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

Quantum mechanics plays a role in the process of photosynthesis. Engineers have long sought efficient ways to convert solar ...

Amid the many mysteries of quantum physics, subatomic particles don't always follow the rules of the physical world. They can exist in two places at once, pass through solid barriers and even ...

Back in the day, it might have been slapping the top of your television set when the picture ... on again. Quantum mechanics — the most successful and important theory in modern physics ...

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

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

In the process, their experiment included photons in 37 dimensions, taking science even further down this strange quantum ...

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science ... story of quantum mechanics. Talks at the event will span the science and the history of quantum theory, as well as the nature of scientific ...

Entanglement is perhaps one of the most confusing aspects of quantum mechanics ... scientists has solved a long-standing problem in thermal imaging, making it possible to capture clear images ...

Jan. 29, 2025 — The universe is getting more disordered, entropy is growing -- this is the second law of thermodynamics. But according to quantum theory, entropy should actually stay the same.