Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of general relativity are two of the greatest successes in modern physics. Each works ...

Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could soon outperform classical computers on some complex computational problems. These computers rely on ...

Forgetting feels like a failure of attention, but physics treats it as a fundamental process with a measurable price. At the ...

Researchers at Google have used their Willow quantum computer to demonstrate that "quantum contextuality" may be a crucial ...

Long considered a serious technical challenge, superradiance could actually help quantum devices go even further.

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation.

When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone. This ...

Beyond artificial intelligence (AI), another transformative technology that could reshape industries and reorder geopolitical power is finally moving out of the lab: quantum.

As the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology draws to a close, Margaret Harris revisits some of the year’s ...

A rewarding book that offers a cogent look at the science’s history and the second quantum revolution that’s under way ...

The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

In a Columbia University laboratory in New York, physicist Sebastian Will and his team have reached one of ultracold physics’ ...