Quantum computers, which operate leveraging quantum mechanics phenomena, could eventually tackle some optimization and ...

In a leap forward for quantum computing, a Microsoft team led by UC Santa Barbara physicists on Wednesday unveiled an ...

With the development, Microsoft is raising the stakes in what is set to be the next big technological contest.

Quantum computing can power breakthroughs in medicine that would normally take today's systems millions of years to calculate ...

For decades, the fundamental states of matter—solid, liquid, and gas—have been the pillars of our understanding of the physical world.

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled its new Majorana 1 chip, which Satya Nadella described as a "breakthrough" in quantum ...

Microsoft has long been working on an alternative that could cut down on the overhead by using components that are far more ...

Microsoft says it has harnessed a new state of matter to create a chip that could bring quantum computers relatively soon.

The Majorana 1 comes after nearly two decades of research. The big claims come thanks to Microsoft's unique approach to the quantum problem. Scientists at the ...

That has been the research rollercoaster ride that Microsoft has experienced in stubbornly sticking with its novel approach to quantum computing. This week, its persistence paid off as the US tech ...

Microsoft says it's made a major breakthrough in quantum computing capabilities with the Majorana 1, its first quantum chip, ...