The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics has long left physicists wondering whether the observations we make on the ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...

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While a quantum computer could factor a 2048-bit RSA key in less than a week with fewer than a million qubits, there are ...

But such measurements are notoriously challenging: the instruments used are themselves governed by quantum laws, and their interaction with particles can alter the very properties they are meant to ...

The simulation of strongly interacting many-body systems is a key objective of quantum physics research, as it can help to ...

Boron nitride sensors enable quantum measurements under crushing pressure, redefining high-pressure physics. The quantum ...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip.

Spin glasses are physical systems in which the small magnetic moments of particles (i.e., spins) interact with each other in ...

Auburn University scientists have developed a new class of materials that allow precise control over free electrons, ...

This balance—neurons as the silent bee workers, waves as the queen’s rhythm holding the hive together—suggests consciousness ...