A new light-based method lets tiny quantum dots release perfectly controlled photons, opening doors to faster and cheaper ...

How likely you think something is to happen depends on what you already believe about the circumstances. That is the simple ...

The experiment showed that Bohr was definitely correct when he argued for complementarity, and that Einstein had got it wrong ...

Discovery of Planckian time limit offers new opportunities for quantum technologies. A collaborative team of researchers in Japan has identified "heavy fermions"—electrons with greatly increased ...

Kai Sun of the University of Michigan is a humble physics professor with ambitious goals. "I'm mainly a paper-and-pencil type of theorist, doing analytical calculations mostly," Sun said. "My ...

When a guitar string is plucked or a playground swing is set in motion, the movement gradually fades away. Physicists call ...

For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a ...

A Vermont research team has cracked a 90-year-old puzzle, creating a quantum version of the damped harmonic oscillator. By ...

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

Physicists from Osaka Metropolitan University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were, for the first ...

As quantum mechanics turns 100, a new revolution is under way 5 physicists discuss the future of quantum research and technology ...

Famous American writer Isaac Asimov once said, “There is an art to science, and science in art.” A new study proves this quote right by highlighting a never-before-seen connection between Vincent van ...