One often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits ...

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the ...

This article explores how our understanding of the universe has evolved—from the scale of everyday experience down to the ...

Nearly half a century ago, physicists proposed that the universe might be trapped in a metastable state known as a false ...

Another major quantum computing record has been broken, and by a considerable margin: physicists have now built an array ...

Caltech scientists have built a record-breaking array of 6,100 neutral-atom qubits, a critical step toward powerful ...

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

Nearly 50 years ago, physicists floated a bold idea: our universe might be stuck in a false vacuum. This state feels stable, but deep down, it's not. Over enormous timescales, it could suddenly tip ...

The exhibition "The Cosmos in a Leap. Atoms, Quanta, Technological Revolutions" was inaugurated today at the Real Casa ...

The mysterious quantum universe questions our conventional understanding of reality. In this reality, particles can exist in several states at once, be entangled across great distances, and where the ...