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Recent research reveals that quantum mechanics can supersede the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale, ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics honors three quantum physicists—John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis—for their ...

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to UNESCO, marking 100 years since quantum mechanics was proposed. The theory hardly needed the extra publicity, though ...

Breakthrough from Princeton team reveals exotic quantum state that coherently blends many-body correlation and quantum ...

In 1964, physicist John Bell formulated what became known as Bell's Theorem, showing that if quantum mechanics is correct, such correlations cannot be explained by any hidden loca ...

Technological devices are getting ever smaller, but as they approach the scale at which quantum physics matters, our understanding of how they interact with their environment evaporates. James Millen ...

Quantum computing is a paradigm shift poised to redefine problem-solving, innovation, and competitive landscapes.

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In the 1920s, when quantum mechanics was young, physicists Jane Dewey and Laura Chalk performed some of the first experimental tests of the theory, based on a phenomenon called the Stark effect. Later ...

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