Randomness is incredibly useful. People often draw straws, throw dice or flip coins to make fair choices. Random numbers can ...

By using a clever quantum approach that involves two "hands" on a clock one moving quickly and invisibly in the quantum world ...

In a study by TU Wien and FU Berlin, researchers have measured what happens when quantum physical information is lost. This ...

A new book on quantum physics is pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics. Yet it isn't the accessible work it promised to be ...

Quantum physics reveals that what we perceive as solid matter is not "material" in the traditional sense. Instead, matter and ...

Harris was addressing the 300 or so physicists attending the Helgoland 2025 conference, which is taking place from 9–14 June ...

Computer simulations of high-energy particles are pushing the boundaries of what we can learn about the interactions that ...

Subatomic particles such as quarks can pair up when linked by ‘strings’ of force fields — and release energy when these ...

Down at the level of atoms and electrons, quantum physics describes the behavior of the very smallest objects. Solar panels, LED lights, your mobile phone and MRI scanners in hospitals ...

celebrating quantum science and its many applications. It also marks the centenary of Werner Heisenberg’s seminal work in modern physics. In recent years there have been dramatic developments in ...