For over a century, quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity have stood as the cornerstones of modern physics, yet ...

In simpler terms, the second law of thermodynamics means that things naturally tend to become more disordered over time.

Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights into the interplay ...

A team of physicists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has measured a pulse of light in 37 dimensions. In their ...

For over a century, the Maxwell’s Demon paradox has haunted physics. This thought experiment suggests that a tiny, ...

Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.

Quantum computers process multiple possibilities at once, unlike traditional computers. Quantum properties like entanglement ...

Today, it might be turning your computer off and on again. Quantum mechanics — the most successful and important theory in modern physics — is like that. It works wonderfully, explaining ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of Sciences have unveiled ...

Entanglement is perhaps one of the most confusing aspects of quantum mechanics. On its surface, entanglement allows particles to communicate over vast distances instantly, apparently violating the ...

A team of researchers, led by Professor Antonio Feoli, has addressed a critique of quantum mechanics that Albert Einstein ...