Take, for instance, quantum entanglement, which says that the state of one particle can be determined by examining the state ...

Quantum physics has quietly been rewriting the rulebook on matter, and the latest breakthroughs suggest that the so‑called ...

A rewarding book that offers a cogent look at the science’s history and the second quantum revolution that’s under way ...

Quantum chaos used to be the kind of phrase that made experimental physicists wince, a shorthand for fragile devices going ...

The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

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

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

In a Columbia University laboratory in New York, physicist Sebastian Will and his team have reached one of ultracold physics’ ...

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

An experiment with ultracold atoms reveals that a strongly driven quantum system doesn’t always heat up as expected. In daily ...

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

Although the basic idea of quantum physics dates back to the earliest years of the twentieth century, it wasn’t until 1925, on the German island of Heligoland, that Werner Heisenberg had the ...