heat engine that converts thermal energy to usable work under near-zero temperatures has paved the way ...

While the billion-dollar question is about when quantum computing will become commercially viable, one of the problems being tackled at the moment is how to make the ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. Inside a ...