The Nothing That Has the Potential to Be Anything
A recent example was published in 2025 by researchers at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility near Hamburg,…
Scientists reveal how quantum electron spin can create magnetism
At the smallest scales of matter, nature behaves in ways that feel almost counterintuitive. Individual particles follow simple…
Oxford scientists engineer quantum-enabled proteins
image: Researchers at the University of Oxford have engineered quantum-mechanical processes within proteins for the first time These…
These Remarkable New Levitating ‘Time Crystals’ Appear to Defy One of Newton’s Most Famous Laws
Researchers in New York have reported the first observation of a new type of time crystal with a…
NYU physicists create visible time crystals levitated by sound
A strange form of matter called a time crystal has fascinated physicists for about a decade. These systems…
The Schrödinger equation just turned 100, and quantum physicists are still grappling with its mysteries
A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted…
CBP Wants AI-Powered ‘Quantum Sensors’ for Finding Fentanyl in Cars
United States Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create a prototype of “quantum sensors” alongside…
New unified theory connects two fundamental domains of modern quantum physics
By bringing the long-standing and opposing views of quantum mechanics together to form a single cohesive theory, a…
First self-powered quantum microwave signal achieved in experiment
Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)…
Quantum detectors could ‘see’ dark matter velocity with new method
Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Chuo University have proposed a strategy to identify light dark matter…
Chinese team tackles a century-old puzzle in physics: can we travel back in time?
Chinese researchers have proposed a simple yet powerful theory to explain one of physics’ oldest puzzles: why time…
Scientists reduce the time for quantum learning tasks from 20 million years to 15 minutes
Learning how a physical system behaves usually means repeating measurements and using statistics to uncover patterns. That approach…