A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have made a breakthrough in quantum computing that elegantly bypasses the ...

Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two pillars of modern physics. However, for over a century, their treatment of space ...

As the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology draws to a close, Margaret Harris revisits some of the year’s ...

Forgetting feels like a failure of attention, but physics treats it as a fundamental process with a measurable price. At the ...

And then it got me.” A handful of decades and an MIT physics doctorate later, Tan is the chief science officer (CSO) of ...

When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone. This ...

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means ...

The pioneer of quantum computing talks about how Albert Einstein would have reacted to his experiments, the hype around the ...

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time self-induced superradiance in quantum particles, completely flipping what ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, according to ...

IBM is innovating quickly as it pushes toward useful quantum computing. The company has a clear roadmap and the resources to ...