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

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics looks at how an experimental outcome changes, simply by observing it.

One often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits ...

Believe it or not, the quantum vacuum... isn't completely empty. It has tiny vibrations or “sparks” of energy. If an object ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex computational problems, with applications in everything from supply chain ...

Foundational research is paving the way for next-generation quantum sensors. Physicists in Australia and the United Kingdom ...

One hundred years ago on a quiet, rocky island, German physicist Werner Heisenberg helped set in motion a series of scientific developments that would touch nearly all of physics. There, Heisenberg ...

Amid high expectations for quantum technology, a new paper in Science reports a proven quantum advantage. In an experiment, ...

Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories in science — and makes much of modern life possible. Technologies ranging from computer chips to medical-imaging machines rely on the ...

For many business leaders, quantum computing feels like science fiction—a technology that’s exciting, but distant. That’s a ...

The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin's Broome Bridge in 1843.

Noise is annoying, whether you're trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental disturbances will always be with us, a team including scientists at the ...