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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

Setting aside the insane upheaval going on i n US science, this year’s Physics World Live series will give you a sense of ...

A further benefit is that the channels can be multiplexed, allowing many quantum processors to access the system at the same ...

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