Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

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A new unified theory connects two fundamental domains of modern quantum physics: It joins two opposite views of how a single ...

David Severn has taken a series of images of scientists working on quantum physics for King’s College London’s new Quantum ...

A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone ...

Record-breaking experiment shows that a cluster of thousands of atoms can act like a wave as well as a particle.

Quantum mechanics controls reality on the smallest levels, but when scaled up, it’s often difficult to gauge how and why this realm matters in the practical world. That said, physicists will on ...

There’s only a few days left in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, but we’re still finding plenty to celebrate here at Physics World HQ thanks to a long list of groundbreaking ...

In February, Microsoft unveiled a new quantum computer called Majorana 1 and it quickly became one of the most controversial devices in quantum computing. Majorana 1 caused controversy because it ...

If you have been on the internet in the last 10 years, you might have come across a fascinating cuneiform letter and its ...

A near-100-year-old debate between the theoretical physicists Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr has finally been settled—and not in the former’s favor. A team of physicists in China have realized a ...