A new unified theory connects two fundamental domains of modern quantum physics: It joins two opposite views of how a single ...

Nanomechanical systems developed at TU Wien have now reached a level of precision and miniaturization that will allow them to ...

Welcome to the latest Physics World Quantum Briefing, which commemorates the centenary of quantum mechanics and celebrates the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). This ...

Physicists are preparing an experiment that sounds like science fiction: a device designed to snare individual particles of ...

There’s only a few days left in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, but we’re still finding plenty to celebrate here at Physics World HQ thanks to a long list of groundbreaking ...

David Severn has taken a series of images of scientists working on quantum physics for King’s College London’s new Quantum ...

This year will be a big one for quantum computing, at least according to the United Nations: 2025 is officially the “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology,” a worldwide initiative to ...

Three scientists whose experiments proved that the strange rules of quantum mechanics can govern ordinary electrical circuits—a discovery that later made quantum computers possible—were awarded the ...

A recent study has unraveled some of the secrets concealed within the entangled web of quantum systems. In the intricate world of quantum physics, where particles interact in ways that seem to defy ...

No single country or region dominates quantum-physics research in the Nature Index; institutions from China, Europe and the United States all feature in the top 10. The University of Science and ...

Quantum entanglement, a bewildering phenomenon where particles become interconnected regardless of the distance separating them, challenges our fundamental understanding of reality. It has puzzled ...