Indian professor wins eminent Dirac Medal, joining Hawking and other physics giants
Deepak Dhar, an IINSA distinguished professor and one of India’s most respected theoretical physicists, has been awarded the…
Quantum breakthrough cuts 1,000 qubits to five, speeds computing
Scientists at California Institute of Technology and startup Oratomic have developed a method to drastically cut the number…
Research Team Finds Useful Quantum Computers Could Be Built with as Few as 10,000 Qubits
Insider Brief New research from Caltech and Oratomic suggests fault-tolerant quantum computers could require only 10,000–20,000 qubits—far fewer…
Chinese risk study finds space solar power stations could accidentally zap satellites
As China pushes to take the global lead in building space-based solar power stations, a new study warns…
US team finds problems that even quantum computers can’t crack
Quantum computers are often seen as the ultimate problem-solvers, capable of tackling calculations that would take classical machines…
Physicists Shatter Quantum Computing Record
In a Caltech lab, a computer screen showed thousands of tiny points of light—each one a single atom,…
Gravity vs Quantum Physics: Researchers Say They are Closing in on “One of the Most Important Outstanding Problems”
In a new roundup of promising advances in quantum physics, researchers are revealing the upcoming cutting-edge studies they…