Daniel Lokshtanov’s work explores the limits of what computers can solve, paving the way for advances in artificial intelligence and computational efficiency.

Google’s Willow quantum computer (pictured here) is delivering. Image credits: Google. “Today, we’re announcing research that ...

Philip Ball dives into the challenges in developing quantum computing, and building up investments and users for the tech ...

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.

Researchers from Google Quantum AI report that their quantum processor, Willow, ran an algorithm for a quantum computer that ...

In algorithms, as in life, negativity can be a drag. Consider the problem of finding the shortest path between two points on a graph — a network of nodes connected by links, or edges. Often, these ...

Jay Gambetta, the IBM vice president running the firm's quantum efforts, said the work showed that IBM's algorithm not only ...

One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

London-based Uber driver Abdurzak Hadi is self-employed but says he is not his own boss as his workflow is determined by an ...