The Riemann hypothesis claims that the locations of prime numbers along the infinite number line all adhere to a beautiful ...

Post-quantum identity-based encryption has been solved from isogeny-based assumptions for the first time, as researchers from IBM Research and IIT Madras publish a cryptographic breakthrough that ...

The only snag was that “Shor’s algorithm”, as it is now known, required something that at the time only existed on university ...

Digital security currently relies on difficult equations to protect data. For example, when you use a credit card online, the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully simulated higher-order topological (HOT) lattices with unprecedented accuracy using digital quantum computers. These ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Most executives are not losing sleep over cryptographic algorithms, and they should not have ...

Elaine Li and Xiuling Li will co-direct the new Texas Quantum Institute. The University of Texas at Austin is boosting its commitment to research and education in quantum science and engineering by ...

Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any clever trick for solving them ...

Imagine the tap of a card that bought you a cup of coffee this morning also let a hacker halfway across the world access your bank account and buy themselves whatever they liked. Now imagine it wasn’t ...

Overview: Mathematics is driving careers in data science, artificial intelligence, actuarial science, cybersecurity, quantum ...