The world of quantum physics is already mysterious, but what happens when that strange realm of subatomic particles is put ...

An international team of scientists has observed a never-before-seen exotic phase of matter on a quantum processor using ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

One hundred years after its birth, quantum mechanics remains one of the most powerful and successful theories in all of ...

Researchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered ...

A silent symphony is playing inside your brain right now as neurological pathways synchronize in an electromagnetic chorus that's thought to give rise to consciousness. Yet how various circuits ...

In March, D-Wave announced it performed a materials simulation using quantum technology. A few weeks later, Quantinuum published a paper in Nature detailing how it used the company’s six-qubit ...

For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a picture of our reality – or even whether that is possible ...

Researchers created a strange quantum crystal from a material found in smartphones—the first of its kind visible to the naked ...

Four decades ago, physicists were theorizing that the mind-bending mechanics of quantum physics could be harnessed to make a new kind of computer that’s exponentially more powerful than conventional ...

The mere mention of “quantum consciousness” makes most physicists cringe, as the phrase seems to evoke the vague, insipid musings of a New Age guru. But if a new hypothesis proves to be correct, ...

A new calculation shows how five atoms interact in the Efimov effect. It marks a major leap in quantum physics. Matter behaves weirdly at the quantum scale, one of the strangest examples being the ...