Quantum computing represents a major threat to encryption, and the inflection point may be less than five years away.

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NIST’s post-quantum public key encryption algorithm ML-KEM (a.k.a. CRYSTALS-Kyber) reduces to the hardness of solving ...

This achievement removes one of the biggest roadblocks in quantum materials science and brings practical quantum devices much ...

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A new study could influence how scientists design diamond-based quantum technologies, including ultra-precise sensors and ...

Sound is usually treated as the most familiar of physical phenomena, the background noise of daily life rather than a ...

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