Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two pillars of modern physics. However, for over a century, their treatment of space ...

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

Researchers have finally resolved a century-old debate over the famous "double slit" experiment, according to new research.

Warren Buffett has never been known as a speculative technologist, yet a sizable slice of his stock portfolio is now tied to ...

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

Quantum computing stands at the precipice of transforming our technological landscape. In 1981, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman first proposed the concept of quantum computers, ...

On the centennial of modern quantum mechanics, the Nobel Committee awarded the year’s most prestigious physics prize to an experiment that demonstrated how quantum effects play out on large ...

Classical computations rely on binary bits, which can be in either of the two states, 0 or 1. In contrast, quantum computing is based on qubits, which can be 0, 1, or a superposition or entanglement ...

The "Oracle of Omaha" normally doesn't invest in technologies he doesn't understand. But he has done so in these two cases.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1896, the Swedish physicist Svante Arrhenius realized that carbon dioxide (CO 2) traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere—the phenomenon now ...

One hundred years ago on a quiet, rocky island, German physicist Werner Heisenberg helped set in motion a series of scientific developments that would touch nearly all of physics. There, Heisenberg ...

Unless you're a physicist, you've probably only encountered quantum mechanics on TV. And even when it was explained, you might've still been a little confused. The field of quantum mechanics was ...