Randomness is incredibly useful. People often draw straws, throw dice or flip coins to make fair choices. Random numbers can enable auditors to make completely unbiased selections. Randomness is also ...

An illustration of physics equations being bent and warped. New research has found a way to accurately predict quantum interactions without using complex numbers. | Credit: vitacopS via Getty Images ...

Olival Freire Jr is a professor of physics and the history of physics at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. What makes matter stable? Why are atoms as they are? Why do different materials vary ...

Majorana 2 is Microsoft's newest quantum chip, introduced at Microsoft Build 2026 as a major milestone in the company's quantum computing roadmap. The Majorana 2 quantum chip is designed to advance ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. 17 years of research has led to Microsoft creating a new ...