Quantum Computers

NSA Working On Quantum Computer To Crack Any and All Encryption

If you've kept up with all of the revelations from the Edward Snowden leak, it may seem that the National Security Agency already has all of the surveillance tools and access it could ever need. But according to a new leak from the ex-NSA contractor, published first by The Washington Post, the NSA is working on the mother of all digital spying tools: a quantum computer.

New State of Matter in Photons May Spur Quantum Computers, Lightsabers?

Scientists at MIT and Harvard have created a novel form of matter made from photons. Is that not exciting enough? Well, the new type of photonic molecule has been described by one of the researchers as similar to what you'd expect in light sabers.

Quantum Computing Gets A Leap Forward With New Qubit Spin Control Technique

Quantum computing has been hailed as the next big leap forward in processing power, and a group of University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers may have just solved one of its fundamental problems.

NASA And Google To Install $15 Million Computer

NASA has agreed to install a $15 million computer at one of its facilities. The device uses "quantum physics" effects to reach unparalleled levels of computing.