Quantum Computing
The Quantum Gold Rush
The science is immature, and a multipurpose quantum computer doesn’t yet exist. But that isn’t stopping investors from pouring cash into quantum start-ups
Features
Quantum Computing
Beyond Quantum Supremacy: The Hunt for Useful Quantum Computers
With decades still to go until the first general-purpose quantum computers, the race is on to make today’s systems useful
Quantum Computing
New Encryption System Protects Data from Quantum Computers
As quantum computing creeps closer, IBM successfully demonstrates a way to secure sensitive information
Space & Physics
The Crystal Kings
Two researchers in Japan supply the world’s physicists with a gem that has accelerated graphene’s electronics boom
Departments
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From the Editor
Wormholes within Reach?
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Advances
Trapping the Tiniest Sound
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News
New Studies Warn of Cataclysmic Solar Superstorms
Cosmology and Exoplanets Win 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
Astronomers Find Water on an Exoplanet Twice the Size of Earth
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Opinion
How Mere Humans Manage to Comprehend the Vastness of the Universe
The International Space Station Is More Valuable Than Many People Realize
The Moon as a Fishing Net for Extraterrestrial Life
I'm Convinced We Found Evidence of Life on Mars in the 1970s
String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Bet
