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What makes quantum computers SO powerful?

Veritasium · 3 min read

Quantum computers threaten today’s public-key encryption not because they can instantly “read” encrypted data, but because they can factor the math...

Quantum ThreatRSA FactoringShor’s Algorithm

How Quantum Computers Break Encryption | Shor's Algorithm Explained

minutephysics · 3 min read

Encryption for much of the internet depends on a stubborn math problem: multiplying two large primes is easy, but reversing the process—factoring the...

Shor's AlgorithmQuantum FactoringModular Arithmetic

The 2025 Physics Nobel Prize: Quite A Surprise

Sabine Hossenfelder · 2 min read

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for macroscopic quantum tunneling—an effect that lets a system behave quantum mechanically even when it...

Nobel Prize PhysicsMacroscopic Quantum TunnelingSuperconducting Circuits

Solving Quantum Cryptography

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Quantum computers don’t yet threaten everyday encryption—but they’re on track to. The core risk comes from Shor’s algorithm, which can factor large...

Post-Quantum CryptographyShor’s AlgorithmRSA Factoring