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

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

A Los Alamos scientist has shown that quantum computers can be used to “factorize” group representations, a mathematical ...

Mathematics offers an astonishing bridge between the infinitely small world of particles and the cosmic immensity. Researchers are exploring how abstract geometric shapes can describe both ...

When mathematicians revived ignored mathematical structures, they found that overlooked particles, called "neglectons," could ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists uncovered universal laws of entanglement in any dimension. The results strengthen links between particle physics, ...

Matter gets weird at the quantum scale, and among the oddities is the Efimov effect, a state in which the attractive forces ...

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 ...

The renowned physicist Richard Feynman is reputed to have once said that “physics is to math what sex is to masturbation”. Exactly what comparison he was making, he didn’t clarify – but if the orgasm ...