Quantum computing promises to solve the seemingly unsolvable in fields such as physics, medicine, cryptography and more.

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

Scientists have finally unlocked a way to identify the elusive W state of quantum entanglement, solving a decades-old problem ...

Is quantum entanglement real, or just a misunderstanding? The question confounded Einstein and ruined the lives of many ...

Physicists have achieved a breakthrough by using a 58-qubit quantum computer to create and observe a long-theorized but never ...

Exploring a mind bending effect of quantum physics where particles slip through barriers that should be impossible to cross.

Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a realistic, highly sensitive method to detect the Unruh effect—a ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in physics." The first step toward quantum gravity, the "holy grail of physics," may ...

A quantum computer has reached new heights. The first quantum computer in space is now orbiting Earth on a satellite, scientists report. Launched on June 23, the computer had to be designed to fit in ...

"These single atoms are like the smallest slits you could possibly build." For over 100 years, quantum physics has taught us that light is both a wave and a particle. Now, researchers at the ...

A former “D” student from Norway, he made his mark at G.E.’s Research Lab in the U.S., in part by confirming a pivotal theory about superconductivity. By Dylan Loeb McClain Ivar Giaever might not have ...