Quantum computing company IonQ has agreed to acquire US-based semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology in a deal valued at $1.8 billion, creating what the companies describe as a vertically ...

Physicists found why holes move slower than electrons in silicon: not defects, but higher intrinsic mass, supporting ...

Quantum chip developer IonQ Inc. today announced plans to acquire SkyWater Technology Foundry Inc. for $1.8 billion.

A new study uncovers how tiny misalignments in quantum communication links can quietly undermine security. Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a next generation method for protecting digital ...

Quantum key distribution (QKD) uses quantum mechanics to ensure secure communication between two parties. Despite being one ...

A collaboration between Stuart Parkin's group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale) and Claudia Felser's group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of ...

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is an emerging communication technology that utilizes quantum mechanics principles to ensure ...

Lasers and quantum electronics represent a transformative amalgam of quantum mechanics and electromagnetic technology that underpins much of modern scientific and industrial innovation. Central to ...

Quantum computing promises extraordinary power, but that same power may expose new security weaknesses. Quantum computers are expected to deliver dramatic gains in processing speed and capability, ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna and the University of Duisburg-Essen showed that metallic ...

A team of researchers has found one of the missing pieces of the hardware puzzle that allows quantum computers to function at ...

Synthetic diamond is durable, inert, rigid, thermally conductive and chemically well-behaved—an elite material for both quantum and conventional electronics. But there's one problem. Diamond only ...