A mysterious menagerie of quantum states — once purely theoretical — has been brought to life by researchers at Columbia ...

Sidney Perkowitz uncovers the pioneering work of the German physicist and philosopher Grete Hermann, who sparred with the ...

In a new study published on April 3 in Nature, researchers added over a dozen states to the growing quantum zoo. "Some of these states have never been seen before," said lead author Xiaoyang Zhu, ...

Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by the ...

Quantum theory started with a bout of hay fever, and went on to transform our view of the universe – but its legacy isn't ...

A stand-out example of quantum weirdness is turning out to be surprisingly useful, as Margaret Harris explains ...

Essentially, this form of computing uses principles of quantum mechanics to process information exponentially faster than a "classical" computer. For the past several months, executives at the ...

A long-standing puzzle in quantum physics has just been cracked: scientists have finally pinned down the exact scope of ...

In a conversation with Scientific American, ’t Hooft spoke about his Breakthrough Prize, his optimism for the future of particle physics, his dissatisfaction with quantum mechanics, and the ...

An impossible quantum structure has now been fabricated, potentially leading the way to new developments in quantum computing ...

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China ...