The hope for quantum computers is that the devices will be able to solve complex tasks such as predicting how chemicals react or cracking encrypted text. One of the main reasons that the machines are ...

Studying and designing novel materials is a central application of quantum mechanics. Chemists, materials scientists, and ...

Team from U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center demonstrates quantum computers can perform material simulation that many previously believed to be beyond current quantum capabilities ...

A team of scientists has used an IBM quantum computer to simulate the magnetic behavior of potassium copper fluoride, known ...